TFS SDK - Getting the network credential prompt

Question

I am trying to get the network prompt so that user can provide the credentials. I saw this and It does not help. Could somebody provide a more complete example? The goal is is to get this from a Word Add-in so that I can create work items in TFS from the function points mentioned in the word document. So, somebody writes the function points in a document, closes it and It would ask for the network credentials so that It can create work items in the TFS.

Answer 1

You want to use the UICredentialsProvider when connecting. Here's an example that shows how you would connect to a TFS 2010 Project Collection:

// Connect to a project collection by Uri
try
{
    var projectCollectionUri = new Uri("http://tfs2010:8080/tfs/MyCollection");
    var projectCollection = TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory.GetTeamProjectCollection(projectCollectionUri, new UICredentialsProvider())
    projectCollection.EnsureAuthenticated();
}
catch (TeamFoundationServerUnauthorizedException ex)
{
    // handle access denied
}
catch (TeamFoundationServiceUnavailableException ex)
{
    // handle service unavailable
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
    // handle other web exception
}