How can I open the TFS changeset details dialog view using a Visual Studio add-in?

Question

I have a specific artifact in TFS, say changeset \"123\", which has the URI \"vstfs:///VersionControl/Changeset/123\". I realized that the link \"ht

Answer 1

In VS 2015 you can use the following code taken from here

public void ViewChangesetDetails(int changesetId)
{
        ITeamExplorer teamExplorer = this.GetService<ITeamExplorer>();
        if (teamExplorer != null)
        {
            teamExplorer.NavigateToPage(new Guid(TeamExplorerPageIds.ChangesetDetails), changesetId);
        }
}

Answer 2

Take a look at the following blog posts:

• Ed Hintz: How to write a Team Foundation Version Control Add-In for Visual Studio
• Brian Harry: Working on TFS SDK improvements and TFSAddin.zip sample code (ZIP file includes a doc on the API as well)

Essentially, you need references to the following assemblies:

 Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client
 Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client
 Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Controls
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.Client
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl

Then you can use VersionControlExt.ViewChangesetDetails(int changesetId) to display a specific changeset from your add-in:

VersionControlExt vce;
vce = _applicationObject.GetObject("Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.VersionControlExt") as VersionControlExt;
vce.ViewChangesetDetails(changesetId);

This brings up a dialog that shows the user all the details about a particular changeset. (It is the same dialog that appears if the user selects "Details..." in the "Find Changesets" dialog.)