I'll be porting an asp.net website in Net 2.0 to a more recent version of .Net 4.5.
I'm looking for more modern libraries to use for SQL Server connectivity, and I noticed that the last update for Enterprise Library was done in April 2013.
Is Enterprise Library still being used or is there something newer?
Thanks.
The CodePlex project page for Enterprise Library (which goes read-only Nov 6, 2017) says:
This project is no longer under development.
Unity has new ownership and has relocated to GitHub.
The remainder of
the application blocks will no longer be developed. However, the
source will continue to be available. We encourage any interested
parties to fork the source as desired.
So, other than Unity it's looking pretty dead. It's unclear if MS will be keeping read-only CodePlex online or not.
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I installed the GtkSharp 3.22.24.36 package via Project > Add NuGet Packages..., which completed successfully. But now Monodevelop can't decide which version of GtkSharp to use (3.22.24.36 or the in-built one, 2.12).
If I uncheck gtk-sharp in the Edit references... dialog, it tells me that I can't use the UI designer without it.
How do I get Monodevelop to use the downloaded GtkSharp (3.22)?
MonoDevelop comes with a custom version of Gtk2 + Xwt bundled. If you plan to use Gtk3, then the designer must be deactivated, since it won't work with Gtk3.
My advice, anyway, no matter which toolkit you use, is to avoid using the designer. As soon as you involve the designer, you code heavily depends on the IDE you use (Visual Studio, MonoDevelop, NetBeans... you name it).
Creating user interfaces "by hand" is no longer traumatic as it was in the 90's with the Windows API. For example, you can find a very good Gtk# tutorial in ZetCode.
User Interface Toolkits are actually very similar, they change the name of widgets and sometimes provide a slightly different layout, but they are all mostly the same, no matter it is WinForms or Gtk(for C#), Swing (Java), or Qt (C++ and others).
I know its an older question but things changed. Abandon MonoDevelop, just use the .NET Standard bound implementation of GtkSharp. You can then literally design interface using glade xml files, using official Glade application from GTK+. You can find it here.
With the current push from MS to abandon Framework in favor of Core, we finally succumbed when we figured out they will kill Framework (which they just did with .NET 5 announcement), but we also used the opportunity to investigate other options for our ports of LoBs to core. We discovered GtkSharp as WinForms replacement and AvaloniaUI as WPF replacement, which not only work perfectly but also truly work cross-platform. We ported several applications already and actually moved more then half of business work stations from Windows to Linux.
I am a C# windows developer. I recently started to work with WinJS. Working with WinJS, I have noticed some challenges and limitations. Can face some new challenges as the community support for WinJS is very less. Below are the few points mentioned regarding this concern
a. WinJS does not support Visual Studio features like Finding References of Classes and Variables which is very useful to code productively.
b. WinJS is not strongly typed as C#. So we will get to know about the errors at runtime only instead of compile time which is difficult to Debug and time taking process.
c. WinJS does not support feature “What you see is what you get”. Visual Studio designer is not available for WinJS. We can see the application design only after we run the application which is again time taking thing.
There are very less chances of availability of “Ready to Work on WinJS” resources. Because most of the developers in Windows community work on C#, XAML languages.
d. Direct compatibility of third party libraries for WinJS might not be available.
Have anybody experience in WinJS and faced similar issues? Or Are there any solutions exists for this? What is the scope of improvement in Windows 10 version for WinJS??
For an HTML/CSS/JS designer, that's what Blend for Visual Studio is for. Load the project into Blend and you'll get a designer that also works when you're running the app. Documentation for this is on https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj129478.aspx, and there's a great video from //build 2013 that shows the flow, http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/2-311. I also cover using Blend to some extent in my free ebook, Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, 2nd Edition.
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/develop/winjs
see this link it give the solution your problem which is given below
a. WinJS does not support Visual Studio features like Finding References of Classes and Variables which is very useful to code productively.
b. WinJS is not strongly typed as C#. So we will get to know about the errors at runtime only instead of compile time which is difficult to Debug and time taking process.
c. WinJS does not support feature “What you see is what you get”. Visual Studio designer is not available for WinJS. We can see the application design only after we run the application which is again time taking thing.
I am getting into ActionScript-ing and SQLLite development.
What are the essential development IDEs and utility tools I should get set up for a smooth development experience?
It would be great if you categorize - as free and paid-for-software.
I am accustomed with the Microsoft "free" experience in terms of - Visual Studio Express edition or SQL Server Express edition.
Are there similar counter parts for this platform?
FlashDevelop - Open source IDE for flash but no visual designer. As far as SQLLite you can actually create and manage the databases all with actionscript but if you want to edit/create them with an IDE there are several open/free solutions, from a quick google search we have:
//SQLLite DB manager/admin tool made in Adobe AIR
http://www.dehats.com/drupal/?q=node/58
//Same idea but open source made with QT so probably C/C++
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
//FlashDevelop
http://www.flashdevelop.org/wikidocs/index.php?title=Main_Page
Flashdevelop is pretty much king when it comes to code hinting/completion, pretty much what you'd expect in features from microsoft VS IDEs. There is also a pretty good user base and thus many tutorials/documentation and project templates.
I too use the DB admin tool formerly from www.dehats.com, which has since been renamed Lita and put on GitHub . However, a significant drawback to Lita is its complete lack of runtime error reporting when executing SQL queries.
Mauricio Piacentini is an excellent programmer, but Flash developers should be aware that his
SQLite Database Browser does not support the non-standard features added to AIR's version of SQLite, such as additional column affinity types.
So, as a complement to Lita I've been using Paul Robertson's Run! app. It doesn't have as many features as Lita, but it supports AIR's version of SQLite and it does report errors in your SQL queries.
Like Ascension, I'm a fan of FlashDevelop.
Hi I am looking into a Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI) compliant Mercurial Client for integrating Mercurial into my IDE (LabVIEW). I thought HgSCC was getting close since it claims it uses the MSSCC interface for it's integration with Visual Studio, however it doesn't turn op in LabVIEW as an option.
Does anybody know a MSSCCI compliant client or can verify that HgSCC is indeed such a client and LabVIEW is just lazy in recognizing this one?
I looked at the registry key used by LabVIEW HKEY_LocalMachine\SOFTWARE\SourceCodeControlProvider\InstalledSCCProviders which only lists PushOK's SVNSCC client.
The first version of HgScc was MSSCCI compliant.
You can get it here (http://www.newsupaplex.pp.ru/hgscc_news_eng.html), scroll at the very bottom to the news dated "24 may 2008". There you can find a download link. Also, that version was tested only with MSVS 2005/2008, so it may not work with LabVIEW.
The recent versions of HgSccPackage supports only MS SCC Package API (MSVS only), which is not MSSCCI compliant.
Have you tried VisualHG?
I have a database in ms access 2007 with forms. I need to create a stand alone exe file from access. Is it possible? If so, how?
You can't save it as .exe, but you could use the Access Runtime to allow users without Access to use your Application.
If I can just add my two cents worth...
You DO have to distribute the Access runtimes with your application. I heard recently on Stackoverflow on a questions that Microsoft runtimes for access are now freely downloadable.
Here are a couple of links...
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developeredition2007faq.htm
http://blogs.msdn.com/clintcovington/archive/2007/01/30/the-runtime-and-developer-extensions-will-be-free.aspx
You can either distribute these runtimes with your application or you can have your customer download them.
EDIT - THE BELOW IS PROVEN FALSE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE A LICENSE TO DISTRIBUTE THE RUNTIMES. Of course, they are distributed under a license but the license is free. I leave the comment below for its historical interest.
I think but am not sure that to distribute the access runtimes with your application you will have to have a license. I know that you used to get this license with an MSDN subscription and with Visual Studio Tools for Office.
END FALSEHOOD
Once you have the Access Runtimes, you can create BULLETPROOF runtime installations of Access apps using preconfigured installation scripts from SageKey.com.
Office developer tools comes with some deployment options but they are not bulletproof and I would NEVER distribute a commercial application using those...they just don't work. But the sagekey scripts absolutely ROCK. They work incredibly well.
All this presumes you want to widely distribute your app. If not (for example...you want to just deploy to your customers and you will have complete control over that) then you can use the download from Microsoft option mentioned above.
One last thing. Runtime access apps have to be VERY robust. You have to do error handling and automatic table linking very well among other things or you will spend all the time on the phone with your customers rather than selling/distributing software.
Hope this helps.
Seth
If you have the Developer version of MS Access, you can create an '.mde' file, which operates just like an .exe file as far as your user is concerned. Essentially, creating an .mde wraps a version of the MS Access run-time along with your database.
As long as you have done a decent job with your form design, the user really can't tell the difference between your .mde file and a .exe.
I haven't used the Developer version in a number of years, but if I recall, it is quite expensive. EDIT (It appears to be free these days).
Here is a link to a good FAQ on the topic. Much more up-to-date than my recollections from the past.
As far as bullet proof runtimes yes Sagekey is an answer. However another alternative is Albert Kallal's Inno script which checks to see if a version of Access is installed. If not it tells you to install a runtime version of Access. If installed then it continues to install your FE MDE and other assorted files.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.access/msg/10e3fc9234660872?hl=en
Sample inno script which "wraps" the package wizard install into a single .exe
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.databases.ms-access/msg/4aa1b33a191bf1f8?hl=en
Deploying updates to your software in a Runtime environment for Access 2007
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/RunTime/InstallExample.htm
The only scenario which it wouldn't handle well would be if the user does install Access or a different Access runtime on their system later. However if you ship your product in Access 2000 format the problems are minimized.
no it's not possible.
I don't believe it is possible. Sorry to say. You need the Access to launch and display the form.