Chapter 4. Enhanced Work Item Forms with Field Custom Controls
In this chapter, we'll be looking at how to create custom work item tracking controls. First, we'll create a Windows form control that will be used when a work item form is displayed in a client such as Visual Studio or Microsoft Test Manager. Then, we'll create a web control that is used while displaying the work item form in the web access. We'll be covering the following topics in this chapter:
- Using a custom control in the process template
- Creating a Windows Forms Control for client applications
- Creating a web control for web access
After you've used work item tracking for a while in TFS, you can identify certain types of data that would make a lot of sense to have a slightly different control from the standard one, just to make it easier to do one or more things, such as keeping the data consistent by providing dynamic options, or maybe something as simple as a checkbox control. Now, we&apos...
