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Reputation: 279

How to check out files in TFS

I am creating a tool which initially needs a user to connect to TFS. It is my first time to know about it and I would have to code the connection without actually testing it because my machine is not in domain. I would just like to know the basics of it, specifically checking out files. I've searched that to check out files, it needs to have a workspace.

I am using c# language, by the way.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3566

Answers (2)

Paul Michaels
Paul Michaels

Reputation: 16685

You can take the workspace from the file you want to check out, as follows:

string localPath = @"c:\ws\myfile.cs";
TfsTeamProjectCollection tfs = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(new Uri(tfsServer));

// Get a reference to Version Control.              
_versionControl = tfs.GetService<VersionControlServer>();

_workspace = _versionControl.TryGetWorkspace(localPath);

if (_workspace == null)
{
    throw new Exception("Workspace is not mapped");
}

Upvotes: 1

Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson

Reputation: 1377

Check out this blog post that provides example code for a C# console app that demonstrates programmatically connecting and checking out files with Team Foundation Server 2010 and above.

Upvotes: 2

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