When I attempt to create a new data connection through the Server Explorer of my .NET project, I get the following error: ADO Error:' [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.' I have admin rights on the machine, and I attempt to connect via i...more >>

I notice the following definition under <eventCategories> in the EIF = configuration file: <eventCategory name=3D"All Events" description=3D"A category that = contains all events."> <event type=3D"System.Object" /> </eventCategory> and that the EventSource.Raise method takes a System.Obj...more >>

Yesterday we ran into a unexplained behavior on one of our terminal servers hosting about 60 people at the time all running our EIF instrumented application. Our application installs an EnterpriseInstrumentation.config file and a EnterpriseInstrumentation.config.backup file. We had just added ...more >>

I see that the configuration allows for sequential and circular options. Is there an option to make it create a new file once the existing one has reached the specicific size or on a timed basis such as once a day for example? If not I would like to suggest this as an option for a future release...more >>

How can you prevent the logging of the message about EIF not being able to create a backup file when it loads the configuration file or for that matter turn off the logging of the fact that it successfully loaded. In fact, is it possible to have it log only if it cannot load the EnterpriseInstru...more >>

Hi All, I just ran the sample EIF application which comes with EIF . I'm not able to see entries in Eventlog or windows trace logs. I just build the sample apllication , Run Installtil which generated EIF.config, modified tracesession.log and enabled to true. Thanks...more >>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=80df04bc-267d-4919-8bb4-1f84b7eb1368&DisplayLang=en ...more >>

Hi, I have installed a machine with the following: Windows XP SP1, Office 2003, VS.Net 2003, Visual FoxPro 7 and 8 (Both Service Pack 1) My issue is that when ever I try and record a new test using Application Center Test, the RAM usage jumps up to 2 GB and then after about 30 Seconds ...more >>

Hi, I have a Installer class used to install my windows service, it was created by the wizard that is in the VS, I just whent into the properties and set up the properties of the ServiceInstaller member by using the properties windows. But I choose the DinamicProperties, the wizard created into...more >>

When you define an event sink in the <EventSinks></EventSinks> section of the EIF configuration file you have to specifiy the type to be used for the event sink. Is it possilbe to use the same type with different event sink definitions? For instance, I would like to use the same type with diffe...more >>

Can a type used in defining an event sink be defined more than once in the <EventSinks> section? For instance, could you define a type as an event sink with one set of parameters and then define another event sink using the same type with a different sent of parameters?...more >>

Hi, How can I enable/disable raising an event in EIF based on the EventLogEntryTypeID and have it work like the trace switch? And further more, how can I specify the EventLogEntryTypeID (to identity whether the event is an error or warning or informartion) when raising an event? ...more >>

There was very briefly (saw it last night) version of EIF posted to the Microsoft Download that said it addressed two issues with the initial release of EIF one of them being startup performance. The download URL was: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=73ed46ad-d5eb-4c61-927...more >>

When I try to run a project I get this error "Could not create the Windows Management Locator object" From previous posts I understand that this is a permission problem for ACTUser on the project directory. However, my documents folder is on a network share, where i cannot (?) add the machi...more >>

Is it possible to playback a recorded test (from Microsoft Application Center Test) in a visible Internet Explorer, so that I can view the state of the session after the manuevers of the test have been performed? How? Thanks, Klas Mellbourn...more >>

Hi all: I have a question about Visio's reverse engineering. From the visual studio 2003, we reverse engineered our project(C#) into Visio, however we only got the UML model tree, we are expecting sort of class diagram to be generated automatically. I am not sure whether Visio provides th...more >>

I work for a ASP-model software product company. We are just about to launch our product and are setting it up in our datacenter (Windows 2003 servers). Our infrastructure manager is jumping up and down about our use of EIF in the web app posing a significant security risk. He says modify p...more >>

ACT does not properly return cookies to the server for a parent domain. For instance, 1. The test is using a server foo.bar.com 2. The server sets a cookie explicitly setting the domain of the cookie to "bar.com" 3. On the next request, ACT does not include the new cookie in the he...more >>

Hi, I am trying to deploy my application and I added an Installer class to my project. In my deployment project I added the primary output of my application to the Install, Commit, Rollback and Uninstall, hoping that it would call my Installer class. Almost at the end of the setup I get the ...more >>

I recently upgraded to VS .NET 2003 and Visio for Enterprise Architect 2003, but can't seem to locate the menu item to Reverse Engineering my C++ Code to UML. I know in previous version it was an "Add-in", but it's no longer there. The Visio documentation says it's under the "Project" me...more >>

MS Partner this is the latest version of security update, the "October 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to continue ke...more >>

I do mainly ASP.NET and VB.NET (console and windows apps) development. Opening a new solution (especially web solutions) can take several minutes for large solutions. Compiling can take a while (especially for web solutions). I spend a lot of time waiting. I have a 2GHz Pentium IV, 1GB RAM,...more >>

MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "October 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install now to help protect your computer from these vulnerabilities, ...more >>

When I try to generate a log file using the option Test.TraceLevel = 2 the generated file contains no information even if the script is full of Test.Trace instructions (some generated by the tool, others inserted by me). What is the setting I should use to obtain less verbose logs. Than...more >>

I am trying to record user movement for creating a test script with ACT. I am trying to test a Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 site that uses Windows Authentication. I also have a ISA Server acting as the firewall in my enviroment. The test machine is inside the firewall. Everytime I try...more >>