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MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.7 has been released
Posted on Apr 11, 2017 by Jose Ramirez
Category: Release Announcements
Tags: mysql-development, mysql-on-windows, net, visual-studio, vs

The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.7. This is a maintenance release for 1.2.x. 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 (352.8 MB) which includes a complete set of MySQL products with their binaries included in the downloaded bundle.
  • Web (1.7 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 1.2.7 (2017-04-10)

Functionality Added or Changed

  • Removed Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
  • Added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.

Bugs Fixed

  • The MySQL Data Export Tool exported data from the wrong
    schema when a second schema was selected and then deselected.
    In addition, all selected schemas were deselected when a single
    schema was deselected. (Bug #25713981)
  • Script files did not accept most keyboard input after the
    file was saved for the first time. (Bug #25713638)

 

What Is New In MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2

  • 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/visual-studio-project-items-mvc.html

 

New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Personalization Provider
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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.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-tutorials-web-personalization-provider.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
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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

 

 

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Enjoy and thanks for the support!

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