Anyone else using this? I've just installed it, documentation is hidden somewhere, and so far it's not doing to well. It's Toolbox tab is missing, and when I add the items manually, they disappear again seconds later. I have managed to get one report done, but nowhere can I find how to make the viewer show it, without a very long winded error about not finding a certain path.
As Mark and Martin already pointed out Telerik support is second to none, so you would surely get help in their forums/support threads. I'm currently working with their Reporting product and honestly I have not experienced any problems so far. I've read that they had problems with the toolbox in x64 bit machines, but it has been resolved in the latest service pack, so you might want to make sure you are using the latest version first. However adding the items manually to the toolbox would definitely work and if you are having problem with that too, it sounds more like a Visual Studio problem to me. Also looking at their system requirements, VS Express editions are not supported, so this might be the case as well.
Looking through their help, I find a whole section about their reportviewer and how to use it - check it out: http://www.telerik.com/help/reporting/aspnetreportviewerembedding.html
You can find the complete documentation and tutorials online in the support section of their site. If this does not help, ask in the forums. And since you have valid license, you can also create a support ticket.
I can't comment on the reporting component, since I have never used it. But I do use the ASP.NET controls and from that I can tell you that you will usually get help very quickly (especially when creating a support ticket).
Telerik offers many useful controls and is generally quite conscientious about their code and support. You're likely to have more luck on their site's forums.
With that being said, I found their reporting tool to be quite buggy and unusable.
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My company recently migrated to Visual Studio 2012 and I am using it to develop web application using ASPX pages. The pages are split with the C# in a code-behind file. After using 2012 for a couple weeks now, I noticed something: if my ASPX page does not correctly validate to the HTML5 standard (i.e. I am missing a closing tag somewhere), the page will not save. This problem does not occur in the code-behind file, nor does it occur on Razor pages.
I briefly looked through the standard Visual Studio settings pages, but cannot find a setting to allow invalid code to be saved. I also have Resharper installed (as well as the Productivity Power Tools), but cannot find a setting in either of those extensions that seem to relate to my issue. If it matters, the project I am working on is part of a TFS solution.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, does anyone know of a setting that might have caused this that I may be overlooking?
Update: Since posting this, I have noticed that I am unable to save even after the page has been validated. It can take up to a minute before Visual Studio allows me to save the page. The length of time may be related to the amount of text that I entered before trying to save.
Update 2: After talking to a coworker who has a similar set of extensions, I determined that Resharper must be causing the problem. If anyone knows of a Resharper 7 setting that may be causing this, please let me know. I can't tell if this is a bug or an intended feature.
Final Update: Thank you to all who offered assistance, but after installing the Visual Studio Update 1, I no longer notice the problem. It seems to have been a bug that was fixed with the update.
As stated in the final update section in the question, after installing the Visual Studio Update 1, I no longer notice the problem. It seems to have been a bug that was fixed with the update. Problem resolved!
Grrr, still happening in 2015, and I don't even have ReSharper or Productivity Power Tools installed. I found a workaround. I quit VS, said YES to saving the items in the popup, reopened it, and found that they were saved to older statuses. I re-changed the code, saved (took many seconds but probably less than a minute), and recompiled, and the changes took this time.
It was nice that when I quit and saved (unsuccessfully), it at least showed that the code was in an older state, instead of showing the newer code with a perpetual asterisk.
I'd never seen this before, and hope never to again.
Hi I know that fme datalist extension is not fully compatible with community 4.0.c. But wanted to try it out. I installed the jar files and it seem to work fine for the datalists i had created earlier. But the side effect of this I noted, when i create a new site and send an invite to somebody, the ACCEPT or REJECT button does not show up in the tasks (for the invitee to accept or reject). Not sure what's going on.but a hint in the positive direction would help me debug? thanks
I finished migrating the fme datalists extensions to 4.0 this week. Fixed the issue you are referring to today. You might want to have a look at http://www.contentreich.de/alfresco-extended-datalists-migrated-to-4-0 and the source at github. Aside from https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALF-16153 and Solr issues with filtering, there are no more problems I am aware of. I think I'll be fixing the filtering to support solr based repos as well.
I work in a shop that is mostly .NET based, and we're trying to pick out a content management system to use. This means we mostly likely won't be able to use any of the common open source CMS projects (Plone, phpNuke, anthing not based on .NET, etc.).
Since I'm a huge usability nerd (just finished reading The Design of Everyday Things by Norman), I've been looking at them from that point of view. Frankly, I haven't been too impressed. This quote sums it up:
Most open source content management software is useless. The only thing worse is every commercial CMS I’ve used. - Jeffrey Veen
Here's a short list of our requirements:
Has to be .NET based
Prefer open source or on the inexpensive side
Limited feature set (we don't need too many features and they make things harder to use)
Does need Active Directory integration and robust permissions
Should be focused on web standards and usability
I know it's probably an impossible feature list, but are there any content management systems that kinda sorta look like they might not suck more than a Dyson?
Edit:
Here's the current situation:
I'm going to push for N2. I've got Active Directory integration working well (I even wrote a custom role provider). The only thing missing is workflow functionality. Hopefully I can get something going with that since it's the last sticking point. The N2Contrib project might provide a starting point if I can figure it out.
I would still love to check out Stencil CMS if/when it gets off the ground.
One of my co-workers was trying to get Umbraco going but wasn't having much luck.
Thanks for the help!
Self-plug is lame, but what you're describing is pretty much exactly what I am getting ready to release for $79 a pop. If you're still looking in a few weeks, take a peek. If you'd like, shoot me an email (rex#stencilcms.com).
I've heard both positive and negative feedback about Umbraco. A lot of people like Graffiti, but it's more blog-oriented than a full-blown CMS.
Check out N2 (http://n2cms.com/). I think that it covers most, if not all, of your requirements (I don't think it has Active Directory capability at this time). We are using N2 and I have really enjoyed how flexible it has been.
My company just completed a review of several commercial .NET-based CMS/portal platforms and, while I can't reveal who was in them (thanks, NDAs!), I can tell you that IMO they all sucked very, very badly.
Good luck on your search. I'll keep an eye on this thread in the hopes that there's something we missed.
We had a similar set of requirements and chose Telerik Sitefinity. It's got it's faults but overall I've been happy with it so far.
Unfortunately Jeffery speaks the truth. Which is probably why I build a new custom cms from the ground up every few years. Basically, the motivation for "boxed" CMS packages is to have every feature on earth and be everything to everyone and therefore do nothing particularly well for anyone. With the feature bloat comes the usability nightmares. Unless you start customizing and then you usually end up forking the project and losing the advantage of community updates.
Kentico CMS according your list:
Has to be .NET based
It's .net based, .NET Framework 2.0 or later
Prefer open source or on the inexpensive side
Free edition which can be used for commercial purposes is available, paid license starts at $750, source code is an option
Limited feature set (we don't need too many features and they make things harder to use)
Many built-in modules/features, anyway they can be easily disabled to keep the UI simple to use
Does need Active Directory integration and robust permissions
AD, Forms and Live Id! Integration
Should be focused on web standards and usability
UTF-8 Support including RTL languages, WAI Compliant, XHTML Compliant, XML, XHTML, HTML, XSLT, CSS.
Instant on-line demo or download available at:
http://www.kentico.com/Download.aspx
I work in Visual Studio working on sites mostly myself and occasionally I start on new features for a site and bam a bug pops up on the live site and now I am in the middle of changes and can't post a fix to the bug until everything I started to change is complete.
So I am looking for a nice an simple way to work with this type of situation - any suggestions?
Are you asking for a recommendation of a source control system? SourceGear Vault is free for single users.
I am big fan of subversion. There also plugins for VS to work with subversion repository.
http://subversion.tigris.org/
http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/
I am in a similar situation and I use Perforce. It is free for up to two users and integrates well with Visual Studio.
Subversion is well supported and has tools for most any environment. It's also mostly straightforward to use, so you should be able to get up and running quickly.
If you need to work on a lot of separate features and bugs at the same time, you might try Mercurial instead. The tooling support is a lot less mature but I find the distributed design to do a better job of merging and facilitating work on separate issues concurrently.
But really, if you aren't using anything currently and aren't sure what your needs are, just choose one that has support in the IDE/tools you use. It will probably be Subversion.
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What's the best way for me to learn how to use Subversion as a source code control for my Asp.Net Web Projects?
I haven't had much contact with source control before; however I have a very basic understanding of its features, so I'm looking for a way to learn the best practices.
Any tip will be very appreciated.
Once you've setup SVN you'll need to setup your repository structure. A common setup is to have a Branch, Tag, Trunk setup however there are others that may suit your needs.
Once you've setup your server you'll need a client. The most common one is TortoiseSVN. It doesn't integrate with Visual Studio, however it's extremely powerful.
Once you install tortoise, you'll want to setup your exclusion list to make sure you only commit files that are relevant to your project.
Then for a better understanding of how to use source control in general check out Eric Sinks Source Control HOWTO
TortoiseSVN?
Pretty easy to use...
It's integrated into the windows shell so basically it works from Windows Explorer.. I'm not sure if its integrated into VisualStudio 2008, but it's so easy to use anyway that I dont think you'd need it.. :)
EDIT: Plus, it's free.. :) And it's got a bunch of tools like Diff/Merge.. :) Although for that I think WinMerge is better.. But that's beside the point.. :)
I really recommend VisualSVN. It is a great product for integrating Subversion with Visual Studio.
http://www.visualsvn.com/
I would recommend ankhsvn for integrating with visual studio. I works nicely and looks similar to TFS. I also use tortoise svn for windows shell integration. Both complement each other nicely.
Not strictly related to Subversion, but Eric Sink has an excellent source control primer if you need to review the basics. Don't forget that the Subversion book is free, and it's probably the most complete (and yet still quite practical) resource on Subversion.
Like Web and Jerry, I generally like AnkhSvn for Visual Studio integration, and also make use of TortoiseSvn as a complementary tool. (For example, Tortoise's log viewer is still a bit more advanced, so sometimes I'll go in with that.)
That said, I'm not totally sure I would suggest using AnkhSvn for ASP.NET Web Site Projects. (I use it for ASP.NET Web Application Projects, Class Library Projects, and Console Applications.) There are some quirks that you might find frustrating. See this message in particular and this thread in general, from the AnkhSvn mailing list:
http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=582&dsMessageId=132185
You could probably live with the quirks, and maybe the AnkhSvn will eventually eliminate them all, but in my case I chose to move to Web Application Projects (instead of Web Site Projects) partly because they work better with AnkhSvn.
Also, if you do go with AnkhSvn, I suggest running one of the nightly builds, rather than the latest stable release; the nightly builds seem to have many fewer bugs and to be more useful.
I didnt get any answers when i was getting my first svn set-up for php development... so i would like to help you but i dont know any visual studio integration.
I used tortoise(btw is great and is for windows, i could help you im sure) and theres a couple of tutorials on how to set up a small repo in your own pc
Get familiar with source control terms and concepts first. Eric Sink has written a great guide for getting up to speed.
I know someone has already said "AnkhSVN", but I'd like to second that nomination. I use AnkhSVN for my department, and I love it. It integrates completely with VS2008, and gives me almost no trouble.
I also use TortiseSVN for its "Repo Browser" functionality... but I rarely ever have to go into that anymore.
Both are EXCELLENT solutions, and used jointly, should be all you need. And both are free.