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UPDATED RELEASE: Smart Client Contrib 1.5 (Apr 17, 2008)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:19:53 GMT

!! New Features
* All solution and projects were migrated to *Visual Studio 2008* and *.NET Framework 3.5*.
* New workspaces *DockPanelWorkspace* (ala Visual Studio dock panels) and *FormWorkspace* added to *SCSFContrib.CompositeUI.WinForms* project.
* *Action Catalog Service* added to *SCSFContrib.Services* project.
* A Shell built on top of WPF CAB infrastructure and Visual Studio templates and Installer for *Trusted* and *Untrusted* modules.
!! New Samples
* *BankTeller* implementation using a pure WPF application.
* *Demo Application* with its *Demo Script* that provides step-by-step instructions to create a SC-SF application.
* *OrdersManager* application that demonstrates how to integrate the CAB and SC-SF with Windows Workflow Foundation.
* *TestSuite* reference application showing DockPanelWorkspace usage.
* *WPF CAB Shell* sample application (source code, libs and unit tests).

UPDATED RELEASE: Smart Client Contrib 1.5 (Apr 17, 2008)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:45:06 GMT

!! New Features
* All solution and projects migrated to *Visual Studio 2008* and *.NET Framework 3.5*.
* *DockPanelWorkspace* and *FormWorkspace* added to *SCSFContrib.CompositeUI.WinForms* project.
* *Action Catalog Service* added to *SCSFContrib.Services* project.
* Added Visual Studio templates and Installer for *Trusted* and *Untrusted* modules in the WPF/CAB Shell.
!! New Samples
* *BankTeller* implementation using a pure WPF application.
* *Demo Application* with its *Demo Script* that provides step-by-step instructions to create a SC-SF application.
* *OrdersManager* application that demonstrates how to integrate the CAB and SC-SF with Windows Workflow Foundation.
* *TestSuite* reference application showing DockPanelWorkspace usage.
* *WPF CAB Shell* sample application (source code, libs and unit tests).

UPDATED RELEASE: Demo Application with Demo Script (Mar 06, 2008)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:46:10 GMT

The goal of this demo script is to help presenters give a presentation that illustrates the main aspects of SC-SF - May 2007 Release such as WorkItems, Commands, EventBroker, Services, Workspaces and the Dependency Injection pattern.
This demo stript provides step-by-step instructions to create a SC-SF application. The application consists of two Business Modules:
* *Notifications* module: this module populates the Main Menu Strip of the Shell with two items and adds them as invokers of the DumpWorkItem and ShowNews commands respectively. It also adds two views to the Shell.
* *Stocks* module: this module shows BuyStock and Reports SmartParts in the the Shell.
The Shell is made up of two Workspaces: an *OutlookBarWorkspace* (the one in the right) and a *DockPanelWorkspace* (the one in the left).

UPDATED RELEASE: Demo Application with Demo Script (Mar 06, 2008)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:40:42 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: Demo Application with Demo Script (Mar 06, 2008)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:24:31 GMT

The goal of this demo script is to help presenters give a presentation that illustrates the main aspects of SC-SF - May 2007 Release such as WorkItems, Commands, EventBroker, Services, Workspaces and the Dependency Injection pattern.
This demo stript provides step-by-step instructions to create a SC-SF application. The application consists of two Business Modules:
* Notifications module: this module populates the Main Menu Strip of the Shell with two items and adds them as invokers of the DumpWorkItem and ShowNews commands respectively. It also adds two views to the Shell.
* Stocks module: this module shows BuyStock and Reports SmartParts in the the Shell.
The Shell is made up of two Workspaces: an OutlookBarWorkspace (the one in the right) and a DockPanelWorkspace (the one in the left).

UPDATED RELEASE: Demo Application with Demo Script

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:23:28 GMT

The goal of this demo script is to help presenters give a presentation that illustrates the main aspects of SC-SF - May 2007 Release such as WorkItems, Commands, EventBroker, Services, Workspaces and the Dependency Injection pattern.
This demo stript provides step-by-step instructions to create a SC-SF application. The application consists of two Business Modules:
* Notifications module: this module populates the Main Menu Strip of the Shell with two items and adds them as invokers of the DumpWorkItem and ShowNews commands respectively. It also adds two views to the Shell.
* Stocks module: this module shows BuyStock and Reports SmartParts in the the Shell.
The Shell is made up of two Workspaces: an OutlookBarWorkspace (the one in the right) and a DockPanelWorkspace (the one in the left).

UPDATED RELEASE: Updater Application Block 2.1 (Oct 20, 2007)

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:46:31 GMT

! Application Block source code
* Works in *Windows Vista*!
* Updater Application Block relies on Enterprise Library 2.0 (Jan 2006) for the configuration
** Enterprise Library 3.0 could be used by recompiling the block and changing the configuration files
* BITS downloader no longer requires Administrator access.
* InstallUtil processor scans the .NET framework redist folders for a specified version of the InstallUtil application. It is no longer necessary to have .NET 1.1 installed.
* Multiple downloaders are correctly enumerated.
* Various changes and bug fixes to correctly parse Updater configuration files for each activation processor.
* Added saving of Source Folder in Manifest Editor
* The code compiles on .Net 2.0
* Quickstarts migrated to support the new configuration system
* Breaking changes only related to configuration and not the Updater API
* Bits Downloader now handles broken downloads gracefully
* UpdaterTask serialization fixed. There was a bug on the net 1.1 version of UAB related to the partial update scenario. When some files were removed from the manifest, the UAB serializes the UpdaterTask with the original version of the files. This caused the ApplicationDeployProcessor to fail.
* Partial update scenario fixed. The algorithms that might be used to calculate file hashes are non-keyed hash algorithms like: MD5; RIPEMD160; SHA1; SHA256; SHA384; SHA512
* Manifest tool fixed to correctly support salt enabled hashes

! Samples
* *Bootstrapper* sample: a small exe app that will be installed in the client and will manage the updates
* *MSI*: showcase how to use MSIs to install, patch or remove an application
* *Automatic Update*: the application managing the updates automatically
* *Manual Update*: the user might decide to update or not the application

UPDATED RELEASE: Smart Client Contrib 1.1 (Oct 20, 2007)

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:52:35 GMT

!! New Features:
* ItemsControlChildUIAdapter : allows any child of an ItemsControl to be utilized as a UI extension site (for example, allows a Separator to be used as an extension site)
* FrameworkContentElementActivationService : ensures any WPF FrameworkContentElements are built up correctly and exhibit the same behavior as FrameworkElements
* WrappedCabCommand : a WPF ICommand that wraps a CAB Command

!! Samples:
* Shell samples:
** ApplicationShellApplication
** WindowShellApplication
* Workspace samples:
** WindowsWorkspace
** DeckWorkspace
** TabWorkspace
** ZoneWorkspace
* Miscellaneous samples:
** UI Adapters and Commands
* Custom Visualizer

!! Bug Fixes
* Fixed bug in FrameworkElementActivationService that was assuming the OriginalSource of a focus event was a FrameworkElement
* Ensuring WindowSmartPartInfo only applies values to dependency properties if explicitly set

UPDATED RELEASE: Smart Client Contrib 1.0 (Jul 04, 2007)

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:19:53 GMT

Smart Client Software Factory Contribution v1.0
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* WPF CAB Layer
* Outlook Bar Workspace & Quickstart
* CAB Visualizer (requires WPF)
* BankTeller Quickstart rewritten using SCSF 2007 and Winforms smartparts
* BankTeller Quickstart using SCSF 2007 and WPF smartparts

More details [here|What we are releasing]...

UPDATED RELEASE: SCSFContrib 1.0 (Jul 04, 2007)

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:18:05 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: SCSFContrib 1.0 (Jul 04, 2007)

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:05:10 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: SCSFContrib 1.0 (Jul 04, 2007)

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:04:32 GMT

Smart Client Software Factory Contribution v1.0
================================================

* WPF CAB Layer
* Outlook Bar Workspace & Quickstart
* CAB Visualizer (requires WPF)
* BankTeller Quickstart rewritten using SCSF 2007 and Winforms smartparts
* BanTeller Quickstart using SCSF 2007 and WPF smartparts

More details [here|What we are releasing]...