Yesterday I have created a Custom Control that one of its features is to open a work item for the user to modify.

Since it took me some time to understand how to do it I have decided to post a reference for how to do it in an easy way.

Here is an example of how to do it:

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Controls;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking;

private void ShowWorkItem(WorkItem wiActivity) 
    { 
        DocumentService docSrv = (DocumentService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(DocumentService));

        IWorkItemDocument bugDocument = docSrv.CreateWorkItem(wiActivity, this) as IWorkItemDocument;

        docSrv.ShowWorkItem(bugDocument);

    }

private IServiceProvider serviceProvider; – is part of the IWorkItemControl interface that is required to create a Custom Control.

Have Fun!!!