Dear Users,
The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of
MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.5.
This is a maintenance release for the 1.2 release series. It can be
used for production environments.
MySQL for Visual Studio is a product that includes all of the Visual
Studio integration functionality to create and manage MySQL databases
when developing .NET applications.
MySQL for Visual Studio is installed using the MySQL Installer for
Windows which comes in 2 versions:
. Full (150 MB) which includes a complete set of MySQL products with
their binaries included in the downloaded bundle.
. Web (1.5 MB - a network install) which will just pull MySQL for
Visual Studio over the web and install it when run.
You can download MySQL Installer from our official Downloads page at
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/.
MySQL for Visual Studio can also be downloaded by using the product
standalone installer found at
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/.
Changes in MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.5 (2015-10-29)
This section documents all changes and bug fixes applied to MySQL for
Visual Studio since the release of 1.2.5. Several new features were
added to the 1.2.x branch, for more information see the section below
called: What Is New In MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.
Known Limitations:
. Item templates do not work correctly with MySQL Server 5.7.x,
as it prevents the creation of an Entity Framework model.
Functionality Added or Changed
. Added the Entity Framework option to the MySQL Website
Configuration dialog for web projects, so Entity Framework
version 5 or 6 can be used with a MySQL database provider.
These automatically add the configuration/references needed
to the web.config file and the project itself. Also, all available
configuration options are now listed in the dialog.
. Project Templates were replaced with Project Items.
The Project Templates option was removed from the plugin
toolbar, and from the Project menu, in order to add the Project
Items feature with two options: MySQL New MVC Item and
MySQL New Windows Form, which are available on the Add New
Item dialog when adding a new Project Item. They add new
windows forms or MVC controllers/views connected to MySQL.
Bugs Fixed
. The Installer could not uninstall MySQL for Visual Studio if Visual
Studio was uninstalled first. (Bug #21953055, Bug #71226)
. In v1.2.4, the Launch Workbench and Open MySQL Utilities
Console toolbar buttons were disabled. (Bug #21495692)
. The Templates installer feature could not be uninstalled via
Add/Remove Programs. Because Project Templates were
replaced by Project Items, this is no longer a concern.
(Bug #21488922, Bug #77802)
. The dataset designer wizard was not showing the stored
procedure parameters when creating a "TableAdapter" using
existing stored procedures for the "Select" command. Also,
the stored procedure command had an "error" thus causing the
dataset to not be created. (Bug #20233133, Bug #74195)
What Is New In MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2
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. New MySQL Project Items for creating data views in Windows Forms and
ASP.NET MVC web applications.
. A new option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Personalization
Provider (this feature requires MySQL Connector/NET 6.9 or newer).
. A new option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Site Map
Provider (this feature requires MySQL Connector/NET 6.9 or newer).
. A new option for the MySQLSimpleMembership provider in the web
configuration tool. (This feature requires MySQL Connector/NET or
newer).
MySQL Windows Forms Project Item
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This Project Item is available on the Add New Item dialog in Visual
Studio when adding a new item to an existing project.
The dialog presented to create the MySQL Windows Forms Project Item
automates the generation of a Windows Form, representing a view for
MySQL data available through an existing Entity Framework's model entity
containing a MySQL table or view. Different view types are available to
present the data:
. Single-column: A form that contains one control by each existing
column in the table with navigation controls and that allows CRUD
operations.All controls can include validations for numeric and
DateTime data types.
. Grid: A form with a data grid view that contains navigation
controls.
. Master-detail: A form with a single control layout for the Parent
table and a data grid view to navigate through child table's data.
Supported with C# or Visual Basic language. This feature requires
Connector/NET 6.7.5, 6.8.3 or 6.9.x.
For more details on the features included check the documentation at:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/visual-studio-project-items-forms.html
MySQL ASP.NET MVC Project Item
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This Project Item is available on the Add New Item dialog in Visual
Studio when adding a new item to an existing project.
The dialog presented to create the MySQL ASP.NET MVC Item automates the
generation of a controller and its corresponding view, representing a
view for MySQL data available through an existing Entity Framework's
model entity containing a MySQL table or view. The MVC versions
supported by this wizard are 3 when using Visual Studio 2010 or 2012,
and 4 when using Visual Studio 2013 or greater.
The generation of the MVC items is done by creating an Entity Framework
data model either with Entity Framework version 5 or 6 depending on the
user's selection.
Supported with C# or Visual Basic language. This feature requires
Connector/NET 6.7.5, 6.8.3 or 6.9.x.
For more details on the features included check the documentation at:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/idm139719963401984.html
New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Personalization
Provider
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personalization provider allows to store personalization state-state
data regarding the content and layout of Web Parts pages-generated by
the Web Parts personalization service using MySQL as a data source. This
feature requires Connector/NET 6.9.x or greater.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-website-config.html
New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Site Map Provider
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Site Map provider allows to show a hierarchical list of links that
describe the structure of a site. This feature requires Connector/NET
6.9.x or greater.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-website-config.html
New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Simple Membership
provider
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The latest provider added to handle web site membership tasks with
ASP.NET. This feature requires Connector/Net 6.9.x or greater.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-simple-membership-tutorial.html
Quick links:
. MySQL for Visual Studio documentation:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-visual-studio.html
. Inside MySQL blog (NEW blog home): http://insidemysql.com/
. MySQL on Windows blog (OLD blog home):
http://blogs.oracle.com/MySQLOnWindows
. MySQL for Visual Studio forum: http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?174
. MySQL YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MySQLChannel
. MySQL Bugs database: http://bugs.mysql.com
Enjoy and thanks for the support!
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