Released: 4.5.0 (Sep 14, 2014)

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)
• 4.5.700 (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
• New menu option: Change Primary Key properties to not Undoable
• 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
• Experimental support for polymorphic collections (wip)

UI fixes and improvements

• Creation gestures support un-matching column names on FK constraints
• Creation gesture EditableChildCollection shouldn't show DynamicEditableRoot objects
• Creation gestures set Undoable to false for Primary Key properties
• 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
• Update DockPanelSuite to version 2.9.0.0 (fixed 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
• Don't generate NotUndoable attribute for read only objects

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 selectLocate Template Directory. Now point to the top directory of where your templates are and click "OK". That's it.

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.