MOM 2005 MCF throws an exception when UpdateAlerts() is called

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After calling UpdateAlerts() an exception is returned: "Value does not fall within the expected range". DBGView will show the following output:

[4680] [E] 04680.01796, (cdasmomconnectorframework.cpp::2114) Could not decode unknown vartype 36 !
[4680] [E] 04680.01796, (cdasmomconnectorframework.cpp::2045) Could not decode unknown vartype 36 !
[4680] [E] 04680.01796, (cdasmomconnectorframework.cpp::1991) Could not determine ADO type or typeLength for [0][0] Param Name is @AlertId and VARTYPE is 36 [hr=0x80070057]!
[4680] [E] 04680.01796, (cdasmomconnectorframework.cpp::1342) AppendParamsFromSafeArray() failed for AlertHistory # 0 [hr=0x80070057] !

This error occurred for a customer after compiling their custom application in Visual Studio 2005. This did not happen when it was compiled with Visual Studio 2003. It turns out that the MCF isn't designed to work with the .NET 2.0 runtime. The solution here is to compile the application in VS 2003 or us MSBee (https://www.codeplex.com/MSBee) to force the use of the .NET 1.1 runtime.