Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Additional Resources
• For more information about viewing pending changes in your workspace, see “How
to: View and Manage All Pending Changes in Your Workspace” at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181400(VS.80).aspx
• For more information about viewing pending changes in other workspaces, see “How
to: View Pending Changes in Other Workspaces” at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/enus/library/ms181401(VS.80).aspx
• For more information about the tf status command see “Status Command” at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9s5ae285(VS.80).aspx
How to Create a Custom Check-in Policy
To create a custom check-in policy, use the plug-in model exposed by the policy
framework.
You can create a custom check-in policy to implement your own policy logic; for
example, if you want to check if users have been adding comments or using regular
expressions correctly at the time of check-in.
Plug-ins are used both within the policy definition process and during the policy
evaluation process. Policy plug-ins are installed either as stand-alone utilities or as part of
a separate application, and are registered with the policy framework so that they can be
loaded as needed.
A policy plug-in must expose the following interfaces:
• IPolicyDefinition – The IPolicyDefinition interface exposes methods that are used in
the process of defining policy requirements for a team project. This interface includes
methods for invoking a user interface specific to the policy plug-in in order to allow
users to easily define a check-in policy.
• IPolicyEvaluation – The IPolicyEvaluation interface exposes methods that are used
in the process of evaluating policy compliance during the check-in process. This
interface includes methods that accept the contents of a check-in operation and
analyze them to establish whether the defined policy is satisfied.
You can package multiple policy plug-ins n the same assembly. The only requirement is
that you implement the plug-ins as separate classes.
Note: These interfaces are exposed in PolicyBase class. As an alternative to
implementing IPolicyDefinition and IPolicyEvaluation interfaces, you can derive a
class from PolicyBase.
Additional Resources
• For more information about creating and using a custom check-in policy, see “How
To - Create Custom Check-In Policies in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server” in
this guide.