Q: Work Item Definition - Layout Target Not Working

Q: Work Item Definition - Layout Target Not Working

My post about How To: Manage Custom Controls In Team System and Web Access shows how to create Work Item Layout for Web and another for Team Explorer.

I got a comment from a reader that this Target layout is not working.

Reader:After exporting the Xml using Process Editor I’m editing the Xml file and inserting the new Layout, then I import it back to TFS and the Layout changes and only keeps <Layout Target="WinForms">.

Process Editor don’t know how to work item Target Layouts!!!

So even if you able to import the xml with those changes the next time you work with process editor all those changes will be erased.

The solution for this problem is to import the xml file using witimport to import the xml without Process Editor.