public WorkItemField Field_CreatePicklistField()
{
//get process id stored in cache so we don't have to load it each time
System.Guid processId = Context.GetValue <Guid>("$processId");
System.Guid picklistId = Context.GetValue <Guid>("$picklistId");
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
WorkItemField field = null;
Console.Write("Searching to see if field '{0}' exists....", _fieldRefName);
try
{
field = client.GetFieldAsync(_fieldRefName).Result;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex.InnerException.Message.Contains("TF51535: Cannot find field"))
{
field = null;
}
}
if (field == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("field not found");
Console.Write("Creating new picklist field and setting it to former picklistId....");
field = new WorkItemField()
{
ReferenceName = _fieldRefName,
Name = "Colors",
Description = "My new field",
Type = TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models.FieldType.String,
IsPicklist = true,
PicklistId = picklistId,
Usage = FieldUsage.WorkItem,
ReadOnly = false,
IsIdentity = false,
IsQueryable = true
};
WorkItemField newField = client.CreateFieldAsync(field).Result;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
return(newField);
}
Console.WriteLine("field found");
return(field);
}
public static WorkItemField GetField(VssConnection connection, string refname)
{
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
try
{
WorkItemField field = client.GetFieldAsync(refname).Result;
return(field);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(null);
}
}
public WorkItemField GetFieldDetails()
{
string fieldName = "System.Title";
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient workItemTrackingClient = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
WorkItemField workitemField = workItemTrackingClient.GetFieldAsync(fieldName).Result;
Console.WriteLine("Name: " + workitemField.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Ref name: " + workitemField.ReferenceName);
Console.WriteLine("Read only? " + workitemField.ReadOnly);
return(workitemField);
}
public async Task EnsureFieldExists(string fieldRefName, string name, string description, string workItemType, Guid processId)
{
var field = await witClient.GetFieldAsync(fieldRefName);
if (field == null)
{
field = await witClient.CreateFieldAsync(new WorkItemField()
{
Name = name,
Description = description,
ReferenceName = fieldRefName
});
}
await witProcessClient.AddFieldToWorkItemTypeAsync(
new AddProcessWorkItemTypeFieldRequest()
{
ReferenceName = field.ReferenceName
}, processId, workItemType);
}
private static WorkItemField GetField(VssConnection connection, string fieldName)
{
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient workClient = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
return(workClient.GetFieldAsync(fieldName).Result);
}
