Working with TFS Server

Introduction

I've worked on a project that must have the ability to integrate with Team Foundation Server. I tried to search CodeProject, but unfortunately found only one article concerning this. I was quite confused about the topic, but got it all clear - there is a very good documentation of TFS programming in MSDN. So, in my post, I'll outline links to the source information and will present a short piece of code for novice developers.

Before starting

Ensure that you have installed Visual Studio 2005 SDK (see links below).

The simplest way is to use GAC.

Add references to the TeamFoundation assemblies.

Screenshot - TFS.gif

Working with TFS

This is an example of how to connect to a TFS server, and retrieve Projects and their WorkItems using WIQL (WorkItem Query Language, see links):

//
// Using Section
// 

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client; 


public void WorkWithTFS(string login, string password, string tfsName)
{
    //Connecting Server
    NetworkCredential tfsCredential = new NetworkCredential(login, password);
    TeamFoundationServer tfs = new TeamFoundationServer(tfsName, tfsCredential);
    tfs.Authenticate();

    WorkItemStore wis = (WorkItemStore)tfs.GetService(typeof(WorkItemStore));

    //Iterate Through Projects
    foreach (Project tfs_project in wis.Projects)
    {
       Console.WriteLine(tfs_project.Name);

       //Perform WIQL Query 
       WorkItemCollection wic = wis.Query(
          " SELECT [System.Id], [System.WorkItemType],"+
          " [System.State], [System.AssignedTo], [System.Title] "+
          " FROM WorkItems " + 
          " WHERE [System.TeamProject] = '" + tfs_project.Name + 
          "' ORDER BY [System.WorkItemType], [System.Id]");
       foreach (WorkItem wi in wic)
       {
         Console.WriteLine(wi.Title + "["+wi.Type.Name+"]"+wi.Description);
       }
     }
}