CodeSmith Generator 5.1 Released

On May 6th we released CodeSmith Generator 5.1. This update brings in many welcoming changes, to name a few: .netTiers 2.3, PLINQO 3.0. Also CodeSmith Generator and now requires that the .NET 3.5 Framework is installed before CodeSmith Generator installs.

Final

• Updated installer to launch CodeSmith Generator after install.
• Loading a CSP on a new machine with an new connection string will cause TableSchema’s UI to be blank.
• Fixed a bug where removing a data source from Database Explorer wouldn’t permanently remove the data source.
• Fixed a threading error when removing a data source from Database Explorer.
• Fixed a bug where CodeSmith would throw an exception when it couldn’t access the systems registry.
• Fixed a bug where Copy Properties would throw an exception when called on a unsaved template.
• Fixed a bug where the SqlCompactSchemaProvider connection string builder class could corrupted additional connection string options.
• Fixed a bug where the SqlCompactSchemaProvider timestamp/rowversion columns were returning a “rowversion” native type name, should be “timestamp”.
• Added CodeSmith Customer Improvement Program.
• Various other minor changes.

Beta

• Fixed a bug where Generate Outputs would throw an error if a Visual Studio Solution contained a Setup and Deployment project.
• Various minor updates to Visual Studio’s Integration.
• Updated Visual Studio Integration to unlock assemblies after generation.
• Fixed a bug where a CSP in Solution folder causes ERROR: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
• CodeSmith Studio now requires that .NET 3.5 SP1 to be installed.
• Fixed a bug where CodeSmith Studio would attempt to save a csp for a unsaved template.
• Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException would be thrown when toggling the properties window when no template properties existed.
• Fixed a bug where extracting mapping files could cause an exception.
• Added Widening, Narrowing, Like, Let, CUInt, CULng, CUShort, and Operator to the VB.NET keyword list.
• Added var to the C# keyword list.
• Fixed a bug when using Intellisense and Math. or some variable names would throw an ArgumentOutOfRangeException.
• Updated CodeSmith Options dialogs.
• Added support to give feedback and send detailed error information from within CodeSmith.
• Updated Menu in CodeSmith Explorer, Users can now view the mapping editor, submit feedback, help, or configure options.
• Updated Manage Outputs and child dialogs to save the window dimensions.
• Added IndexedEnumerable, this is used to smartly enumerate collections and get a IsEven, IsLast, IsFirst property.
• Added Linq Querying support to all SchemaExplorer Collections.
• Added MergeProperty functionality for parsing properties from a CodeTemplate that inherits from an assembly.
• Added Insert Class Merge Strategy.
• Added CodeParser.
• Added support to detect an embedded SDK License.
• CodeSmith Configuration no longer uses xml files.
• Updated the documentation for IDbSchemaProvider and DataObjectBase.
• Fixed a bug in OracleSchemaProvider where AllowDBNull would always be set to true for view columns.
• Fixed a bug in OracleSchemaProvider where the TableSchema.PrimaryKeys collection wasn’t being populated correctly.
• Updated OracleSchemaProvider’s configuration to be configurable via the options dialog.
• Added SQL CLR Support to the SqlSchemaProvider. To see if a command is a CLR procedure check the “CS_IsCLR” extended property.
• Fixed a bug in SQLSchemaProvider where an xml index would be set to null after upgrading a SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2008.
• Fixed a bug in SQLSchemaProvider where the ExtendedData query was missing the PropertyBaseType and Minor columns when querying SQL Server 2000 ExtendedData.
• Added PostgreSQLSchemaProvider, SqlCompactSchemaProvider, SQLiteSchemaProvider, VistaDBSchemaProvider.
• Updated .netTiers to version 2.3 RTM.
• Updated PLINQO to version 3.0.
• Added CSLA Beta templates.
• Various other minor changes.

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