Microsoft Team Build Integration

Question

Hi all,

I have the task to do integration with Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 Team Build. I did the integration with Team Explorer earlier and it is ok. But now I cannot find any information about Team Build integration and I do not know how I can do it. Team Build node is shown in Team Explorer in the following way:

TFS Server > Team Project > Builds

I need to add some custom commands to the node's and "Build Definitions" context menus.

I have two main questions:

1. There are any base classes to do the integration (I use Visual C#)? I mean the special classes for Team Build integration (for Team Explorer integration, for example, may be used BasicAsyncPlugin class).

2. How can I add custom commands to the menus?

Thanks in advice.

Answer 1

Hi Alexander,

I recommend that you take a look at Eugen's article on how to write a team explorer addin:

http://www.attrice.info/cm/tfs/TeamBuildAddinArticle.htm

It is a very good start sample on how to extend Team Explorer and add custom context menus for example.

Regards
/Jakob

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Answer 2

Hi Jakob, Thank you very much for the link. It is exactly the info I need.