Hi,

I opened the solution and ran the debugger. The code failed, as can be seen in this screenshot: http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...SharpError.png

The error message is : The ConnectionString in the config file looked a bit weird:
I also noted that the solution was trying to connect to source control when I first opened it. Not cool.

Does anyone know how I can get this to work?

You need to change the datasource and/or database name to match what you've linked the database in as.

Data Source=.;

means localhost with an unnamed Sql Server instance (default installation)

Initial Catalog=TheBeerHouseVB

is the name you've restored the database with

Thanks Hamish. I got that working.

But check out these screen shots:
http://www.box.net/shared/hezqvd73p8
http://www.box.net/shared/813vensm3e

The same result in Opera too.

Perhaps the author fixes those blemishes later in the book. But I thought the download code would be the finished product. That is some embarrassing CSS work.

I understand that the C# code is in worse shape than the VB code.
You might want to download the VB and see how it goes

I get it to list the categories for articles but if you click on one it doesn't link through correctly.

Yeah. The CSS layout worked in the VB version.

On a side-note, I was very disappointed that this book was written in VB. I pre-ordered it very early, believeing it would be an updated version of the last excellent Beerhouse book by Marco. Bummed out.

If the author gets in and rectifies these errors, I'll be satisfied. But if he shows no interest, then I guess I'll have to fix them myself, when I get a chance. And I won't have a high opinion of the author. I'm used to cleaning up other people's messes. It's part of my job.

Code is routinely updated on Code Plex, http://thebeerhouse.codeplex.com/Sou...leCommits.aspx

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I downloaded the latest code. It does not compile.
Here's some of the many errors:

Error 12 The type or namespace name 'BLL' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) D:\dave\books\ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming\TheBeerHouse_35_CS\BeerHouse35\App_Cod e\GetNewsLetterStatus.cs 4 7 D:\...\BeerHouse35\

Error 13 The type or namespace name 'TheBeerHouse' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) D:\dave\books\ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming\TheBeerHouse_35_CS\BeerHouse35\App_Cod e\CommentService.cs 4 7 D:\...\BeerHouse35\

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'TwitterLib' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) D:\dave\books\ASP.NET 3.5 Website Programming\TheBeerHouse_35_CS\TBHBLL\Articles\Art icle.cs 1 7 TBHBLL

I don't think you opened the solution, I think you opened the website project. You should have a solution with the website and the BLL. plus there should be dlls for the 3rd party libraries like the twitter library.

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I did load the whole solution - the sln file which sits above the two project directories. So both projects were opened in VS.

I had a quick look in the bin folder of the website folder and can confirm that the twitter library is in there.

So something has gone a bit wonky with the environment, as I still get those error messages.

What version (edition) of Visual Studio are you working with? Does your reference to the TwitterLib point to the .dll in the 3rd Party folder correctly?

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