Xomega.Net for VS 2022

Below is a summary of the release notes for the Xomega.Net for Visual Studio 2022 releases.

Version 9.11.7

Release Date: 6/21/2023

Minor changes

• Project templates now use Xomega Framework 4.2.1 with several enhancements and bug fixes.
• Syncfusion resources are now loaded from the versioned Syncfusion package rather than from CDN to make upgrades easier.
• Updated the Dictionary item template to use read enum operation instead of read.
• Updated Data Objects generator to set IsKey on properties of objects with complex keys.
• Updated Model Operations generator to generate read list criteria for object's keys, including composite keys.
• "Trust Server Certificate" parameter is now added to the connection string for any SQL provider by default.
• NuGet packages on project templates were updated to the latest versions as appropriate.

Bug fixes

• Xomega Framework 4.2.1 provides bug fixes for the Syncfusion grid version 21.2.9 and up.
• Fixed the Service Implementations generator for objects with complex keys.
• Fixed issue with loading Xomega Model projects in VS caused by unsupported default target framework v4.0.

Version 9.11.6

Release Date: 1/14/2023

New features

• Blazor and REST API project templates now target .NET 7 when it's installed.
• With .NET 7, the generated Blazor pages now confirm unsaved changes when navigating to another page or an external URL.
• The generated Blazor pages now use the main view's title as the page title.
• Project templates now use Xomega Framework 4.2.0 with several enhancements and bug fixes.
• In addition to a sidebar, the NavMenu component can be now displayed as a top-level drop-down menu.

Bug fixes

• Xomega Framework 4.2.0 provides bug fixes for using Syncfusion Blazor controls ver. 20.3.0.47.

Minor changes

• Startup code in the web project templates is simplified to use a single top-level Program class.
• Cleaned up the CSS files in the Blazor projects using CSS isolation.
• The generated context for the EF Domain Objects now uses lazy loading for EF6.
• Added "Trust Server Certificate" to the connection string as a workaround for expired SQLNCLI11 driver.
• The target framework on legacy project templates was upgraded to net472 from net461.
• NuGet packages on project templates were updated to the latest versions as appropriate.

Version 9.11.5

Release Date: 9/25/2022

New features

• Added support for custom code in generated REST controllers.
• Added support for localization of static enumerations.
• Added support for localization of dynamic enumerations.
• Added model support for custom enumeration names that come from DB.
• Changed Enumeration Read List generator to Read Enum Operation to generate a separate read enum operation.
• Fixed support for big int type using a new BigIntegerProperty.

Bug fixes

• Fixed compilation issue in generated Service Contracts due to enumeration name conflict.
• Fixed generators of Data Objects and View Models to handle DataObjectList classes with multiple ReadList operations.
• Fixed generation of navigation properties for fields in a key fieldset.
• Fixed service-based generators to handle objects with only subobject operations.
• Fixed message constant generators for VS 2022.
• Fixed UnloadProject and ReloadProject to execute in the UI thread for VS 2022 to avoid errors.

Minor changes

• Added file nesting to the REST controllers project.
• Updated to the latest NuGet packages where possible.

Version 9.11.4

Release Date: 3/14/2022

New features

• Support for Visual Studio 2022
• Support for .NET 6

Minor changes

• Fixed label resource generator to not output duplicate resources for data properties.
• Fixed solution template for creating 2-tier WPF apps.
• Updated to the latest NuGet packages where possible.