Remove 'resolve' from Check-in Action list

Question

Hi All,

 

I'd like to remove the 'resolve' option in the list where you can choose the check-in action in the Check-in screen for the task workitem. Or, even better, change the order of the 2 available options.

In this article http://www.woodwardweb.com/vsts/000230.html , there is a description of how to remove the resolve option for the Bug workitem. So, I have used the Process Template Editor v1.2 to download the xml for a Task workitem, but the <actions> section described in the article is not there for the Task woriktem (it is for the Bug workitem).

 

Anyone know how to remove the resolve option or change the order the check-in actions for the Task workitem?

Answer 1

Hi Owin,

 

The check-in actions per se are not a part of a work item type definition, however, there's a way to disable the "Resolve" option with a little bit of trickery. Open the Task work item's XML and locate the following lines: 

Code Snippet

 <ACTIONS>
   <ACTION value="Microsoft.VSTS.Actions.Checkin"/>
  </ACTIONS>

 

Now, remove these lines altogether (be sure to back up the XML before making any changes to it!) and upload the WI type definition back to the server. This should effectively disable the "Resolve" option. Unfortunately, there is no way to swap "Associate" and "Resolve".

 

P.S. I've checked this on my instance of TFS and Task.xml does have the quoted lines by default.

Answer 2

 Dmytro ,

 

Thanx for the reply.

You are absolutely right. I was using XML notepad v2.1. This version does not set a default node to start searching from and finds nothing. Either selecting a node or installing v2.4 does the trick.

 

Thanx

Answer 3

unfortunately, that did not do the trick for me. what could i be missing?
I uploaded the xml using the commandline witimport.exe and verified that it when in. But I still get that "Resolve" dropdown when i try to check something in