Importing a Project from Microsoft Team Foundation Server

This topic focuses on importing a Flare project from source control. You might use this method, for example, if you are working on a multi-author project and another member of the team has placed the Flare project in Microsoft Team Foundation Server. For more information see About Source Control.

Closedhow to import a project from source control
  1. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

    • Ribbon Select File > New Project > Import Project.

    • Source Control Explorer From the View ribbon, open the Source Control Explorer. From the drop-down, select the Home pane. Click Import Project.

    The Import Project from Source Control Wizard dialog opens.

  2. From the drop-down, select Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

  3. In the Server field, enter the name of the computer or the IP address of the server. You can also click to select a "Team Project Collection." If you click this button, the Select Team Foundation Server Project Collection dialog opens, and you can do the following.

    1. To add a server, click . The Add Team Foundation Server dialog opens.
    2. Enter the name or URL of the server.
    3. Enter the path and port number.
    4. Select the protocol (HTTP or HTTPS).

    Note: You may need to obtain this information from your system administrator. Click OK in the dialogs until you return to the main wizard page.

    Note: If you run into issues in this dialog, chances are your user permissions do not have access to all of the collections on the TFS server. Please try to enter in the server/collection path manually.

  4. Next to the Team Project field, click . If the Log In dialog opens, complete the User name and Password fields.
  5. Click on the Team Foundation project.
  6. Click Next.

  7. Next to the Project file field, click Browse. The Browse Source Control Files dialog opens.

  8. Find and click on the Flare project file (FLPRJ) that you want to import. (You may need to log in with your user name and password.)
  9. Click OK.
  10. Click Next.
  11. In the Project name field, the name of the project being imported is displayed. It is recommended that you leave the name as it is, especially if you are working with other authors on the project. However, you can enter a different project name if you want.
  12. In the Project folder field, either accept the default location for the new project or click to browse for and select a folder.
  13. Click Finish. The project is imported and loaded into Flare.
ClosedNote

Note: If you want to import a project from source control, you can alternatively open the project file from another location (e.g., a server location), and then use Flare's bind detection functionality to automatically apply available source control bindings to the project. See Options Dialog.

ClosedWhat's Next?

You can perform any of the other source control tasks, such as checking in and checking out files. See About Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

You can also move on to any of the other basic steps.

Note: You do not necessarily need to follow all of the above steps (and their substeps) in the exact order given. For example, as you add topics to a project, you may want to start applying styles and formatting to them right away, before adding other elements to the project, such as a glossary. However, the above sequence probably makes the most overall logical sense. For example, you must start a project before adding elements (i.e., topics, content, cross-references, etc.) to it.