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How To: Extend the Network Types for a Visual Studio Load Test
Out-of-the-box Visual Studio allows testers to define a network mix for load tests with the following network profiles: LAN T3 6.0 Mps T1 Cable/DSL 1.5Mbps Cable/DSL 768k Cable/DSL 384k Dial-up 56k Dial-up 33.6k Dial-up 28.8k If we want to add an additional Read More...
Setting up a Visual Studio 2008 PowerShell Prompt
I finally got some time to setup a powershell script that mimics the vcvars32.bat file that the Visual Studio 2008 command prompt loads (if you're on a 32-bit machine) and sets up all the environment variables for using the development command-line tools. Read More...
HowTo... Configure a connection string like a pro.
Ever wondered how to configure a connection string using the Data Link properties dialog? Well, I have. And just last night I decided to check out exactly how to do this. Here's a simple list with all the required steps: Add a reference to "Microsoft Read More...
WiX: Managed Custom Actions
I've added WiX to my build process to automate the production of windows installer packages for my product. I'm not very proficient with Windows Installer technology, so I thought I might get by with what I've seen is already a "traditional" approach: Read More...
Loading .config files in NUnit
Last week I gave a presentation at Microsoft DevDays 2004 in Lisbon on Test-Driven Development. A day later I got this interesting question: "(...) if I'm testing a DLL assembly that uses a .config file to read in data, when I run the tests, NUnit loads Read More...
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