Use Team Foundation Server in Delphi 7?

Question

I am a .NET developer and am using VS2008 / TFS2008. Recently, another developer left our company, and now I have to maintain his code. He was the developer of Delphi (mainly Delphi 7, but also Delphi 2007), and he did not use any control source.

Is there a way to host my code on Team Foundation Server? Integration into the Delphi IDE is a big plus.

Answer 1

To get IDE integration with TFS in Delphi 7, you need to use the MSSCCI provider for TFS in conjunction with SourceConnexion, which provides MSSCCI support for Delphi. You will need to install the following on your computer if you do not already have them:

• Microsoft Team Explorer 2008 (TFS Client)
• Microsoft MSSCCI Provider for TFS 2008
• Sourceconnexion

You need to make sure that you have licenses to access the TFS client for any of the Delphi users connecting to TFS, and obtain a license for the SourceConnexion plug-in.

Since you already have VS2008 installed on your computer talking to TFS2008, you probably only need to install items 2 and 3.

See the Eyal blog post for more information (a bit dated but still valid).

Answer 2

We use SourceConnexion (third-party plugin) with D2007: http://www.epocalipse.com/scx.htm

(Works well with the SCC plugin for SCM plugins, which has better branching support than TFS :-))

Answer 3

I understand that this is an old thread, but during my reseller on how to use TFS2012 with Borland Delphi 2006, the messages here helped me a lot, so I wanted to share my experience.

To use TFS2012 or TFS2010 with Borland Delphi 2006, follow these steps:

• Download and install Microsoft Team Explorer 2010 .
• Download and install the TFS MSSCCI provider TFS2010 (make sure you download the 32-bit version, even if on a 64-bit machine!).
• Download and install SourceConnexIon .
• Open Borland Delphi 2006, click on the Source Control menu item and follow the wizzard setup.

You must follow this order or SourceConneXion will not detect TFS.