What’s New in NConstruct 2.5.0

Released on 4 January 2010 (RC1)

New Features  ::  Changes/Enhancements   ::  Resolved Issues

New Features

Component Issue Summary
Code GenerationNCT-1324 Change mapping for a timestamp SQL datatype from Byte[] to DateTime.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1332 GlobalAppearance added to user settings to save and restore application's global Look and Feel.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1325 Add Ribbon bar to DevExpress VGrid generic entity form.
Code GenerationNCT-1327 Login form customization through wizard.
Code GenerationNCT-1328 LookAndFeel customization through wizard.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1321 Mask feature for text editors and text columns in grid controls.
Code GenerationNCT-1323 Enable Mask property setting through NConstruct Builder wizard.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1334 Focus ribbon toolbar pages according to active control (basic data or grids).
NConstruct ClientNCT-1336 Add DevExpress navigation panel settings to UserSettings and create save/restore mechanism.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1339 Create SaveLayoutOnlyToXml for VGridControl to save layout without data.
Code GenerationNCT-1342 New Final Report form for WCF application type.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1345 Use login header picture from startup project.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1349 Consolidate GenericEntityForm default layout settings methods.

Changes/Enhancements

Component Issue Summary
Code GenerationNCT-1331 Convert to DevExpress v9.3.
NConstruct ServerNCT-1346 Create custom UserSettings and ApplicationSettings classes for application project.
Code GenerationNCT-1347 Add comments for new app.config entries.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1344 Remove redundant _MainPanel control from GenericEntityForm.
Code GenerationNCT-1340 Improve UI controls selection combinations handling.
Code GenerationNCT-1341 Upgrade to Krypton Toolkit 4.1.1.0
NConstruct ClientNCT-1337 Create two bars in toolbar for MS GenericEntityForm instead of one (one for basic data, one for 1-M grids).
Code GenerationNCT-1338 Add additional buttons for 1-M grids to GenericEntityForm (Ms and Dx).
NConstruct ClientNCT-1335 Correct cplitter position in VGrid control after restoring layout.
Code GenerationNCT-1320 Check only basic version number when searching for Microsoft SQL database servers.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1312 Display date and time in the audit log table (Audit log column)
Code GenerationNCT-1313 Change "Audit log" caption in the audit log table to "Event time"
Code GenerationNCT-1314 Change generated ProductVersion to a "9.0.30729" value in csproj file.
Code GenerationNCT-1315 Add x86 target platform to generated csproj file.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1317 Smaller System module forms enhancements.
Code GenerationNCT-1318 Code highlightning for entites, DTOs, and NHibernate mapping files.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1326 Add new export options for DevExpress grid export.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1330 Additional Krypton UI palletes.
NConstruct ClientNCT-1348 Change from Ms SplitContainer to Dx SplitContainerControl in DevExpress GenericEntityForm.

Resolved Issues

Component Issue Summary
NConstruct ClientNCT-1333 Replace GetRowByFieldName with custom method to get nested controls in VGrid control.
Code GenerationNCT-1297 Correct toolbar width or its parent panel width (Object management step).