FindControl Causes Null Reference Exception with NMock

When using NMock on code that uses FindControl, a null reference exception is thrown:

PlaceHolder placeHolder =

(PlaceHolder) _view.MyPanel.FindControl("myplaceholder");

You could use the indexer instead:

PlaceHolder placeHolder =

(PlaceHolder) _view.MyPanel.Controls[0];

But if you insert another control in the panel, you break your code. So, the alternative is to loop through the controls and find a match by ID:

ControlCollection ctrls = _view.MyPanel.Controls;

foreach( Control ctrl in ctrls )
{
if( ctrl.ID == "myplaceholder" )
{
placeHolder = (PlaceHolder) ctrl;
break;
}
}

CruiseControl builds not working

Here's a quick checklist to assist in getting failed builds working again in CruiseControl.NET:

• Comment out any custom tasks, such as running unit tests, in the ccnet config file (defined within <exec> elements)
• Find error details quickly within the build log by searching for the following words/phrases:
• could not
  
• failed
  
• success="false"
  
• Check whether the code compiled without error by:
• Running the project's team build as used by CCNET
  
• Searching for "csc" (or "vbc") in the build log
  
• Clear out temporary files on the build server to remove any sticky references