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Referencing Sharepoint Assemblies on x64bit Installs causes build errors for ASP.NET apps (in VS.NET 2005)

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 6:39 PM by robgruen
You may encounter the following error if you are trying to build a ASP.NET application or web service on a x64bit machine where Sharepoint is installed: Error 1 Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Search, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, Read More...
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Installing Displays #5 & #6 on my workstation

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:41 PM by robgruen
So I get my third dual head card in the mail the other day and after two days of patient waiting I took the plunge to install it. Well, to make a long story shorter, it took me all day to get working. Typically you just add the video cards and voila, Read More...
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How Can You Update Your Computer When the Thing That Updates Your Computer Is Broken?

Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:42 PM by robgruen
Simple, YOU CAN'T!!! For a while now my computer's Automatic Updates has been broken. No new downloads have appeared, the control panel icon is missing, and the Windows Update site can't install the updated ActiveX control. Every time I go to the site Read More...
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Connection_Dropped Error in the HTTPERR Log for IIS

Posted Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:15 PM by robgruen
I was trying to install a web service on a freshly build W2k3 box. I checked the event log and found: Event code: 3005 Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred. Event time: 1/3/2006 12:50:03 PM Event time (UTC): 1/3/2006 8:50:03 PM Event ID: Read More...
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Here's a cryptic RegAsm Error you might see with VS.NET 2005

Posted Monday, December 19, 2005 5:06 PM by robgruen
Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 2.0.50727.42 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004. All rights reserved. RegAsm : error RA0000 : Could not load file or assembly 'MyAssembly, Version=0.0. 0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' Read More...
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The Case of the Mysterious Hanging Shell

Posted Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:10 AM by robgruen
Please note that the identities mentioned in this story have been changed to protect the innocent. Any names that coincide with real life people is purely coincidental. So there I was, calmly working away when I get the phone call that started it all. Read More...
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Caspol -s Behavioral changes for Whidbey

Posted Monday, June 13, 2005 11:30 AM by robgruen
We generally use "caspol.exe -s off" as a quick test to determine if .NET framework security plays a part in problems with managed components. It used to be that sometimes people would forget to run "caspol.exe -s on" to turn framework security on. Imagine Read More...
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Magic Trick: RPC Debugging Excercise

Posted Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:40 PM by robgruen
What you need for this exercise: An out of proc COM server A client attempting to call the exe in #1 #2 is getting the below hr returned by a call to #1 // From WinError.h // MessageId: RPC_E_DISCONNECTED // // MessageText: // // The object invoked has Read More...
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What’s “Enable RPC Debugging” option in VS.NET?

Posted Monday, May 09, 2005 9:34 AM by robgruen
The “Enable RPC Debugging” option is a somewhat well hidden option in Visual Studio .NET. It is available in VS.NET 2002, 2003 & 2005. You can set/clear this option by navigating to the Tools menu and selecting Options . On the options dialog select Read More...
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Debugging VB6 binaries in Visual Studio .NET

Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:30 PM by robgruen
If you are using interop to call into a VB6 ActiveX dll or exe and you need to debug your VB6 project you may find yourself having both VS.NET and the VB6 IDE open. This can certainly be far from efficient. Typically you set your VB6 project to “Wait Read More...
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