Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
    • Introduction to Application Center Test
    • Understanding ACT Projects, Users, Tests, and Connections
    • Using the ACT Standalone Application
    • Walking Through the ACT Script
    • Understanding the ACT Test Results
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

Q&A

1. I don't like to use scripting. How can I do this in .NET?

   You can use interopt, wrap the ActiveX objects with .NET classes, and then use them within managed code.

2. What file types are generated by an ACT project, and what is each type used for?

   An ACT project uses .act, .vbs (or .js), and .xml files. The .act file is the ACT project file and ties together all the other files into a project that can be opened from either the Visual Studio .NET IDE or the standalone ACT program. .vbs or .js files contain scripting code used to run tests. A number of .xml files are used for test definitions, reports, and other output and settings.

3. What is the Connections property in the Visual Studio .NET IDE of an ACT project used to control?

   The Connections property determines how many simultaneous Web connections are made by the client controller to the Web site under test. Up to the limits of the client computer, communication channel, and Web server, increasing the connections increases the load placed on the Web server.

4. I need more info. What's next?

   There are some articles and resources on the Web that will get you going. These articles cover Web server tuning and more details on ACT:

   http://www.microsoft.com/applicationcenter/techinfo/productdoc/default.asp

   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/acs/proddocs/ac2k/acjmwe_welcome.asp

   http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/web/tuning.asp

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