How to extend TFS 2008 team explorer query builder and results grid

Question

Is it possible to extend the Team Explorer 2008 Query Builder and Query result grid using TFS SDK , I have a requirement where i like to add some custom columns and get the output in the result grid in a hierarchical structure, whether this is possible or do i have to write these functionalities from scratch. Is there any API documentation available for team explorer.

Thanks

Answer 1

I don't think you're going to have much luck doing this with the stock query result grid. You could potentially write your own, using the TFS API, and create it as a Visual Studio add-in.

Found some details to get a list of the queries from TFS. This is if you have Visual Studio 2010

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/TfsSdk/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Enumerate%20Stored%20Queries

Alternatively (and a bit more easily), you can use code like this to get the queries. However, it uses some deprecated code. It is, however, designed for TFS 2008 and Visual Studio 2008:

        TeamFoundationServer tfs = new TeamFoundationServer("http://tfs:8080");
        WorkItemStore wis = tfs.GetService<WorkItemStore>();

        var project = wis.Projects[0];

        for(int i=0; i<project.StoredQueries.Count; i++)
        {
            System.Console.WriteLine(project.StoredQueries[i].Name);
        }