Updated Release: 4.5.0

All features and corrections refer to CSLA 4.x target projects, except when stated otherwise.

CSLA .NET targets:

• 4.3.14 (NET 4.0, Silverlight 4 and Silverlight 5)
• 4.5.600 (NET 4.0, NET 4.5, Silverlight 5, Windows Phone and WinRT)

Note 1 - The generated code uses the synchronous DataPortal_XYZ methods.
Note 2 - On Silverlight, Windows Phone and WinRT projects, use the SILVERLIGHT conditional compilation symbol.

Changes since release 4.3 RC:

UI new features

• Menu option "Convert to SmartDate" handles DateTimeOffset
• Project parameters for creation options "Use SmartDate" and "Use string with TypeConversion" handles DataTimeOffset
• Support for UTC in creation gestures
• Generate Constructor option in 00. Generate Options
• Added Global Settings panel (settings that apply to all projects) for code and stored procedure encodings
• Csla objects list: filter by name supports list of object names
• Project panel; added tooltips

Generation new features

• Support for CSLA 4.5.x
• Support new SQL Server 2008 date/time data types
• Support UTC in simple audit
• VB code generation (only non DAL architecture)
• Support for inline SQL queries
• Inline query methods: support for "ref" and "out" parameter passing

UI fixes and improvements

• Creation gesture supports un-matching column names on FK constraints
• Creation gesture EditableChildCollection shouldn't show DynamicEditableRoot objects
• Most I/O errors didn't report any error on the UI
• I/O errors only show the exception message (and hide the error stack)
• Improve panel sorting and closing
• Fix schema columns context menu item's visibility
• Fix docking on Windows 8

Generation fixes and improvements

• Fix updated properties when source and target have different names
• Accept un-matching column names on FK constraints
• Silverlight's DataPortal_Create support for DataPortal Hooks (pseudo) events
• Extended file includes a commented OnChildChanged override
• OnCollectionChanged doesn't fire on Csla 4.5.x when collection is ReadOnly
• "Default.xml" file location is version independent
• Detect empty or wrong templates directory path
• Allow switch on/off template recompilation (feature for template developers)
• Allow overwrite of extended files

First timers - To use or try this project, you must download both files: CslaGenFork and Templates.

Note - Before attempting to generate something, go to the Tools menu, and select Locate Template Directory. Now point to the top directory of where your templates are.

First timers - Most important, you must download the free CodeSmith extension or else you won't be able to do any operation at all.

Note - You don't need to install CodeSmith; just follow the CodeSmith setup guide and yes, CslaGenFork runs on Windows 8.