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This article will help you upgrade your solutions templates safely and easily to the latest major or minor version. The latest templates can be found on our Google code project and the latest nightly build can be found here . The first thing to do is to download the template framework you wish to update...
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In a previous post I had mentioned that we added SQL CLR Stored procedures as well as SQL Functions in the release of CodeSmith 5.2. Since then there has been a few questions since then on how to add this to your existing templates. The great news is, you can add the functionality in a few easy changes...
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CodeSmith now supports SQL Functions and SQL CLR Functions with the release of CodeSmith 5.2. I will quickly show you how to add SQL Function support to your template. The first thing you need to do in order to use SQL Functions is to set the IncludeFunctions Property on any type that derives from SchemaObjectBase...
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Recently I built a CodeSmith sample UITypeEditor that allows a user to enter in custom data into a DropDownList. In the following article I’ll show you what you need to do in order to build your own UITypeEditor. First you need to create a public class that will hold the data of the drop down list...
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During each release of CodeSmith, one thing we always do is test upgrade scenarios between each versions and check for backwards compatibility among other tests. Recently, I was amazed at how much change has taken place between CodeSmith 4.x and the latest CodeSmith 5.1.x release when it comes to the...
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We have put out videos and examples in order to help people learn how to use Codesmith, but I thought I would post a few tips on how to get your head around exactly what CodeSmith does and how it can help you speed up your development process. When I started working here I was learning CodeSmith, C#...
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Over a week ago we released our new CSLA Templates. I highly recommend everyone that uses CSLA to try them out as they will save you a ton of time. Also you'll notice very quickly that it follows the CSLA best practices and has other features that you have been looking for like a working Data Access...
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This Thursday July 9th, Shannon Davidson and Tom DuPont will be talking about PLINQO at the Dallas .NET Users Group at Microsoft's Las Colinas Office in Irving, Texas. If you are in the area, we would love for you to stop by and see what PLINQO is all about. You might even win a free copy of CodeSmith...
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About a year and a week ago I started work for CodeSmith Tools. Before I get into this, I'm a Mac person, so I never saw myself ending up in a .Net shop. Before I was getting ready for my interview I hadn't even looked at the language, only heard about it vaguely. Having only a Mac at home I...
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We have updated the Tips & Tricks: Debugging CodeSmith with the changes needed to debug on Windows7. Here is the quick overview of what you need to-do to enable debugging on a Microsoft Windows 7 machine: Update the Just-In-Time debugger setting DbgJITDebugLaunchSetting . The setting is found in...
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In Part 1: The introduction was an overview of the CodeSmith CSLA templates we are developing at CodeSmith . In this post, I am going to go over how to use the CSLA quick start and the new improvements resulting from customer feedback (Keep the feedback coming!). First launch CodeSmith Studio and under...
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We released CodeSmith 5.1 with the new requirements of the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 . One of our experiences in upgrading to the .Net Framework 3.5 is issues we have run into like our customers reporting Visual Studio disapearing or closing extremely quick when they try to generate code or use our...
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On May 6th we released CodeSmith 5.1. This update brings in many welcoming changes, to name a few: .netTiers 2.3, PLINQO 3.0. Also CodeSmith and now requires that the .NET 3.5 Framework is installed before CodeSmith installs. Final Updated installer to launch CodeSmith after install. Loading a CSP on...
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I've been working on CSLA templates periodically over the past few months at CodeSmith Tools . We have designed the templates from the ground up around the CSLA.NET Framework version 3.6.2. You might be thinking what's the big deal it's just another set of CSLA templates. You are mistaken...
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The .netTiers team released .netTiers 2.3.0 Beta 2 today. .netTiers 2.3.0 is a maintenance release containing many bug fixes and patches. We have also added various requested features like Enterprise Library version 4.1 as well as support for Visual Studio 2008. I would have to say the biggest and most...