TFS delays in getting files from TFS

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I'm using the following code to retrieve a file from TFS. The method executes without error but when I try to access the downloaded file, I get an error saying the file cannot be found.
I think there is a delay between "DownloadFile" and actually putting the file on my local.
Any suggestions?

C#

public static void GetFileFromTFS(string filePath, string filename)
  {       
   try
   {
    string fileStr = null;
    _server.Authenticate();
    WorkItemStore store = new WorkItemStore(_server);
    Item file = null;
    fileStr = filePath  + filename;
    file = _versionControl.GetItem(fileStr);
    file.DownloadFile(filePath + Path.GetFileName(file.ServerItem)); 
    }
     catch (Exception ex)
      { Trace.WriteLine("Unknown Error.  Message returned: \n" +     
                         ex.Message, "Unknown Error");
      }
         
}

Posted 12-Oct-11 3:59am

lovinlife045

Updated 13-Oct-11 9:28am

Pradeep Shukla

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2011-10-13T09:47:00

Is the file there if you look for for it yourself? If you wouldn't know where to look, then the problem is obvious. You would need to create a workspace.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181384.aspx[^]

For your code to work it would also need to exist in the workspace. By the way... when combining a path and a filename you might want to consider using Path.Combine(filePath + Path.GetFileName(file.ServerItem));

You could also specify both serverpath and localpath:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.teamfoundation.versioncontrol.client.versioncontrolserver.downloadfile%28v=vs.80%29.aspx[^]

Good luck!