The event service uses the XSL and the plaintextXsl files to transform the XML data into the e-mail message body. Microsoft defines the data layout for its exposed events using the XSD files. There are four categories of files: eMailTemplate, plantextXsl, XSD, and XSL. You'll find 28 files stored in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\Services\v1.0\Transforms. TFS controls the formatting of the alert e-mail messages via a set of XSL transforms.
Note that there are more events raised by TFS than those listed in the Project Alerts dialog. You choose the format of the e-mail message (HTML or plain text) on an event-by-event basis. For each event, you can enter one or more e-mail addresses separated by semicolons. Visual Studio exposes four events: artifacts are checked-in, a build completes, a build status changes, and someone else changes work items assigned to you. TFS will format the body of the message as either plain text or HTML depending upon your preferences. If you choose this menu item, Visual Studio will open the Project Alerts dialog, which allows you to create e-mail subscriptions for up to four events (see Figure 1). Once you do, you will see a menu item labeled Project Alerts. If you start up Visual Studio 2008 with Team Foundation Client (TFC) installed and connect to an existing team project, you'll be able to access the Team menu on the main menu bar. While I will be using Visual Studio 2008 and TFS 2008, most of this column applies equally to TFS 2005. In this column, I'll examine what's available out of the box via the Visual Studio® user interface, what events are exposed by EventService, how you can create and manage subscriptions, and how you can create your own Web service to receive and process events. EventService exposes a set of events that, when fired, can perform actions such as sending e-mail or making a SOAP-based Web service call. I classify EventService as a minor or, better yet, supporting service.
Microsoft built Team Foundation Server (TFS) as a collection of major and minor services including version control, work item tracking, and the EventService service.
#MICROSOFT TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER ISSUE TRACKING CODE#
Code download available at: TeamSystem2008_05.exe(177 KB) Contents
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