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You receive a misleading error message in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server when you use strings that contain special characters

Article ID: 921318

Article Last Modified on 8/22/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, a misleading error message occurs instead of an error message that states that the string that is being used is invalid. This problem can occur when you use a string that contains special characters, such as ã, «, ä, ½, ¿, ç, ”, ¨, í, ¦, ¢, and ‹, in various locations.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, adjust the string that you are using so that it does not include any special characters.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Scenarios that reproduce the problem

You can reproduce this problem by using a string that contains one or more of the special characters that are listed in the "Symptoms" section. The following scenarios reproduce this problem:

You receive the following error message when you add a new build quality:

TF42009: Team Build could not add the build quality に使用ること because of the error: Failed to retrieve data from the server. Please verify the network connection and try again.

For more information about how to add a new build quality, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181735.aspx
You receive the following error message when you add comments in attachments and links:

Cannot complete the operation. An unexpected error occurred.

For more information about how to add comments in attachments and links , visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181270.aspx
You receive the following error message when you add a new Area or Iteration node:

There was an error generating the XML document.
There was a failure on the server.
There may have been other changes that conflict with the new node:

For more information about how to add new Areas and Iterations, visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181277.aspx
You receive the following error message when you add a new document library:

TF30027: Team Explorer encountered an error adding the document library.

For more information about how to add a new document library , visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181484.aspx
You receive the following error message when you add a new report folder:

TF30109: Team Explorer encountered an error during the renaming. Try your change again.

For more information about report folders, visit the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms243821.aspx
You receive the following error message when you create a new group:

Error Creating Group. There was an error generating the XML document.

For more information about how to create groups, visit the following MSDN Web sites:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252479.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253134.aspx

Additional query words: special characters TFS TF30027 TF30109 TF42009

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinfo kbtshoot kbbug kbprb KB921318

Microsoft KB Archive/921318

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