How do you SetMaxAttachmentSize in TFS 2010?

Question

I want to set the maximum work item attachment size. From old blogs I have found that it is possible by calling SetMaxAttachmentSize, but the blogs are for older versions of TFS. I have found the new webservice path for TFS 2010.

http://localhost:8080/tfs/_tfs_resources/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ConfigurationSettingsService.asmx/SetMaxAttachmentSize

Unfortunately when I call it like that I receive this error: This request can only be made against a project collection. The (.asmx) file should be located in the project directory (usually _tfs_resources under the application root).

I don't know how to format the call via a browser to target a specific project collection. Any thoughts?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 25 '11 at 15:24

Apparently SetMaxAttachmentSize web service was not leveraged on TFS 2010 therefore you need to do this programmatically, try running the following code:

TeamFoundationServer tfs = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer(@"http://yourtfsserver:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection");
            ITeamFoundationRegistry rw = tfs.GetService<ITeamFoundationRegistry>();
            RegistryEntryCollection rc = rw.ReadEntries(@"/Service/WorkItemTracking/Settings/MaxAttachmentSize");
            RegistryEntry re = new RegistryEntry(@"/Service/WorkItemTracking/Settings/MaxAttachmentSize", "20971520");  //20MB
            if (rc.Count != 0)
            {
                re = rc.First();
                re.Value = "20971520";
            }
            rw.WriteEntries(new List<RegistryEntry>() { re });

I hope it works for you

Regards, Randall Rosales

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '12 at 14:08

I have found that this works. It is easier than writing code.

Go to this url replacing <Collection> with your project collection: http://localhost:8080/tfs/<Collection>/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ConfigurationSettingsService.asmx
Choose SetMaxAttachmentSize

You can test to make sure you set it correctly by going to the same url above and then selecting GetMaxAttachmentSize.

How do you SetMaxAttachmentSize in TFS 2010?

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