UPDATE #3: TFSProxy

February 19, 2007 at 3:39 am (.net 2.0, TFSProxy, Visual Studio .Net 2005)

As promised I’ve put the first release for the TFSProxy add-in online at the codeplex project (http://www.codeplex.com/tfsproxy).

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UPDATE #2: TFSProxy

February 14, 2007 at 12:59 am (.net 2.0, TFSProxy, Visual Studio .Net 2005)

I’ve been busy with cleaning out the code and working on a graphics improvement so that it also looks nice (this is a personal view ofcourse).

When all this is done I will also be rebuilding the setup project and then upload it to the codeplex for download.

So what’s included in this version:

  • Autoconfiguration using the webservice (not included in the setup, download seperately)
  • Switching between locations retrieved from the autoconfig
  • Turning off the TFS Proxy
  • Enable/disable the behaviour for the dialog to appear at vs.net startup.

The big thing that is missing is the ability to add/edit/remove locations. Although this is not available using a GUI you can edit the xml by hand.More details on how to do this will be published later on.

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UPDATE: TFSProxy

February 6, 2007 at 9:03 am (.net, TFSProxy, Visual Studio .Net 2005)

Just a small update to say I’ve put the project on codeplex back online (http://www.codeplex.com/tfsproxy). I still have to put the screenshots back and eventually I will also keep the deadline for the first release planned on February 19, 2007.

I’ve also been mentioned on the following blogs:

Richard Berg’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/richardb/archive/2007/02/01/new-tfs-tool-tfsproxy.aspx
Anthony Borton’s blog: http://myvstsblog.com/archive/2007/02/01/TFS-Proxy-Add_2D00_in-and-other-VSTS_2F00_TFS-Widgets.aspx

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Tips & Tricks: Run Console Applications in Visual Studio .Net that doesn’t exit when finished

February 3, 2007 at 4:20 am (.net, Visual Studio .Net 2005)

Most of you might already know this little trick, but for those of you that don’t know it yet it’s very handy.

We often create small console applications to test some piece of code or implementation. We will often use the Console.WriteLine and Console.Write to display the results. Now when you debug your console application it will exit when the code is executed which will make it difficult for you to review the results that have been written to the console. One solution is to add the line Console.ReadLine at the end of the code so that the application waits for the user to press enter and then it will exit.

Another faster solution is instead of pressing F5 you can also press CTRL + F5. Using this method your application will be started and when the code is executed it will put the Console into a Pauze. For those of you that are familiar with Batch files it’s the same effect as adding a pauze keyword.

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TFSProxy Visual Studio .net 2005 Add-in

January 31, 2007 at 6:47 am (.net 2.0, TFSProxy, Visual Studio .Net 2005)

I’m currently developing an add-in for visual studio that allows you to switch fast between different Team Foundation Proxy Servers or disable the proxy servers without the need of going in the options of visual studio .net.

In the first release the user will be able to switch and disable proxy servers. It will also be possible to add new configurations, edit and delete existing configurations.

As a plus I also developed a web service through which the user can get predefined configurations. The user will not be able to change or remove these settings directly. This might be handy in an enterprise scenario where different proxy servers are used and they are controlled by System Operations.

For more information go to my Codeplex Project

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