Automatic Checkout with TFS
tfs, visual-studio-2008
Solution
It sounds like the solution isn't “bound” to the version control provider. From Visual Studio's main File menu, select Source Control, Change Source Control…. You'll see this dialog:
http://alinconstantin.members.winisp.net/webdocs/scc/Bindings1.png
Make sure the the server bindings are correct and that each solution/project is “connected”.
Problem
I recently moved to a new client where the source control system is TFS 2008. I have been using Subversion for almost 4 years so this is quite a change for me. One of the first things I noticed is that every time I try to modify a file Visual Studio (2008) tells me that the file is read-only. I spoke to the guy in charge of TFS and he informed that I need to manually check-out that file before I can modify it. So basically automatic checkouts aren't working for me. The only advice I have gotten thus far is to enable it in Tools->Options->Source Control->Environment->Prompt for check-out. Which didn't work - it was enabled already. (Plus Visual Studio isn't even prompting me for a check-out - it just tells me the file is write-protected) Is it possible that TFS is setup to not allow automatic checkouts? (I'm not allowed to touch the TFS setup - we have a whole department for that) Or am I just being blind?