Exploration of Thought

If you get this error: Unable to read the project File <path.to.project>.csproj. C:\<path>\<to>\<projecct>\Project.csproj 77, 11): The imported project “C:\Microsoft.CSharp.targets’ was not Found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. As shown in this screen shot ...   Take a look at your project file. Open…

Sometimes some of my blog comments get sent to spam and I don't see them until two weeks later when I normally do a check up on my spam folder. I'll then move those back to the inbox. Unfortunately at that point all of the mail is mixed throughout pages and pages and pages of…

This is kind of a "known thing" to those of us who automate team builds tasks in TFS with build scripts but there are still a lot of people who don't know this... so here we go... The 2008 version of TFS implemented Continuous Integration. In TFS, a build is triggered upon every check-in (if…

If you use Google IG like I do to read RSS feeds, note... there is one flaw with it and you may not be getting the latest content. I figured this out because it accidentally happened to me and to the guys at Foo Theory. I believe its used to happen to Peter Brombergs UnBlog…

With continuous integration being integrated into Team Foundation Server 2008 we can sometimes run into unexpected results. Such as extended build times.  By default the build file is set up to inform the TFS Build Agent that it should perform a "Full Build". What is a "Full Build"? By default, when TFS performs a build…

I forgot where I learned this (perhaps the TFS Admin guide) but ... this is a good little tip...   When you add users to groups in AD and those groups are present in the Team Foundation Server Security groups it can take up to 60 minutes for the policy to be pushed down into…

Microsoft announced their new version of Windows is going to be called "Windows 7" here. Hmmm... How creative. Perhaps I'm just used to real code names.... so... to make this "my own" I came up with a better one with the "7". Here's my rendition:   "Windows se7en, an operating system so gangster it'll cut…

As I promised, here is the full source and presentation for this weekends presentation at the Twin Cities Code Camp. The talk was entitled: Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine within WCF Ever changing business logic requires rule systems that are flexible to business demands. The majority of the time the business requires that…

I just got off a really long week at a client setting up Team Foundation Server. Tonight I was putting some final touches on my WCF portion of my Twin Cities Code Camp talk that is going to be tomorrow. Having a 4 week old baby and having travlled all day yesterday with no sleep…

My plan today was to upgrade Team Foundation Server 2008 to Service Pack 1 (SP1) today. My client runs a dual server implementation and we run Team Explorer on the App Tier of this set up. Therefore we needed to upgrade Team Explorer and TFS itself to SP1 for 2008.   Round 1 The TFS…

I've been asked for my Visual Studio Settings many times from clients, friends, colleagues and readers. I tend towards a dark scheme to help my eyes so I'm not squinting all day.   On the left, you'll see a preview of what it looks like (minus the red marks - of course).   You can…

Just a reminder for all of you in the Twin Cities Area (Minneapolis/St. Paul) ... Twin Cities Code Camp will be this weekend! I will be speaking - the presentation is entitled: Smooth Operator: Using the Workflow Rules Engine Within WCF See you then...