workaround for VS Express connecting to iControl

The VS Command Prompt is a batch script that sets up the paths for running the VS command line tools. For VS2005 this is what I run:

 

 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\vc\vcvarsall.bat x86

 

 

For my install, a short cut is found in the Visual Studio Tools folder in the start menu under the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 program group.

 

 

-Joe

Thanks Joe for the quick reply.

 

 

I've been trying to follow the example in the introduction video. I found the output (pasted at the bottom of this post) when I tried to run the 'wsdl'there was some error message but it generated the .cs file. I then added this into the project via Project/Add Existing Item... and it appears under the main iControlApp with a little C icon. What I can't work out is how you reference the methods. In the video you then talk about adding:

 

Node.ITCMLocalLBNode node = new Node.ITCMLocalLBNode();

 

and your editor recognises the Node (class? via the Web Reference you created called Node) and the context popup prompts for the available methods - this doesn't happen in my editor (Visual C 2005 Express) and I'm concerned that it doesn't work or I've done something else wrong!

 

 

On a different note, the 9.2.2 SDK says that ITCM methods are deprecated - are there any plans to do another introductory video on version 9? The introduction one would be great but it is difficult to follow due to the Web Reference bug :-(

 

 

I come from a networking background and need to teach some people

 

next week the basics of iControl with similar non-programming background!

 

 

I hope you can help, thanks, Keith

 

 

Output from WSDL:

 

 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0>wsdl "C:\Documents and Setti

 

ngs\richardsk\My Documents\Downloads\F5\iControl\iControl-9.2.2\sdk\wsdl\ITCMLoc

 

alLB.Node.wsdl"

 

Microsoft (R) Web Services Description Language Utility

 

[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.42]

 

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 

Warning: This web reference does not conform to WS-I Basic Profile v1.1.

 

R2706: A wsdl:binding in a DESCRIPTION MUST use the value of "literal" for the u

 

se attribute in all soapbind:body, soapbind:fault, soapbind:header and soapbind:

 

headerfault elements.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_dynamic_ratio' on portType 'I

 

TCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_dynamic_ratio' on portType '

 

ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_list' on portType 'ITCMLocalL

 

B.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_list' on portType 'ITCMLocal

 

LB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_availability' on

 

portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_availability' o

 

n portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_limits' on portT

 

ype 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_limits' on port

 

Type 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_states' on portT

 

ype 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_states' on port

 

Type 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_statistics' on p

 

ortType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'get_node_address_statistics' on

 

portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'reset_node_address_statistics' on

 

portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'reset_node_address_statistics' o

 

n portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'set_dynamic_ratio' on portType 'I

 

TCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'set_dynamic_ratio' on portType '

 

ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_availability' on

 

portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_availability' o

 

n portType 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_limits' on portT

 

ype 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_limits' on port

 

Type 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Input element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_states' on portT

 

ype 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

- Output element soapbind:body of operation 'set_node_address_states' on port

 

Type 'ITCMLocalLB.NodeBinding' from namespace 'urn:iControl'.

 

 

For more details on the WS-I Basic Profile v1.1, see the specification

 

at http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.1.html.

 

 

Writing file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\ITCMLocalLBNod

 

e.cs'.

Joe,

 

 

You must never sleep! Thanks for the comprehensive reply.

 

 

Please could I take part in the beta of the assembly, I'll definitely make time to look at it over the next couple of months.

 

 

thanks, Keith