In Studio 2022, I could connect to our TM Server in GroupShare with this code.
I used the Windows credentials of the current user without having to ask the user to enter them:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bool blWindowsAuthentication;
blWindowsAuthentication = true;
// Connect with URL and credentials
// TranslationProviderServer tmServer = new TranslationProviderServer(GetUri(txtServerURI.Text), blWindowsAuthentication, "", "");
TranslationProviderServer tmServer = new TranslationProviderServer(GetUri("https://SERVERNAME"), blWindowsAuthentication, userName: null, password: null);
MessageBox.Show ("Connected");
}
private Uri GetUri(string _serverUri)
{
return new Uri(_serverUri);
}
Now exactly the same code gives this error:
System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
Here is the stack trace with more details:
Source: Sdl.Desktop.Platform.ServerConnectionPlugin StackTrace " at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.ServerConnectionPlugin.TMServer.InternalClients.TmServiceRestClientCreator.CreateRestClient(String baseAddress, ClientSettings clientSettings) at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.ServerConnectionPlugin.TMServer.InternalClients.InternalRestClient..ctor(String baseAddress, ITmServiceRestClientCreator restClientCreator, IBcmToTransUnitConverter bcmToTransUnitConverter) at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.ServerConnectionPlugin.TMServer.TranslationMemoryAdminstrationClientFactory.Create(String baseAddress, UserCredentials credentials, IServerConnectionService serverConnectionService) at Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemoryApi.TranslationProviderServer..ctor(Uri serverUri, Boolean useWindowsAuthentication, String userName, String password)\ at WindowsFormsApp1.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
If I pass explictly the user name and password, then the connection works correctly but I would want to avoid asking the users for their Windows credentials.
Is the implicit login not supported anymore?
According to the SDK, this should work:
https://developers.rws.com/studio-api-docs/api/translationmemory/Sdl.LanguagePlatform.TranslationMemoryApi.TranslationProviderServer.html
useWindowsAuthentication
Whether to use Windows authentication. When n set to false, userName and password have to be specified. When set to true , either pass null for userName and password in order to log on as the currently logged on Windows user, or set userName to a domain-qualified Windows user name and password to the matching password to log on using basic Windows authentication.
Thanks!
Daniel
Masked server name.
[edited by: Daniel García Magariños at 4:43 PM (GMT 0) on 27 Mar 2026]
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