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It would be great if we could have free developer accounts with the following features, just like SaleForce/Force.com provides, namely Enterprise Edition for free to a developer with only a signup, no approval process or other qualifications.   Free DevEdition Features Limited Contacts in all listTypes No Email is actually sent, but logged events are updated Perhaps a govenor on the number of hits to the API per day(24hrs)? Email can be sent to a special set of email addresses, [myDevID]Test[01-10]@[mydomain.com] in the SandBox   Paid DevEdition Features JK <;-) ... View more

After developing using the cs files, I recently replaced them with a reference to the BO & Utility Dlls located in ...DTS\Binn\ folder   I'm able to query by list type getListMember() which wasn't present in the cs Utility file (do I have the wrong one?) Anyway, the getListMember() is working, but now I have the followin error UpdateFullForm.   Also, note that I also lost UpdateSmallForm() that was present in the Utility.cs but isn't found in the dll? Error:   System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary. at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowKeyNotFoundException() at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key) at ConstantContactUtility.Components.ContactComponent.CreateFullUpdateAtomEntry(Contact contact, String accountContactUri, String accountContactListUri) at ConstantContactUtility.Components.ContactComponent.UpdateContact(Contact contact, String apiUri, String accountContactListUri, Boolean fullUpdate) at ConstantContactUtility.Utility.UpdateContact(AuthenticationData authenticationData, Contact contact) at ConstantContactUtility.Utility.UpdateContactFullForm(AuthenticationData authenticationData, Contact contact) at GoSync.ScriptMain.Main() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams) at System.Type.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTATaskScriptingEngine.ExecuteScript() ... View more

I'm using a cache of the ContactList collection commited to SQL with a datetime LastUpdate field. In my xml INI file I have a mode & interval (Days, Hours, Minutes) and if less than, then I use table[1] of my CRM data to restore _List as a ContactList collection available to all routines in my SSIS script.   if (bRefresh == false) { ContactList tmpList = new ContactList(); List<ContactList> newList = new List<ContactList>(); foreach (DataRow rt in dt.Rows) { tmpList.Id = (string)rt["Id"]; tmpList.Link = (string)rt["Link"]; tmpList.Name = (string)rt["Name"]; tmpList.OptInDefault = Convert.ToBoolean(rt["OptInDefault"]); tmpList.ShortName = (string)rt["ShortName"]; tmpList.SortOrder = Convert.ToInt32(rt["SortOrder"]); tmpList.SystemList = ContactSystemList.Undefined; newList.Add(tmpList); } if (_List == null) { _List = newList; } } I am NOT a List<> master, so this may be a simple fix...   Iterating through each rt newList receives the first of three, ConstantContactBO.ContactList {Id=1}, then the second, however on the second and subsequent third, each list item is the last; so after the second Add both _list 0 & list 1 have the same {Id=2} and on the third all three have {Id=3} have all look the same as the final third. I end up with three items in the collection, but they're all the same!   My later eval of current ContactLists in _Lists and new lists, (if they're the same no update occurs), an update does occur because the lists with {Id=1} & {Id=2} don't match the on list {Id=3}, so only the one {Id=3} is sent and the contact is unsubscribed from the two other lists.    // eval matching listID's between CtCt's User's contactLists & CRMLists rList if (!ctList.IsSystemList & (ctList.Id.ToString() == sINIListID)) { bInCtCtList = false; foreach (ContactList contList in tmpContToUpdateLists) { if (contList.Id == sINIListID) { bInCtCtList = true; } } if (action == Action.New) { bInCtCtList = true; } // if Yes, add list to tmpListToCt if (sColValue.ToLower() == sYes | (bInCtCtList == true & bKeepCtCt == true)) { bAdded = true; tmpListToCt.Add(ctList); } // if was Added or keep = T & in the lst then true, else false if (bAdded == true & (bKeepCtCt == true & bInCtCtList == false) | bAdded == true & bInCtCtList == false | bAdded == false & bInCtCtList == true & bKeepCtCt == false) { bUpdateListsCtCt = true; } if (bAdded == true) { break; } Here in the above snipit, ctList is _List and we see in tmpListToCt.Add(ctList) add the list successfully (tested many times works great), but not so much for the first snipit.   I hope there's something easy as a fix to why the first snipit newList.Add() has the odd behavior of adding another list to the collection but making all prior list items equal to the one. TIA   ... View more

Using one of the sample web apps, I generated this xml (saved off during a debug)   Each list is a single tag entry with the listID as the suffix, however on the following API snipit it shows more detail ...snipit         <ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/joesfl​owers/lists/3">           <link xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="/ws/customers/joesflowers/lists/3" rel="self" />           <OptInSource>ACTION_BY_CONTACT</OptInSource>           <OptInTime>2009-11-20T20:41:06.595Z</OptInTime>         </ContactList> snipit... I'm not sure that I currently know exactly when a contact opted in, which occurs when they choose free trial, and then perhaps again when they're paid (our email is information), so the moment that the sales person marks their record Yes to receive one of our email messages sent by CtCt, isn't really important to us, so, is it Okay as seen below to send the brief format ContactList XML?   <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <title type="text" /> <updated>2008-07-23T14:21:06.407Z</updated> <author> <name>Constant Contact</name> </author> <id>http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/JeffP/contacts/2</id> <summary type="text">Contact</summary> <content type="application/vnd.ctct+xml"> <Contact xmlns="http://ws.constantcontact.com/ns/1.0/" id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/JeffP/contacts/2"> <EmailAddress>jp@global.net</EmailAddress> <FirstName /> <LastName /> <MiddleName /> <OptInSource>ACTION_BY_CUSTOMER</OptInSource> <HomePhone /> <Addr1 /> <Addr2 /> <Addr3 /> <City /> <StateCode /> <StateName /> <CountryCode /> <CountryName /> <PostalCode /> <SubPostalCode /> <ContactLists> <ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/JeffP/lists/1" /> <ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/JeffP/lists/2" /> <ContactList id="http://api.constantcontact.com/ws/customers/JeffP/lists/3" /> </ContactLists> </Contact> </content> </entry>     ... View more

Assumption: From the API Doc snipit, " ...the API will return either a 500 error (Server Error) code or will return an empty feed (i.e. a feed with no entries)...".   If I search for a non-existent emailAddress in my profile, mushymush@mycoinc.com, I receive "Ok". I'm currently checking the response for the missing "Contact" tag/table and not 500.   Question: Do I/should I, check for a 500 code rather than just for the "Contact" tag/table?   Followup: Are there any conditions for getting either response?   Followup: Is the 500 a StatusCode or a WebException/Server Error code?   FYI: This is an SSIS project, so I should handle/log as many possible errors so as to not hang the process, just log & march on. ... View more

If I remove the ref to the ConstantContactUtility dll, and add the Utility.cs which appears to contain the ConstantContactUtility namespace, the AuthenticationData class is not instantiated...   I'm creating an SSIS (c#) app and I am trying to replace the AuthenticationData class with AuthData which will read apikey, username & pwd from SQL (xml field) or flat file.   I can populate the fields but not get my new class AuthData, which is copied/refactored AuthenticationData from the ConstantContact.cs file into my AuthData.cs file, but there's something that I don't have quite right and if I could see the code for AuthenticationData class in the ConstantContactUtility perhaps I could fix my issue, did I overlook it in another cs file?   Any clues as to where I might find the Authentication Class (besides the xml decription from the dll)? ... View more