How to Add Registered Link Type in TFS 2010

Question

Hi,

We are working on integration between Rational Requirement Composer and TFS 2010 using visual studio 2010.

we are creating an TFS  external link to connect to the external datasource (i.e RRC in our case ) using C#, which requires the Registered Link Type, So could you please share some details on how to create Registered Link Type using Visual Studio 2010.

Thanks in advance

Regards,

Ammeraju

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Ammiraju

Answer 1

Hi Ammiraju, 

Thanks for your post.

I’m currently looking into this issue and will give you an update as soon as possible.  

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John Qiao [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi Ammiraju:

I think I understand your question.  Can you look at these links and see if they help?

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=340

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/greggboer/archive/2010/03/01/tfs-2010-customizing-work-item-link-types.aspx

Id these do not help, can you tell me exactly what you are trying to accomplish?  I don’t think you are using the TF Integration Tool.  I think you are trying to modify a work item to accommodate a Registered Link Type.

Thanks!

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Trevor Hancock (Microsoft)
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Answer 3

Hi Trevor,

Thanks for your reply.

I have gone through these links before, but the information in these articles are not helped to meet our requirements.

Here is the brief overview about what we want to accomplish:

We have Rational Requirement Composer(RRC) for capturing the project requirements, we have Rational Quality Manager (RQM) for capturing Test cases and for source code and build management we are using TFS 2010, but now we want to use TFS 2010 for complete application lifecylce management. Our requirement is not to migrate the requirements and test cases to TFS, but we want to integrate  or link to requirements / Test cases with the respective work items in TFS 2010.

We want to create an external link. So to create an external link  we required registered link type, i tried creating the link type using the witadmin tool as mentioned the links you provided but it creates the work item  link type, but not the registered link type.

So we require the solution on how to create the registered link type in TFS 2010, i read in some artilce about tfsreg.exe in tfs 2008 which is used to create the registered link type. But in TFS 2010 this exe is not avaialble so what would be possible solution to create the registered link type.

thank you for your interest in helping us.

Regards,

Ammiraju Motupalli

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Ammiraju

Answer 4

Hi Ammiraju,

Thanks for the reply.

As you discovered, TFSreg.exe is no longer supported in TFS 2010.  This tool was used to create a Registered Link type.  Based on my research, there is no tool to create a registered link type in TFS 2010.  I suggest you request there be a tool added to a future version of TFS by going to our User Voice link and adding this as a request. See is the site:

http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio 

I do have a suggestion as a workaround.  Can you use a Hyperlink type of link?  This link allows you to “link between a work item and a file that is stored elsewhere, a URL, or a server location.”  See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd293534.aspx

More on the Hyperlink type:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181325.aspx

Will this link type allow you to link your test cases from Rational Quality Manager to the work item?

Thanks!

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Trevor Hancock (Microsoft)
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