Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

  • You use Microsoft Project 2010 to connect to a team project that is hosted on a Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 server or on a TFS 2010 server.

  • A work item on the TFS server contains a user. The value Display Name field of the user contains a special character. For example, the value contains character "[."

  • You try to open the work item in Microsoft Project 2010.

In this scenario, the Resource Name field for this user is blank.

Cause

The issue occurs because of an error in the Team Explorer add-in for Microsoft Project. Specifically, the add-in does not have the logic to handle special characters (except for the comma) in display names.

Resolution

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2010 Team Explorer Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed on the client computer that has Microsoft Project installed.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfix.

File Information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For all supported versions of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

qtcontroller.exe.config

Not applicable

5,505

29-Sep-11

20:02

Not applicable

Leviewer.exe

10.0.40219.352

117,584

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.build.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

435,080

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

1,592,704

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

523,136

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.controls.dll

10.0.40219.352

937,856

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.dll

10.0.40219.352

674,672

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.lab.activities.dll

10.0.40219.352

767,888

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.lab.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

152,456

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.lab.uiutils.dll

10.0.40219.352

266,120

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.lab.workflow.activities.dll

10.0.40219.352

439,712

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.officeintegration.project.dll

10.0.40219.352

516,520

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.activities.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

314,296

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.activities.dll

10.0.40219.352

1,510,312

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.activityruntime.dll

10.0.40219.352

219,056

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

684,448

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.client.themes.dll

10.0.40219.352

3,058,096

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.client.wpfcontrols.dll

10.0.40219.352

256,952

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.clientpackage.dll

10.0.40219.352

73,136

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

33,696

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.controller.dll

10.0.40219.352

119,720

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.controls.dll

10.0.40219.352

492,960

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.testmanagement.controls.wpfworkitemcontrols.dll

10.0.40219.352

99,280

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

704,928

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

231,840

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.controls.dll

10.0.40219.352

4,438,432

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.workitemtracking.client.dll

10.0.40219.352

698,272

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.workitemtracking.controls.dll

10.0.40219.352

1,213,352

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.teamfoundation.workitemtracking.proxy.dll

10.0.40219.352

390,048

5-Oct-11

4:01

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.agentobject.dll

10.0.40219.352

104,864

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

1,353,616

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.controllerobject.dll

10.0.40219.352

275,368

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.executioncommon.dll

10.0.40219.352

480,168

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.resource.dll

10.0.40219.352

966,040

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.testcasemanagement.dll

10.0.40219.352

1,278,896

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.tmi.dll

10.0.40219.352

397,712

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.build.dll

10.0.40219.352

141,720

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.dll

10.0.40219.352

93,064

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.teamexplorer.dll

10.0.40219.352

798,120

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.dll

10.0.40219.352

58,288

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.dll

10.0.40219.352

58,800

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.dll

10.0.40219.352

60,336

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.dll

10.0.40219.352

62,896

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.dll

10.0.40219.352

941,480

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamfoundation.workitemtracking.dll

10.0.40219.352

460,208

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.integration.dll

10.0.40219.352

192,408

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.manualtest.common.dll

10.0.40219.352

812,456

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.uitest.extension.ie.dll

10.0.40219.352

250,280

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.uitest.extension.uia.dll

10.0.40219.352

106,416

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Microsoft.visualstudio.qualitytools.vstst.schema

Not applicable

140,175

29-Sep-11

20:02

Not applicable

Msdiff.dll

10.0.40219.352

484,680

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Mtm.exe

10.0.40219.352

448,328

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Qtagent32.exe

10.0.40219.352

20,304

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Qtagent32.exe

10.0.40219.352

20,312

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Tf.exe

10.0.40219.352

324,928

6-Oct-11

16:30

x86

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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