File Locks in Shared Mode
When we first started using TC in Shared Mode we ran into conflicts with the Excel File becoming locked when someone else was running a test. I could see how it would be a problem if someone was edit...
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We use Team Foundation Server and unfortunately the way in which SmartBear integrates does not allow us to associate the changesets with a task via the IDE. We could manually check in and out but more PITA. Sounds as though the Shared Mode doesn't solve anything. Hmmm
Thanks for the reply.
Well, I wouldn't worry about tasks or anything. It's going to take a bit more in the way of communication ("Hey, I'm checking something in!"). In any case, best practice is to not run your tests on the same set of files as you are developing on. Your regular test runs should have a copy of your test projects that are only updated one way (TFS -> Test environment) rather than actually developing against your test environment. Consider what would happen if a developer was developing a web application on your live server that folks were actually using in real time... yeah, not a good practice there. :)