TFS SDK 2010 – Part 2 - Get a work item

In Part 1 I have described how to access the Application Instance of the TFS server. This post describes how you can create access to your work items:

In order to get access to the work items, add a reference to:

• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll

You can find the dll’s in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0

Then you have to add the following using statements:

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client;

You can now enumerate the values of a work item with the following code:

// Get the work item store
WorkItemStore wiStore = tfai.GetTeamFoundationServer(tpc.Id).GetService<WorkItemStore>();

// Get the work item with the Id 1
WorkItem wi = wiStore.GetWorkItem(1);

// Write the name and value for all fields in the work item
foreach (Field fd in wi.Fields)
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", fd.Name, fd.Value);
}

All code examples are based on Beta 2 and are subject to change.