When I first started working with TFS2008 I accidently created a build type in Visual Studio 2005. The C# application I Built with that definition got an error that only applies to C++( if I recall correctly). I know that this is specifically not supported by Microsoft if you look up the "compatibility matrix" for VS2005 and VS2008. (I'm too lazy to look u the link for it!)
Note to make clear most of the builds work fine - only SOME of the builds get this problem. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes MacDonald Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Building TFS2008 from VS2005 IDE Hi, What happens if you use Team Explorer 2005 to create the Build Type? Wes From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Sniderman Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Building TFS2008 from VS2005 IDE By default, the TFS2008 Wizard is putting "<DropLocation>\\UNKNOWN\drops</DropLocation <file:///\\UNKNOWN\drops%3c\DropLocation> >" into the build types. I've now tried both setting it to it's valid value - and deleting it - but not difference - I still get the error... From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Colestock Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Building TFS2008 from VS2005 IDE Did you remove the DropLocation property from your build file? This is needed for backwards compat with 2005 clients (even though the server value takes precedence) Scott Colestock On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Allanson, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting the only time I have seen that in the 2008 UI with a 2005 build script was when I added an extra property group at the top of the proj file, but you get the error every time you build, not sporadically. Sent from my iPhone On 22 Dec 2008, at 16:24, "Daniel Sniderman" <[email protected]> wrote: My client is using TFS 2008 SP1 but most applications are still using VS2005. I have a number of build types that until recently have built without any issue using the VS2005 GUI. Recently SOME of the build types have been getting the error (as a message box) from the VS2005 GUI "Drop location is not defined in the Build Type <Build Type Name" Another symptom I've noticed, if you right click on the "Team Builds" node on the VS2005 Team Explorer and click "Build Team Project Applications..." in the dropdown for "Build Type", the build types appear to be in a "Random" order - and don't include the projects I'm having the issue with. Note that even after adding the Property of "DropLocation" to the "TFSBuild.proj" for the build type - the problem continues. As a "Work Around" I'm having the developers build from VS2008 or Web Access - but it would be preferred to be able to build from the IDE they are developing in. Also - is there a way to control in the VS2005 IDE what "Build Machines" show in the dropdown? 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