Script languages #

You can use C# and VB.Net to write your rules. Powershell also works but we had little tested it.

C# and VB #

You can use only types from these assemblies:

• System
• System.Core
• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client
• Aggregator.Core Any other reference will result in compile errors.

The following namespaces are imported (C# using, VB Imports):

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client
• System.Linq
• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.CoreFieldReferenceNames
• Aggregator.Core and descendants

Code #

You can make your code more modular, using macro snippets or functions.

<snippet name="MySnippet"><![CDATA[
    logger.Log("You entered MySnippet snippet.");
]]></snippet>

<function><![CDATA[
  int MyFunc() { return 42; }
]]></function>

<rule name="MyFirstRule" appliesTo="Task" hasFields="Title"><![CDATA[
    ${MySnippet}
    logger.Log("Hello, World from {1} #{0}!", self.Id, self.TypeName);
    logger.Log("MyFunc returns {0}.", MyFunc());
]]></rule>

This way you can reuse the same code in multiple rules.