Recently, I built a CodeSmith Generator 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. In this example I named my class DropDownListProperty.

During each release of CodeSmith Generator, 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 Generator 4.x and the latest CodeSmith Generator 5.1.x release when it comes to the user interface. CodeSmith Generator has made a huge effort to make CodeSmith Generator rock solid, crazy fast, and easy to use. I’d like to give everyone a quick…

Over a week ago we released our new CodeSmith Generator 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 Layer (DAL). The best part is that you won’t have to worry about learning something new (the generated code) if you are already familiar with the CSLA Framework.

We have updated the Tips & Tricks: Debugging CodeSmith Generator with the changes needed to debug CodeSmith Generator on Microsoft Windows 7.

In Part 1: The Introduction was an overview of the CodeSmith Generator 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!).