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CodeSmith Generator 6.5.3

Blake Niemyjski — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:51:00 GMT

New Features

Improved XmlProperty Intellisense.
Added the ability for the Server edition to consume the Generator API.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could be thrown when the XmlProperty Schema attribute value was empty.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.5.2

Blake Niemyjski — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:58:00 GMT

New Features

Added beta support for Visual Studio 2012 themes.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the Template Editor font size would be displayed incorrectly inside of Visual Studio 2012.
Fixed a bug where the Visual Studio 2012 snippets were not being detected by the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where the Returned ComplileTemplateResult.IsFromCache could return an incorrect value.
Fixed a bug where the the Base Sample Directory could be set to an incorrect value.
Fixed a bug where templates template code's background color wasn't being shown if you didn't have MVC 3.0+ installed. This now falls back to the 'Highlighted Reference' font and color settings.
Fixed a bug where an error would be thrown when attempting to compile a specific template on multiple processes at the same time.
Many more minor bug fixes.

Performance Enhancements

Fixed a bug where templates weren't being loaded from cache in some circumstances.

Usability Enhancements

Fixed a bug where the Visual Studio MSBuild integration wasn't displaying messages in the output window.
Fixed a bug where the progress bar could show 100% after generating through Manage Outputs in Visual Studio.
Updated the IEngineHost interface's GetContent methods to accept an optional parameter overload that controls how content is returned (from source or from memory).
Fixed a bug where the Template Editor would show invalid parse error messages for Visual Basic templates that contain XmlProperties.
Fixed a bug where SqlCodeTemplate was treating any column that ended in TypeCode as an enumeration (BREAKING CHANGE).

Known Visual Studio 2012 Issues

These issues only effect the Visual Studio 2012 integration. Please note that we are working on a native metro theme for the Template Editor that will resolve the theming issues below. If you find any other issues with VS2012, please let us know.

Find feature doesn't work, but find and replace is working. We are awaiting a response from Microsoft.
When changing themes, you may need to restart Visual Studio once to ensure the editor is displayed correctly. We are awaiting a response from Microsoft.
Template Editor scroll bars and drop downs will be incorrectly themed.
Schema Explorer, Template Editor navigational glyphs (the arrow icons next to folders / schema objects) are barely visible when using the dark theme.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.5.1

Blake Niemyjski — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:56:00 GMT

New Features

Increased support for Visual Studio 2012.
Added DB2 zOS Schema Provider (contrib David Logan and Blake Niemyjski).
Added the ability to change a templates template code's background color.
Added the ability the ability to disable or enable current line highlighting.
Added a new whitespace collapsing rule to collapse the last line terminator node if there is only collapsible nodes after it.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where a run-time exception would occur when opening Generator Studio or Template Explorer on Windows XP/ Server 2003 over Remote Desktop.
Fixed a bug where Visual Studio template editor syntax highlighting styles could be improperly applied.
Fixed a bug where samples could be extracted at the same time in different processes.
Fixed a bug where an exception would be thrown when adding a new XmlProperty to a template.
Fixed a bug where some legacy UITypeEditors would not be shown in the Property Grid.
Fixed a bug where the about dialog would be rendered incorrectly on localized versions of Windows.
Fixed a bug in the ISeriesSchemaProvider where Primary keys may not be resolved correctly.
Fixed a bug where an exception could occur when doing a Go To Definition operation on a Lambda expression.
Fixed a bug where an Exception could be thrown while extracting samples over samples that previously failed to extract.
Many more minor bug fixes.

Usability Enhancements

The installer now verifies that Visual Studio has been closed before installing.
Updated the installer to add read / write permissions for the user's template samples folder.
Updated ExtendedPropertyNames to support even more extended property names.
Fixed a bug where the Find and Replace tool windows Find button could be disabled in Generator Studio.
Fixed a bug where the update file associations dialog could be hidden behind other windows.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0.5

Blake Niemyjski — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:48:39 GMT

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where assemblies were not being resolved correctly when Visual Studio 2012 / .NET 4.5 was installed.

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CodeSmith Insight 1.5.0

Blake Niemyjski — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Improvements

Updated all client builds. Please update your clients to the latest version.
Added support for ReplyTo emails.
Added Version custom field type.
Added support for searching by major or minor version custom field type values (E.G., version:6.5 or version:6).
Added support for CaseDocument to have lists of numeric types.
Various improvements for importing cases from Imap and Pop3.
Updated services and clients to handle various SSL scenarios.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where clients could throw a NullReferenceException when the integrating application used Nlog.
Fixed a website bug where attachment file sizes were shown as null in the case detail pane.
Fixed a website bug that could occur when creating new Custom Fields.
Fixed a bug where the WPF clients could throw an exception on Windows XP due to Vista icon file format.
Many other minor bug fixes.

Other

Removed .NET 3.5 and Silverlight clients. Previous versions of the client libraries will continue to work as expected.

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CSLA 4.0

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:18:00 GMT

Improvements

Added support for Generator 6.5 (The CSLA 4.0 Templates require Generator 6.5).
Added support for generating from Stored Procedures and Views.
Added support for CSLA 4.3.10.
Updated the templates to use the latest version of SchemaHelper (many improvements to association detection, naming conventions and much more).
Added various List Business Object enhancements. The generated list Business Objects now contain the following methods Get, GetByCriteria, Remove, Contains and ContainsDeleted.
Added support for generating off of key less Data Sources.
Added the ability to exclude associations from being generated.
Templates now generating Async methods by default.
Added Beta LINQ-to-SQL Support (contrib: Joe McPherson). This requires generating PLINQO for LINQ to SQL and is not documented.
Improved support for Silverlight, NameValueLists, ObjectFactory, Composite Keys and Child relationships.
Added support for IncludeExpressions, you can now specify a Regex for only the entities you wish to include.
Added support for better Friendly Names in regards to generated properties. To override the default Generated Friendly Name, simply add an ExtendedProperty to the database column called CS_FriendlyName.
Improved workflow for Criteria generation. They will now be automatically generated based on the entities you select.
When the DataAccessImplementation is set to none, the data access partial classes will not be regenerated.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that would cause entities to be generated even though they were not selected or ignored.
ReadOnly Objects will only generate Select Stored Procedures.
Updated the Comments in ADOHelper.cst to reflect that changes could be lost.
Fixed a bug where ObjectFactory Child List Items wouldn't be marked as child.
Fixed a bug where a "Child_Fetch not implemented" exception could be thrown.
Declaration of AddBusinessRules causes Overriding even when not implemented.
Fixed a bug with retrieval of VarBinary datatypes.
Fixed a bug with detecting read only objects as children in DataPortal_Update.
Fixed a bug where text columns had an invalid max length rule.
Removed a fix for a bug where a BO would be marked as invalid if the DataPortal_Create in a child property didn't have the non identity column set to a any value.
Update criteria classes enclose the FullTableName in brackets.
Fixed a bug with CSLA Rules where not being fully qualified.
Fixed a bug where ADOHelper.GetBytes() could throw a run time exception.
Fixed a bug where duplicate schemas could cause problems with sql queries.
Many other minor bug fixes.

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PLINQO for LINQ to SQL 5.1

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:07:23 GMT

Improvements

Added support for Generator 6.x.
Add MemCached Provider to PLINQO.
Added IncludeManyToMany option.
Updated Entities to support Nullable Composite Key assignment.
Updated RuleManager and added Remove method.
Added additional ClearCache methods.
Updated interfaces for many associations to be IEnumerable instead of IList, this allows for comparability with .NET 3.5
Various Performance Improvements when generating.
Database columns that have the type of Geography and geometry will now be skipped.

Bug Fixes

Make sure that no lazy loading happens while doing a detach.
Fixed a bug with Xml Comments not being escaped and two bugs where invalid syntax was used.
Fixed a bug that could cause the CacheManager to remove the wrong cache entry.
Fixed a bug with PLINQOS IncludeXmlSerialization support and Binary Columns.
Fixed a Compiler Error with Visual Basic Function Support.
Fixed a bug in the Visual Basic Query Extensions.
Fixed a bug with the Generated Interfaces not importing the entity namespace. This effected complex column properties..
Fixed a bug where existing Member Names starting with a digit where treated as valid names. If a memeber names starts with a digit, we will update it!
Fixed a NullReferenceException in LinqToSqlDataContextProvider.GetDataContext(IQueryable query)

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PLINQO for Entity Framework 1.2

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:54:00 GMT

Improvements

Updated the templates to use the latest version of SchemaHelper (many improvements to association detection, naming conventions and much more).
Added support for Generator 6.x.
Updated the QuickStart.
Fixed a bug with Query Extensions not generating GetBy's.
Fixed a bug with the IsIgnoreType method in the QueryExtension.Generated.cst template.
Fixed a bug where self referencing associations were not being created properly.
Various Performance Improvements

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PLINQO for NHibernate 1.2

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:40:00 GMT

Improvements

Updated the templates to use the latest version of SchemaHelper (many improvements to association detection, naming conventions and much more).
Updated the QuickStart to support Visual Studio 2010 and MVC 3.
Added support for CodeSmith Generator 6.x.
Fixed a bug where duplicate properties could be added to an entity.
Fixed a bug with the DataContext.Generated.cst where it would throw a sequence exception.
Fixed a bug where multiple stored procedure parameters would not work correctly.
Fixed a naming bug with Stored Procedure parameter names.
Fixed a bug with Hbm's writing out duplicated composite key names.
Fixed a compiler error that was occurring in the generated query extensions.
Fixed a bug where the mapping files were not being resolved properly.
Fixed a bug with the IsIgnoreType method in the QueryExtension.Generated.cst template.
Updated NHibernate types to support SByte
Fixed a bug with Oracle Support as well as some namespace issues with the Web Project.
Fixed a bug where nHibernate commands were being generated with really ugly names.
Fixed a bug where the NHibernateProvider was not using read-only access to read the contents of the HBM Files.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.5

Blake Niemyjski — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:46:00 GMT

New Features

Added support for Visual Studio 2012.
Added a standalone Template Editor application.
Added Intellisense support for XmlProperty.
Improved Intellisense support for VB and lambda expressions.
Added smart indent feature to the template editor.
Added VistaDB 4.x Schema Provider.
Added Sql Compact 4.0 Schema Provider.
Updated the PostgreSchemaProvider and SQLAnywhereSchemaProvider libraries to .NET 4.0.
Added LINQ completion support.
Added Intellisense support for CSharp and Visual Basic code behind files.
Added code snippet support to the Template Editor (beta).
Updated all folder browser pickers to use the native Windows 7 and Windows Vista Folder browser.
Added Build and Generate buttons to the Windows 7 preview window.
Added Print support.
Added theme support to the standalone Template Editor.
Added the ability to highlight the current line.
Added ability to import Visual Studio editor styles from in the standalone Template Editor.
Updated all Schema Explorer and Generator icons.
Added support for showing trace messages to the output window when generating.
Added support for in memory editor documents. Unsaved documents are no longer persisted to disk before generating.
Added the ability to rename Template Editor documents.
Added JumpList support to the Template Editor.
Added a splash screen to the standalone Template Editor.
Added the ability to open files by dropping them onto the Template Editor.
Added the ability to open multiple documents in a single operation.
Added Cut, Copy and Paste context menu items across the board.
Added colored tabs to identify generated content. (Not implemented in VS yet).
Added ability to close all generated documents. (Not implemented in VS yet).
Added a Close all windows but this feature.
Added ability to re-generate while viewing the previously generated document. (Not implemented in VS yet).
Added ability to change properties and re-generate without switching back to the template. (Not implemented in VS yet).
Updated the CSLA templates to version 4.0.
Updated the PLINQO for Entity Framework templates to version 1.2.
Updated the PLINQO for NHibernate templates to version 1.2.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where converting tabs to spaces wasn't working correctly.
Fixed a bug where CodeSmith Generator could crash on Windows XP when trying to set a windows icon (Windows XP icon file limitations).
Fixed a bug where the Template Engine would throw a StackOverflowException while trying to add recursive references. A parser error is now added and displayed in the error window.
Fixed a bug in the Sql Compact Schema Providers where money data types were not being translated to DbType.Currency.
Fixed a bug where a opening a UITypeEditor could crash the Template Editor if the property setting threw an exception.
Fixed a bug where the View Visible Whitespace feature wasn't working in the Visual Studio Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where text inside of the Visual Studio Template Editor may be displayed incorrectly.
Fixed a bug where the CodeSmith Generator assemblies were not showing up in the Visual Studio Add New References dialog.
Fixed a bug where the CodeSmith Generator XSD schema's were not being registered properly with Visual Studio.
Fixed a bug where a UnauthorizedAccessException could occur while trying to open or save a file inside of the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where the template editor was not checking to see if a file had permissions to edit a file.
Fixed a bug where an exception could occur while trying to see if the extracted samples were up to date.
Fixed a bug where template comments were generating a new line.
Fixed a bug where a FormatException could occur while updating the Output Window.
Fixed a threading bug where an exception could be thrown while retrieving cached property values.
Fixed a bug where ValidationErrors were being reported as a warning in the Error Window.
Fixed a bug where project references and generated items wouldn't be added to a solution if there was an error during generation.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would be thrown while pressing generate on a non generated code document.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would occur when text was selected during a go to definition operation.
Fixed a bug that could crash the application when closing a CodeSmith Generator Project Progress dialog while generating.
Fixed a bug where the Template Explorer create new text file menu item didn't work.
Fixed a bug where right click execute on a template in the template explorer would edit the template in the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where a InvalidOperationException could be thrown in some cases when closing the Generator Project File Generation Progress Dialog before generation has completed.
Fixed a bug where an Exception may be thrown while trying to access the Registry for settings without ensuring the registry keys exist.
Fixed a bug with the About window displaying very large text.
Renamed RegisterInMemoryContent to RegisterContent and GetFileContent to GetContent (BREAKING [6.0 API Only] CHANGE).
Fixed a bug in the SqlSchemaProvider where CS_Description ExtendedProperty values would be truncated. The MS_Description ExtendedProperty value now takes precedence.
Fixed a bug where show license dialog was shown when you tried to uninstall.
Fixed a bug where an exception may be thrown while retrieving Visual Studio configuration settings.
Fixed a bug where Visual Studio 2010 integration would become corrupt when Visual Studio 11 or .NET 4.5 was installed.
Fixed a bug where assemblies were not being resolved correctly when Visual Studio 11 was installed.
Fixed a bug where the Progress bar would not be cleared after generation errors.
Fixed a bug where some whitespace was not being shown correctly when 'View Visible Whitespace' was enabled.
Fixed a bug where Code Document errors were not being removed from the Error Window in specific cases.
Fixed a bug where errors could be added to the error window without a file path.
Fixed a bug where a new blank template would be created with a syntax error.
Many more minor bug fixes.

Performance Enhancements

Fixed a large number of performance related bugs dealing with initializing Template Editor documents.
Fixed a bug where a deadlock could occur while resetting or refreshing the Property Grid.
Fixed a bug where Cached Configuration Settings may be persisted in memory indefinitely.
Many more minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

Usability Enhancements

Improved GoTo Definition.
Added the ability to handle external editor document changes.
Fixed a bug where you needed to restart Generator after updating with the Oracle Schema Provider and the ISeries Schema Provider Configuration to take effect.
Fixed a bug where the output window could steal focus while using the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug that didn't underline some errors in the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where the Properties tool window would be reset when switching between tool windows.
Fixed a bug where renaming a template inside of Visual Studio would save a duplicate template file under the previous name.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could be thrown from Visual Studio 2010's Add New File wizard.
Fixed a bug where the Property Grid did not let you search for properties.
Fixed a bug where the JumpList wasn't being updated after you saved a in memory document.
Fixed a bug where the JumpList Recent Items list wasn't being populated.
Fixed a bug where a line break would be rendered after a script block.
Fixed a bug where property values may not be applied to the Property Grid.
Updated the stand alone template editor to ensure that only one instance of the editor is open at all times.
Updated the Schema Explorer tool window to show folders for Tables, Commands and Views. It also will display an icon for the following scenarios: Composite Keys, Clustered Indexes and Parameter direction.
Improved the status updates when opening and saving a templates.
Renamed Template Editor stand alone application to CodeSmith Generator Studio.
Added the ability to clear and copy the output window contents.
Updated the experience when opening a template document inside of the editor.
Changed the default editor application to be the stand alone template editor.
Fixed a bug where the Template Explorer Top Most Window mode could be enabled from within Visual Studio and the Template Editor.
Changed the save and close behavior of generated documents inside of the template editor.
Updated the Go To Line dialog to have a default enter experience.
Large amount of updates to the Error Window for an better editing experience.
Fixed a bug where ManageOutputs could be hidden behind the Template Editor when double clicking on a file in Template Explorer.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would occur when trying to remove a template shortcut in Template Explorer.
Fixed a bug where web documents would be loaded into the template editor instead of launching in a browser.
Fixed a bug where the Find tool window wasn't working in some scenarios.
Fixed a bug where the stand alone editor user interface may not be displayed correctly after initial launch.
Updated the Configuration descriptions for the Oracle Schema Provider and the ISeries Schema Provider.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.5 Release Candidate

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

New Features

Added support for Visual Studio 11.
Improved Intellisense support for VB and lambda expressions.
Updated all Schema Explorer and Generator icons.
Added support for showing trace messages to the output window when generating.
Added support for in memory editor documents.
Added SaveAs support to rename template editor documents.
Added JumpList support to the Template Editor.
Added a splash screen to the stand alone template editor.
Added Intellisense support for CSharp and Visual Basic code behind files.
Added Cut, Copy and Paste context menu items across the board.
Updated the CSLA, PLINQO for NHibernate and PLINQO for Entity Framework to the latest nightly builds.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where text inside of the Visual Studio Template Editor may be displayed incorrectly.
Fixed a bug where the CodeSmith Generator assemblies were not showing up in the Visual Studio Add New References dialog.
Fixed a bug where the CodeSmith Generator XSD schema's were not being registered properly with Visual Studio.
Fixed a bug where a UnauthorizedAccessException could occur while trying to open or save a file inside of the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where the template editor was not checking to see if a file had permissions to edit a file.
Fixed a bug where an exception could occur while trying to see if the extracted samples were up to date.
Fixed a bug where template comments were generating a new line.
Fixed a bug where a FormatException could occur while updating the Output Window.
Fixed a threading bug where an exception could be thrown while retrieving cached property values.
Fixed a bug where ValidationErrors were being reported as a warning in the Error Window.
Fixed a bug where project references and generated items wouldn't be added to a solution if there was an error during generation.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would be thrown while pressing generate on a non generated code document.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would occur when text was selected during a go to definition operation.
Fixed a bug that could crash the application when closing a CodeSmith Generator Project Progress dialog while generating.
Fixed a bug where the Template Explorer create new text file menu item didn't work.
Fixed a bug where right click execute on a template in the template explorer would edit the template in the Template Editor.
Fixed a bug where a InvalidOperationException could be thrown in some cases when closing the Generator Project File Generation Progress Dialog before generation has completed.
Fixed a bug where an Exception may be thrown while trying to access the Registry for settings without ensuring the registry keys exist.
Fixed a bug with the About window displaying very large text.
Renamed RegisterInMemoryContent to RegisterContent and GetFileContent to GetContent (BREAKING CHANGE).

Performance Enhancements

Fixed a large number of performance related bugs dealing with initializing Template Editor documents.
Fixed a bug where a deadlock could occur while resetting or refreshing the Property Grid.

Usability Enhancements

Fixed a bug where property values may not be applied to the Property Grid.
Updated the stand alone template editor to ensure that only one instance of the editor is open at all times.
Updated the Schema Explorer tool window to show folders for Tables, Commands and Views. It also will display an icon for the following scenarios: Composite Keys, Clustered Indexes and Parameter direction.
Improved the status updates when opening and saving a templates.
Renamed Template Editor stand alone application to CodeSmith Generator Studio.
Added the ability to clear and copy the output window contents.
Updated the experience when opening a template document inside of the editor.
Changed the default editor application to be the stand alone template editor.
Fixed a bug where the Template Explorer Top Most Window mode could be enabled from within Visual Studio and the Template Editor.
Changed the save and close behavior of generated documents inside of the template editor.
Updated the Go To Line dialog to have a default enter experience.
Large amount of updates to the Error Window for an better editing experience.
Fixed a bug where ManageOutputs could be hidden behind the Template Editor when double clicking on a file in Template Explorer.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would occur when trying to remove a template shortcut in Template Explorer.
Fixed a bug where web documents would be loaded into the template editor instead of launching in a browser.
Fixed a bug where the Find tool window wasn't working in some scenarios.
Fixed a bug where the stand alone editor user interface may not be displayed correctly after initial launch.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0.4

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:13:02 GMT

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that could cause a XamlParseException during start up.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.5 Beta 1

Blake Niemyjski — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:04:00 GMT

New Features

Added a standalone Template Editor application.
Added theme support to the standalone editor.
Added ability to import editor styles from VS in the standalone editor.
Added smart indent feature to the template editor.
Added initial LINQ completion support.
Added current line highlighting feature.
Added Print support.
Added colored tabs to identify generated content. (Not implemented in VS yet)
Added ability to close all generated documents. (Not implemented in VS yet)
Added ability to re-generate while viewing the previously generated document. (Not implemented in VS yet)
Added ability to change properties and re-generate without switching back to the template. (Not implemented in VS yet)

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where assemblies were not being resolved correctly when Visual Studio 11 was installed.
Fixed a bug where Visual Studio 2010 integration would become corrupt when Visual Studio 11 or .NET 4.5 was installed.
Fixed a bug where an exception may be thrown while retrieving Visual Studio configuration settings.
Fixed a bug where show license dialog was shown when you tried to uninstall.
Fixed a bug in the SqlSchemaProvider where CS_Description ExtendedProperty values would be truncated. The MS_Description ExtendedProperty value now takes precedence.

Performance Enhancements

Many more minor bug fixes and performance improvements.

Usability Enhancements

Improved GoTo Definition.
Fixed a bug where a line break would be rendered after a script block.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0.3

Blake Niemyjski — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:21:00 GMT

New Features

Added PropertiesLoaded and PropertiesSaved events to CodeTemplate. This allows for the ability to be notified when all template properties have been saved or loaded.
Added the ability to exclude specific properties from being copied to a sub template.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the Environment.CurrentDirectory wasn't being set to the current template directory during Generation which broke backwards compatibility in some templates.
Fixed a bug where the JsonPropertySerializer wasn't loading Interfaced property values.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could occur while retrieving Visual Studio settings.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could occur when accessing a class that deriving from ColumnSchema via interfaces.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would occur while rendering a template if you called the CopyPropertiesTo(true) overload.
Fixed a bug where the MSBuild integration could throw a NullReferenceException.

Usability Enhancements

Added CopyTo Overload for backwards compatibility.
Solved an error that could occur while configuring Generate On Build when using TFS Source Control.
Updated the Template Editor look and feel to feel more like the Visual Studio Editor.
Added an detailed error message when the InsertClassMergeStrategy is unable to insert content.
The Privacy Policy link no longer throws an exception during the registration process.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0.2

Blake Niemyjski — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

New Features

Added Intellisense Support for Anonymous Types.
Added additional information to the Intellisense Parameter Information.
Added a Help menu to the Generator Menu inside of Visual Studio.
Updated all of the Generator Template Frameworks to the latest version.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where a StackOverflowException would occur with any template that was recursively called.
All newly created Generator Files (E.G., Templates, Generator Project Files...) and Generated documents are saved as UTF unless specified in the CodeTemplate Directives Encoding attribute.
Fixed a bug where a StackOverflowException could occur when retrieving Intellisense for complex types.
Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could occur if a sub template had more than 25 errors.
Fixed a bug where CodeTemplate.GetProperties(bool) could return invalid results.
Fixed a bug where the TableSchema's DataObjects property wasn't being set correctly.
Fixed a bug where the CommandResultSchema.DataObjects property wasn't being populated.
Fixed a bug where ActiveSnippets could be saved in an invalid state.
Fixed a bug where ActiveSnippets were not being upgraded properly.
Fixed a bug where the Data Source Manager could throw an exception when a provider couldn't be resolved.
Fixed a bug where a FileNotFound exception could occur if a previously open template document no longer existed when launching Visual Studio.
Fixed a bug where the CodeTemplate.RenderToFile(OutputFile, bool) overload was not calling OnPostRender.
Fixed a bug where SDK Licenses would not be picked up in certain circumstances.
Fixed a bug where Configuration may not be initialized properly when using SDK Integration.
Fixed a bug where the TemplateContext might not be available when loading properties from a CSP.
Fixed a bug where Validation Errors could be removed prematurely from the Error Window.
Fixed a bug that caused SchemaExplorer Collections to be incorrectly serialized.
Fixed a bug where an Exception could be thrown after closing an editor document.
Fixed a bug where template samples might not be extracted in some scenarios.
Breaking Change: The Merge Strategies API Merge() method signature has been updated to include a MergeContext which provides additional contextual information.

Performance Enhancements

Many performance and memory improvements pertaining to the Template Editor.
Fixed a performance bug in the SqlSchemaProvider where parsing Extended Property values could take an excessive amount of time due to regex backtracking.
Fixed a bug that could cause the editor to not use valid cached compile results.

Usability Enhancements

Added a user friendly message when generating against template resources that are marked as blocked. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179545 for more information.
Fixed a bug where the editor didn't respect your tab preferences.
Restored the non-generic DataObjectBaseCollection for backwards compatibility.
Fixed a bug that could prevent samples from being extracted to the location you choose while installing Generator.
Fixed a bug where an Exception could be thrown while trying to parse a template that uses an include file multiple times.
Fixed a few PropertyGrid issues dealing with focusing and custom UITypeEditors.
Fixed a bug where one could not uncomment template comments when the selection had any trailing or leading spaces.
Fixed a bug where sub template errors could be show error squiggles in the master template.
Fixed a bug where a Data Source might throw an exception while loading and not be shown in the Data Source Manager.
Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when saving a template while it is being parsed.
Updated all of the Visual Studio Item templates descriptions and names.
Fixed a bug where the Intellisence Auto Completion windows would not show up in some scenarios.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0.1

Blake Niemyjski — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:43:10 GMT

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where an exception could occur while loading saved CodeSmith Generator Project File Settings.
Fixed a bug where the Editors' font colors were unreadable.
Fixed a bug where an exception could be thrown when trying to update the editors FontFamily.
Fixed a bug where an exception could be thrown while writing to the Visual Studio Activity Log.
Fixed a threading bug where an InvalidOperationException could occur when using multiple document windows.
Fixed a bug where an COMException could occur when switching document windows.

Performance Enhancements

Fixed a locking issue that could occur if you closed an editor document while it was being parsed.

Usability Enhancements

Improved the error message that is shown when templates are using assemblies that are compiled against old versions of CodeSmith Generator.
Fixed a bug where the ColumnSchemaCollection UI Picker didn't allow a user to select multiple items.
Fixed a bug where Template Explorer runtime exception messages would not be displayed.
Fixed a bug where an unhandled exception would occur when loading a CodeSmith Generator Project File that was saved in unicode format.
Updated the CodeSmith Generator Documentation start menu link location.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0

Blake Niemyjski — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:57:00 GMT

New Features

Brand new template editor integrated right into Visual Studio 2010!
Vastly improved IntelliSense with even more improvements to come before the final release. Support for directives, extension methods, lambdas, generics, and more!
Brand new parsing engine that should provide much better template errors as well as a great foundation to build on for the future.
.NET 4.0 support in templates.
SchemaExplorer collections have been updated to use generic collections that give a bunch of new features like LINQ support. *Breaking change that requires only a recompile of existing templates.
PropertyGrid has been updated to allow property filtering, collection editing, default instance creation, auto expanding of objects and much more.
New default property serializer that will enable serialization of just about any object and not require custom property serializers to be written. You can now just create an object in the template and use it as a property type.
Brand new Template Explorer that provides complete shell context menus and other features. If you are using something like Tortoise for version control, you will now have access to those features right inside of Template Explorer.
64bit assembly support.
Most of the engine is multi-threaded and should make better use of multiple core machines.
Updated the ISeriesSchemaProvider to include filters to allow wild cards % and _ in the filters.
Added ISeriesSchemaProvider configuration setting to control the CommandTimeout on large schema's.
Added F12 keyboard shortcut for Go To Definition.
Added the ability to access SchemaExplorer from within Visual Studio.
Added GetCustomValidationErrors() method to CodeTemplate which allows a developer to add custom Template Validation Rules during the validation process. This change introduced a breaking change to CodeTemplate's Validate method as it is no longer marked as virtual (Breaking Change). One should now update their existing code to use GetCustomValidationErrors().
The Template Editor no longer locks assembly references.
Added Go to Definition support (beta).
Added Code Navigation support.
Added View Source context menu item to view a templates code behind file.
Added ExtendedPropertyNames class which gives quick access to all defined ExtendedProperty Names.
Added the ability to create new files and folders to Template Explorer and Windows Explorer.
New property grid editors for common data types.
Added a new TemplateContext.Current that allows getting access to the currently executing template.
Massive SchemaExplorer refactor including interfaces for all schema objects and better designer and serializer support.
Added initial code navigation drop downs to the top of the template editor.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where an exception would occur when using the ViewColumnSchemaCollection PropertyGrid Editor.
Fixed a bug where MemberColumnSchemas Parent property was never being set.
Fixed the Code Navigation Drop Down menu's to include the selected image.
Major updates to the ActiveSnippet Configuration dialog that includes validation and much more.
Fixed a bug where a black Visual Studio theme would not be formatted properly.
Fixed a bug where the PropertyGrid was not refreshing property values that were updated dynamically.
Updated all providers to use the new utility class for ExtendedProperty Names.
Fixed a StackOverFlowException that could occur if an error occurred while showing the output window.
Update the about us dialog to include lines generated.
Fixed a bug where Visual Studio could crash at launch due to an corrupt visual style.
Fixed a bug where Template and Compiler Errors were not taking priority over Warnings when being merged.
Fixed a bug where the CompileTemplateResult would return an incorrect result when any CompileWarnings existed.
Fixed a bug where Manage Outputs would not properly save an output when a template existed on a different hard drive.
Fixed a bug where Template Explorer wasn’t properly saving or loading a CodeSmith Generator Project File.
Fixed a bug where the installer would write to an incorrect registry hive on 64bit machines.
Fixed a bug where the Name Attribute Value on a Property Directive wouldn't be valid if it had a space as the leading or ending character.
Fixed a Stack Overflow Exception that was occurring in MemberColumnSchemaCollection's IndexOf method.
Fixed template includes so that all templates should work now.
Fixed issue with collapsing code behind items in solution explorer after generating.
Improved error messages and more robust checks during template parsing.
Fixed various licensing bugs.
Fixed bugs where schema providers were not being found properly.
Added new TemplateSourceGenerator custom tool for .cst files that enables better template debugging support.
Fixed parser bug that wasn't parsing <% // some comment %> correctly.
Fixed an issue where an Exception would occur when trying to load a template marked as read-only.
Fixed a bug that caused Configuration to call LoadDefault multiple times.
Many other small improvements and bug fixes.

Performance Enhancements

Many performance and memory optimizations across CodeSmith Generator.
Updated the Template Editor to apply the default Visual Studio Fonts and Colors when opening a template.

Usability Enhancements

Fixed a bug where Visual Studio Shortcuts like Control+Tab were being ignored.
Change RenderToFile to not modify a file if the contents would be the same. Helps with exclusive checkouts.
Updated Go To Definition support to check for In Memory document and code behind changes.
Updated CodeTemplate to issue an Validation Error when GetFileName() is Invalid or an exception occurs while a template is validating.
Updated the Visual Studio Build Template button to force a recompile of the template.
Updated the start menu help shortcut location.
Added a start menu link to the online help and API documentation.
Samples are now kept up-to-date on an end users machine without overwriting any modified templates upon extraction.
Added support for refreshing cached PropertyGrid values (E.G., DatabaseSchema).
Updated the ADOXSchemaProvider to use the new Microsoft ADOX ConnectionString Designer.
Updated the OracleSchemaProvider to use the new Microsoft Oracle ConnectionString Designer.
PostgreSQLSchemaProvider's and SqlSchemaProvider's CommandSchema and ColumnSchema ExtendedProperty name for CS_IsScalarFunction now share the same name (maintained backwards compatibility).
Fixed an issue where Enumerations with defined base types could lock up the PropertyGrid.
Updated the TemplateSession to refresh the CodeTemplate's instance when clicking generate.
Fixed an issue where a file could be opened from the Template Explorer Window in a new Visual Studio Instance.
Fixed an issue where the Error Window would be out of date when switching between templates.
The Error Window is now cleared when you close a template editor.
Updated the TemplateEditorDocument to refresh the errors when a parse error occurs when the generate button is clicked.
Updated the GetHashCode() for all of SchemaExplorer's implementations.
Fixed a bug where Custom UITypeEditor’s were showing up with non-default formatting styles.
Fixed a bug where Custom UITypeEditor’s Dropdown Menus were not behaving correctly due to a focus issue.
Updated all of the CodeSmith Generator Sample Projects.
Double clicking template inside of codesmith explorer in VS will now open the file for editing.
Improved the error window behavior for templates.
Better support for old UITypeEditors.
Fixed issue with being able to copy text from the output window.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0 Release Candidate

Blake Niemyjski — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:02:00 GMT

New Features

Added F12 keyboard shortcut for Go To Definition.
Added the ability to access SchemaExplorer from within Visual Studio.
Added GetCustomValidationErrors() method to CodeTemplate which allows a developer to add custom Template Validation Rules during the validation process. This change introduced a breaking change to CodeTemplate's Validate method as it is no longer marked as virtual (Breaking Change). One should now update their existing code to use GetCustomValidationErrors().

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where an exception would occur when using the ViewColumnSchemaCollection PropertyGrid Editor.
Fixed a bug where MemberColumnSchemas Parent property was never being set.
Fixed the Code Navigation Drop Down menu's to include the selected image.

Performance Enhancements

Many performance and memory optimizations across CodeSmith Generator.

Usability Enhancements

Fixed a bug where Visual Studio Shortcuts like Control+Tab were being ignored.
Updated Go To Definition support to check for In Memory document and code behind changes.
Updated CodeTemplate to issue an Validation Error when GetFileName() is Invalid or an exception occurs while a template is validating.
Updated the Visual Studio Build Template button to force a recompile of the template.
Updated the start menu help shortcut location.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0 Beta 3

Blake Niemyjski — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:38:00 GMT

New Features

The Template Editor no longer locks assembly references.
Added Go to Definition support (beta).
Added Code Navigation support.
Added View Source context menu item to view a templates code behind file.
Added ExtendedPropertyNames class which gives quick access to all defined ExtendedProperty Names.
Added the ability to create new files and folders to Template Explorer and Windows Explorer.

Bug Fixes

Major updates to the ActiveSnippet Configuration dialog that includes validation and much more.
Fixed a bug where a black Visual Studio theme would not be formatted properly.
Fixed a bug where the PropertyGrid was not refreshing property values that were updated dynamically.
Updated all providers to use the new utility class for ExtendedProperty Names.
Fixed a StackOverFlowException that could occur if an error occurred while showing the output window.
Update the about us dialog to include lines generated.
Fixed a bug where Visual Studio could crash at launch due to an corrupt visual style.
Fixed a bug where Template and Compiler Errors were not taking priority over Warnings when being merged.
Fixed a bug where the CompileTemplateResult would return an incorrect result when any CompileWarnings existed.
Fixed a bug where Manage Outputs would not properly save an output when a template existed on a different hard drive.
Fixed a bug where Template Explorer wasn’t properly saving or loading a CodeSmith Generator Project File.
Fixed a bug where the installer would write to an incorrect registry hive on 64bit machines.
Fixed a bug where the Name Attribute Value on a Property Directive wouldn't be valid if it had a space as the leading or ending character.
Fixed a Stack Overflow Exception that was occurring in MemberColumnSchemaCollection's IndexOf method.

Performance Enhancements

Many performance and memory optimizations across CodeSmith Generator.
Updated the Template Editor to apply the default Visual Studio Fonts and Colors when opening a template.

Usability Enhancements

Added a start menu link to the online help and API documentation.
Samples are now kept up-to-date on an end users machine without overwriting any modified templates upon extraction.
Added support for refreshing cached PropertyGrid values (E.G., DatabaseSchema).
Updated the ADOXSchemaProvider to use the new Microsoft ADOX ConnectionString Designer.
Updated the OracleSchemaProvider to use the new Microsoft Oracle ConnectionString Designer.
PostgreSQLSchemaProvider's and SqlSchemaProvider's CommandSchema and ColumnSchema ExtendedProperty name for CS_IsScalarFunction now share the same name (maintained backwards compatibility).
Fixed an issue where Enumerations with defined base types could lock up the PropertyGrid.
Updated the TemplateSession to refresh the CodeTemplate's instance when clicking generate.
Fixed an issue where a file could be opened from the Template Explorer Window in a new Visual Studio Instance.
Fixed an issue where the Error Window would be out of date when switching between templates.
The Error Window is now cleared when you close a template editor.
Updated the TemplateEditorDocument to refresh the errors when a parse error occurs when the generate button is clicked.
Updated the GetHashCode() for all of SchemaExplorer's implementations.
Fixed a bug where Custom UITypeEditor’s were showing up with non-default formatting styles.
Fixed a bug where Custom UITypeEditor’s Dropdown Menus were not behaving correctly due to a focus issue.
Updated all of the CodeSmith Generator Sample Projects.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0 Beta 2

ejsmith — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:35:00 GMT

Change RenderToFile to not modify a file if the contents would be the same. Helps with exclusive checkouts.
Fixed template includes so that all templates should work now.
Fixed issue with collapsing code behind items in solution explorer after generating.
New property grid editors for common data types.
Added a new TemplateContext.Current that allows getting access to the currently executing template.
Double clicking template inside of codesmith explorer in VS will now open the file for editing.
Massive SchemaExplorer refactor including interfaces for all schema objects and better designer and serializer support.
Improved error messages and more robust checks during template parsing.
Improved the error window behaviour for templates.
Fixed various licensing bugs.
Fixed bugs where schema providers were not being found properly.
Better support for old UITypeEditors.
Added new TemplateSourceGenerator custom tool for .cst files that enables better template debugging support.
Fixed parser bug that wasn't parsing <% // some comment %> correctly.
Fixed an issue where an Exception would occur when trying to load a template marked as read-only.
Added initial code navigation drop downs to the top of the template editor.
Fixed issue with being able to copy text from the output window.
Many more minor bug fixes.

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CodeSmith Generator 6.0 Beta 1

ejsmith — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:24:00 GMT

Brand new template editor integrated right into Visual Studio 2010!
Vastly improved IntelliSense with even more improvements to come before the final release. Support for directives, extension methods, lambdas, generics, and more!
Brand new parsing engine that should provide much better template errors as well as a great foundation to build on for the future.
.NET 4.0 support in templates.
SchemaExplorer collections have been updated to use generic collections that give a bunch of new features like LINQ support. *Breaking change that requires only a recompile of existing templates.
PropertyGrid has been updated to allow property filtering, collection editing, default instance creation, auto expanding of objects and much more.
New default property serializer that will enable serialization of just about any object and not require custom property serializers to be written. You can now just create an object in the template and use it as a property type.
Brand new Template Explorer that provides complete shell context menus and other features. If you are using something like Tortoise for version control, you will now have access to those features right inside of Template Explorer.
64bit assembly support.
Most of the engine is multi-threaded and should make better use of multiple core machines.
Updated the ISeriesSchemaProvider to include filters to allow wild cards % and _ in the filters.
Added ISeriesSchemaProvider configuration setting to control the CommandTimeout on large schema's.
Fixed a bug that caused Configuration to call LoadDefault multiple times.
Many other small improvements and bug fixes.

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PLINQO for NHibernate 1.0.1

tdupont — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Data Layer Generation

Generate your HBM files from your database.
Supports Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures.
Supports associations and composite keys.
Generate your Entities from your HBM files.

Safe Regeneration

Safely regenerate your data layer against your database.
Intelligently seeks out and merges data changes with code changes.
Ability to filter what gets updated from the database.

Intuitive File Structure

Each generated class is separated into editable and generated files.
Complex types are generated into an organized folder structure.

Query Logic

Generates chainable query extension methods that simplify query logic.
Query extensions support advanced comparison and containment operators.

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Please note that if you downloaded 1.0.0, you will want to upgrade to 1.0.1

PLINQO for Entity Framework 1.1

Blake Niemyjski — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:50:00 GMT

Here is a list of issues that were logged by the community and fixed in this release. This release focused mainly on the support for stored procedures. The following is a breakdown of the complete change log.

New Features

Added support for generating and managing Stored procedures.
Generation of Query Extensions for views.

Improvements

Fixed a bug where the NamingConventions wouldn't handle columns that were only numbers or single characters like .,!~
Fixed a performance issue where TableEntity and ViewEntity would load all table or views properties twice during generation.
Updated the IgnoreExpression to exclude ASP.NET View's by default.
Fixed a bug where an Entity Property wouldn't be properly mapped.
Fixed a bug where an association was being created when one side of the association was not a keyed column.
Fixed a bug in the query extension could cause a compile time error.
Fixed a bug where property names would be improperly cased in the EDMX file.
Fixed a bug where duplicated property names could be added to a view or stored procedure.
Fixed a bug with View Key Generation (validation between conceptual and storage model). .
Fixed a bug where the ConceptualEntity would not mark Many-to-Many Association as a Parent Association.

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CodeSmith Insight 1.4.1

tdupont — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:11:39 GMT

Bug Fixes

Fixed Silverlight client build issue.
Fixed HtmlDescription API content.

Updates

Updated Client Builds
- Significant updates to client build process.
- Fixed minor inconsistencies between client initialization.
- All client downloads no include merged and independent assemblies.
Updated Instance deactivation criteria.
Updated file storage usage restriction processing.

PLINQO for Entity Framework 1.0

tdupont — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:30:00 GMT

EDMX

Quickly and safely regenerate your database while keeping it in sync with your database model.
Ability to filter what gets updated from the database.
Ability to safely rename your entities with ease using a Clean Expression.
Preserves custom changes and meta-data to your EDMX file (E.G. Custom View keys are preserved against regeneration).
Better support for Views!

Entities

Each class is generated to a separate editable file.
Complex types are placed into a separate folder.
Ability to edit the generated code via the partial class.
Editable templates are easy to understand and modify.

Query Extensions

Bring back filtered data easily using chainable query extension methods.
Support for Comparison Operators (E.G., Equals, GreaterThan, GreaterThanOrEquals, LessThan, LessThanOrEquals and NotEquals)
Ability to create your own reusable query extensions.

QuickStart

Get up and running within a few seconds.
Ability to create a Dynamic Data for Entity Framework project with ease.

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