How do you hook an editor for TFS 2010 WF BuildPro

Question

I've followed the Team Foundation Server 2010 book's custom editor for a dictionary<string,string> and can't get it to go. I have another custom editor in the same assembly, and consumed by the same build template that works.

This SO hints at it being a TypeConverter issue, but I don't think any part of a custom build assembly is just run when it is loaded.

I'm getting the default generic Collection Editor instead of mine.

I have tried using code more like my credential UITypeEditor uses, and then tried typing exactly what's in the book for a UITypeEditor. The dialog itself should not matter unless it was throwing an exception, but I'd think that would popup somewhere visible rather than just loading the default editor.

Answer 1

It is probably because the IDE is not able to find your custom type. I hit the same issue last year - http://www.neovolve.com/post/2010/06/24/Full-support-for-custom-types-in-TFS-Build-2010-build-definition-editor.aspx. Try putting your custom assembly into the Visual Studio PrivateAssemblies directory and the recycle the IDE.