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New Post: TFS Online

robjarratt — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:30:50 GMT

This happened because you used a layout where the field you used was mapped to a plain text content control. You will need to use a different layout, or edit the layout you want to use. To do the latter do the following:

Go to the Layout Designer
Select the layout you want to change
Connect to the Team Project you are working with
In the layout, select the field you want to change
From the list of fields on the right double click the field name, this will paste the field into the layout at the current cursor position.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each instance of the field that is coming out as HTML.
Click Save Changes.

Now try importing work items again.

I am hoping to make changes to make this a smoother experience in the future.

Regards

Rob

New Post: TFS Online

eretique — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:04:48 GMT

I've tried the add-in with TFS online and it wasn't a success. The documentation generated isn't usable. Here's an exemple:

Bug 128: DEV037
<html><head/><body></body></html>
Task 121: DEV021
<html><head/><body><h3 style="MARGIN:10pt 0cm 0pt;"><a name=_Toc352183240><span style="" lang=EN-CA><font color="#4f81bd" size=3 face=Cambria>Corporate Activity Profile</font></span></a><span style="" lang=EN-CA></span></h3>
<p> </p> Regards
Nick

New Post: Error trying to create custom "New Layout"

robjarratt — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:57:55 GMT

If you use the layout designer to look at any existing layout you will see a Default heading. To be valid, any layout must define a Default layout item, because it uses this for any work item type which is not explicitly defined in the layout.

The layout for each work item type is marked by a heading using a specific Word style. When you open an existing layout you can copy the heading from there to get the required style.

You can define different layouts for different work item types by naming the heading after the work item type. You can see examples of this in the existing layouts. But, as I said above, you must at least define one called "Default".

I hope this helps. If I have not been clear please feel free to ask for clarifications.

Regards

Rob

New Post: Error trying to create custom "New Layout"

Ally5 — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:21:59 GMT

Can anyone explain how to avoid getting the following error when trying to create a custom template:

"Cannot create layout New Layout because the Default layout item is either empty or missing."

This happens when I try to create a custom "Building Block" from a completely blank page.

(Using Word 2010)

Regards
Ally

New Post: Formatting of Document

robjarratt — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:26:39 GMT

The square brackets are an option in Word that shows bookmarks, the option is turned on by the addin so it is clear where the bookmarks are, because if you upset the bookmarks you can upset the refresh functionality. You can turn this option off either in the Word options or on the Team Ribbon.

As for the sort order, that is down to the sort order that is specified in the query you used. You should update your query to use the sort order you want. However, this will not update the sort order for any imports you have already done, you will need to start a new document to get the new query definition into your document.

Regards

Rob

New Post: Formatting of Document

RobD — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:02 GMT

Anyone have any idea how to remove the square brackets at the start and end of each work item. In the (Requirement Specification - Scrum) template I get a "[" and a "]" and I cannot get rid of it.

At the moment the requirements are order by "ID", is there anyway to change this behaviour or could I group requirements by the "Area" field for example.

Many Thanks.

New Post: Test Case "Steps"

zachbonham — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:31:35 GMT

Ok. Thanks for the update, Rob!

Zach

New Post: Test Case "Steps"

zachbonham — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:22:37 GMT

Ok. Thanks for the update, Rob!

Zach

New Post: Test Case "Steps"

robjarratt — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:57:53 GMT

This is a known issue. This is because most of the development was done with TFS 2010, the schema for test steps changed in the online service and in TFS 2012. At the moment I am not sure when this will get fixed.

Regards

Rob

New Post: Test Case "Steps"

zachbonham — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:46:56 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to get a layout where it prints the Steps section from our Test Cases query. When I add the 'Steps' field to the layout, I get the index (e.g. 1,2,3,..) of the Step in the output, but not the remaining fields (Action, Expected Result).

Setup

Windows Server 2012
VS2012 (w/SP1)
Office 2012 Professional
TFS project hosted at tfs.visualstudio.com

I've got a 'direct link' query pulling in Test Cases, along with a link filter for "Shared Steps", which works like a champ using a copy of the "Simple with Headings (Scrum)". The only additional field I'm trying to include is that "Steps" field.

I'm afraid I don't have an instance of TFS 2010 to try and see if its compatibility between the two.

If you need any additional information, please let me know!

Appreciate any input you have to pull in those Steps.

Thanks,
Zach

New Post: Where are the queries stored?

robjarratt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:04:08 GMT

There are some other Custom XML Parts that make up all the structures needed by the addin. It is possible to change the XML by hand, but I would not recommend it, I have never done it myself.

I know this is a limitation of the current tool and that it ought to change, but you shouldn't need to rewrite the whole document if you can cut and paste the non-query parts of the document.

Regards

Rob

New Post: Format HTML Descriptions

xJom — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:04:49 GMT

Answering myself with a work-around - Just change the font and size of the "Normal" font.

New Post: Format HTML Descriptions

xJom — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:02:22 GMT

I can't seem to get the format correct when using a rich HTML description. When importing the Work Item to Word 2010, the font always defaults to Calibri 11. It does not matter how I format it in TFS, and it does not matter how I format it in the template in the Layout Designer.

Is this a known issue? Is there any work-around for getting the correct font and size when importing rich HTML descriptions. I have been using the tip in the blog here:

http://msmvps.com/blogs/vstsblog/archive/2009/01/11/using-rich-html-descriptions-instead-of-plain-text.aspx

regards
/Mattias

New Post: Where are the queries stored?

xJom — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:27:35 GMT

Thanks for your input!

I noted the query bookmarks (TFS_WI_Qn_Wy) and found their corresponding <Query></Query>-lines in item1.xml and item2.xml and removed them, but apparently it wasn't supposed to be that easy...

I am getting an: "Work item 5526 bookmark is present but the work item content is missing from the document for query 11", and they are wrongly aligned for the rest of the document.

But I can't seem to find any other XML file containing the queries, so I guess there is no manual work-around for this?

Rewriting the document from scratch is not a very appealing option, but I might as well do it, now that I know the pitfalls, and I do get a chance to get my layouts better.

regards
/Mattias

New Post: Where are the queries stored?

robjarratt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:22:03 GMT

The query is in a Custom XML Part, but there are actually a couple of related Custom XML Parts so it could be difficult to remove the duplicate query without corrupting the document.

One of the features I would like to add is the ability to do this kind of maintenance from a task pane or the ribbon because I have made similar mistakes too.

Regards

Rob

New Post: Where are the queries stored?

xJom — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:17:03 GMT

I happend to Import the same Work Item Query twice, and now I can't get rid of the duplicate. I can delete the Bookmark and the contained text, but for every Refresh, they are duplicated again.

I guess I need to delete the stored query, but I can't seem to find them. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

regards
/Mattias

New Post: TFS 2012 Support

nheadlam — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:40:28 GMT

I will help with teh testing :)

New Post: TFS 2012 Support

robjarratt — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:43:54 GMT

I am waiting for some people to test the build, but I don't have a date for you I am afraid. Sorry I can't be more precise.

Regards

Rob

New Post: TFS 2012 Support

nheadlam — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:28:23 GMT

When can we expect to see support for VS 2012 and Word 2010 without registry changes?

New Post: Unable to create a custom report with a query that has linked work items

robjarratt — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:18:54 GMT

I am not entirely sure I understand all the problems you see with the output you are getting, so let me try to address the ones I think you are talking about.

First of all though let me explain, it is by design that you get one building block per work item, there is no concept of a building block containing a work item and any linked items all in the same building block.

One of the things you seem to want is to bold the labels like "Area Path", to do this just edit the layout in the Layout Designer and format the label as you want it to be.
If you want the linked test cases to be indented then change the formatting in the Layout Designer, pick the Test Case building block and indent it.

The one thing you can't do is follow the linked test case building blocks with more information from the parent requirement, as I said that is the way it is currently designed.

If I have missed any important aspects of the desired output that you need then let me know.

Regards

Rob