WPF Elements

• Added DataGridColumn.Foreground property
• DataGridColumn.DisplayTemplate is now respected when using DisplayMemberBinding
• DataGridColumn.DisplayMemberBinding now supports StringFormat
• DataGridColumn now respects DisplayNameAttribute when using PropertyName or DisplayMemberBinding
• Added ToolTipBinding property for charting data series
• Scatter charts now support missing data points (when a value is null or NaN)
• You can now set the starting (Minimum) value of a logarithmic axis scale
• Charting performance improvements
• Added built-in nullable type editors to DataGrid and PropertyGrid

Web Workbench

• CoffeeScript compiler now warns if a file contains mixed tabs and spaces
• Fix for Less compiler error when calling colour functions on a named (not hex) colour
• Fix for performance problem when using Pro Power Tools Enhanced Scroll Bar with the ‘show bookmarks and breakpoints’ option
• Fixed a couple of highlighting errors

LightSpeed

• Added MarkPropertyChanged method so that properties can be manually marked as dirty — for example, when changing properties of a mutable user-defined type. Mutable value objects! Forsooth!

WPF Diagrams

• DiagramBitmapRenderer now handles dynamic resources

As usual the free editions of the nightly builds are available right now from the downloads page, and the full editions from the store.

LightSpeed

• Updated SQLite provider to 1.0.80
• Fix for cascade delete across a STI hierarchy where the cascade enters the hierarchy in a derived class and we were trying to proceed through an association declared in a sibling class

Web Workbench

• Added JSHint support
• Fixed syntax highlighting for identifiers starting with an underscore
• Fixed incorrect ‘less than or equal to’ operator in Less mixin guards
• Added highlighting support for inline data URLs
• Fixed highlighting when using a comparison expression was used as a function argument
• Fixed highlighting of interpolated variables in URLs
• Fixed highlighting when a function call contained arguments that were spaced lists, and a nonfinal element of such a list was another function call
• Switched Sass compiler from IronRuby to ‘proper’ Ruby

WPF Diagrams

• Fixed a bug with connection point positions in a rotated nested node
• Added sample of removing a groupable node from its parent

WPF Elements

• Fixed a couple of issues when changing DataGrid.ItemsSource from null to a collection instance
• Fixed a hit testing issue with DataGrid cells
• Fixed an issue when a DataGrid contains a mix of star-sizing and absolute-sizing columns
• DataGrid DisplayMemberBinding now supports UpdateSourceTrigger of LostFocus
• Fixed a validation bug in DisplayMemberBinding
• Fixed the TrackingElement sample to support duplicate values
• Fixed an error if a chart XBinding or YBinding was set to a nonexistent property

Silverlight Elements

• First drop of spell checking for the HTML rich text editor
• Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right in the HTML editor now respect symbols
• Fixed a bug in ContextMenu where if it was forced closed due to the browser window being resized, it would never open again

All these updates are in the current nightly builds — free editions from the downloads page, full editions from the store.

LightSpeed

• Added a per-query IncludeFiltered flag to turn off implicit filtering (similar to IncludeDeleted)
• Added core support for SQL Server 2008 hierarchyid type
• Fixed an issue with aliasing when issuing a composed query with paging on SQL Server
• The designer now creates field name constants for special fields
• Fix for implicit filters not being applied in join clauses

WPF Elements

• Data grid star sizing improvements: support for a zero fill weight, new GridLength converter, fix for having to explicitly specify a weight
• Fixed a bug in data grid column virtualisation
• Improved pixel precision of MarkedStripeGrid
• Added Orientation property to MarkedStripeGrid
• Performance improvements for common charting data types

Silverlight Elements

• You can now customise the list of fonts in the HTML editor toolbar
• New properties on ScheduleFormatter for changing the content of most buttons
• We’ve brought over some improvements from WPF Elements to facilitate building multi-schedulers in Silverlight

WPF Diagrams

• Fix for editing node styles in Expression Blend

Web Workbench

• Chirpy compatibility fix
• Fix for Less syntax highlighting when specifying “…” as mixin arguments
• Updated CoffeeScript compiler to 1.3.1
• Added Iced CoffeeScript support

LightSpeed

• Added support for parameters of table type in SQL Server 2008 stored procedures
• Designer fix for LONGTEXT columns in MySQL views
• The designer no longer complains about foreign keys during database sync when you have a one-way association to a concrete table inheritance base class
• Fix for an issue with multiple levels of eager loading when one of the intermediate associations is a one-way association inherited from a concrete table inheritance base class

WPF Elements

• Fix for primitive numerical data support in chart control
• Added PieChart.RadiusFactor property
• Fixed hardcoding of pie chart label foreground
• Fix for CurrencyTextBox not restoring the currency symbol if the user deletes it
• Added a first cut of a PercentageTextBox control

WPF Diagrams

• DiagramScrollViewer: we now raise the ViewPortChanged event when the physical diagram size changes, and we no longer raise it when the scroll bars don’t exist

Web Workbench

• Fix for path.js error on series of Less imports

As always the free editions are available on the downloads page and you can get the full editions from the store.

WPF Elements

• Added handling for race conditions in DataGrid.BringCellIntoView and DataGrid.GetCell
• Fixed a bug in DataGrid.RemoveInputBinding
• Added DataGridColumn.AllowGrouping property, which allows you to specify that the user cannot group on that column
• You can now template DataGrid group row headers

Web Workbench

• Highlighting for Less pattern matching and guards
• Fix for file generation error when using checkout-based source control system
• Updated Less compiler to 1.2.1
• Improved positioning of opening braces during Format Document
• Fix for error with unbounded node (e.g. unclosed quote) in CoffeeScript

LightSpeed

• Apply COLLATE NOCASE when creating SQLite GUID primary keys
• Fixes relating to one-way associations when the originating side is a concrete table inheritance base class
• Fixed migrations error with abstract classes

WPF Diagrams

• Tweak to the ElbowPathfinder

As always the free editions are available on the downloads page and you can get the full editions from the store. Happy coding!

LightSpeed

• Exclude null associations from polymorphic association validation
• Fix for not being able to return array values from ICompiledParameterValues to populate an IN clause
• Fix for LINQ projection that included the result of a Count on a join-into result when there was no Where clause
• When updating a SQLite database with a GUID field, set COLLATE NOCASE on the column (because it is mapped as a string rather than a native GUID type)
• Added support for per-table identity block size (for when new tables use KeyTable but the database also contains legacy tables which are also updated by other apps using increment-by-1 sequences)

WPF Diagrams

• DiagramConnectionPointBase.OnPositionChanged is now exposed to user derived classes
• Fixed a bug in the ConnectionPointRelocation sample

WPF Elements

• DataGrid hotness!
• Fixed a bug in TimeExplorer

As usual, you can get the updated builds of free versions from the downloads page, and of full versions from the store.

LightSpeed

• Fix for one-to-one association join chain in LINQ Where clauses
• Added support for negated boolean expressions in LINQ Any and All
• Fixed a memory leak with compiled FindById queries
• Validation errors now provide access to the validation rule instance
• Include schema in auto-joined tables being joined by an identifier expression
• Fixed automatic date-time range validation for Oracle
• Improved support for SQL Server 2008 TIME data type
• Fixed an issue where a query with criteria on the left and a logical combination on the right could be processed incorrectly
• Fix for DeletedOn column being incorrectly aliased in update/delete queries
• Added support for deleting by LINQ query
• Added Procedure and Scale options to ProcedureParameter class
• Fix for procedure parameters of user-defined types in designer being generated into wrapper function signatures as object instead of strongly typed
• Fix for value objects not being handled correctly in batch updates
• Fixed exception if you put DiscriminatorAttribute on a root entity class
• We now raise an exception if a SQL Server stored procedure calls RAISERROR (sic: what is this, guys, Fortran?) after performing a successful SELECT (previously only errors raised before the SELECT would cause exceptions)
• Added a property for migration code to access the connection string of the database being migrated
• When a stored procedure sets an out parameter to SQL NULL, we now translate this to CLR null instead of leaving it as DBNull.Value (this fixes casting errors in strong-typed wrapper methods)
• Fix for virtual (non-mapped) discriminators not being populated on insert
• Entity- and interface-level query filtering (in progress and subject to change)

Web Workbench

• Collapsing support for non-top-level regions
• Sass and Less Format Document command
• Fixed issue in Sass compilation if install path included non-ANSI characters
• Fixed JavaScript minifier mangling non-ANSI characters
• Upgraded CoffeeScript compiler to 1.2.0
• CoffeeScript comment highlighting fixes
• Comment/uncomment block support
• Performance improvements when making many deletes from a document
• Error checking and signature help for Sass and Less built-in functions

WPF Elements

• Continuing improvements to control themes
• Fixes for potential issues in TimeExplorer, Chart, ChartAxis and PieSeries
• Added option for rounding on lost focus in NumericTextBox
• Added ResetZoom command for charts
• MajorTickSpacing now keeps consistent tick density as user zooms
• Added PieSeries.SelectedDataPointChanged event
• Improvements to automatic bar chart width calculation
• Fixed error when changing chart highlight mode
• Fixed an issue with horizontal bar charts using categories along the Y axis
• Resolved a DataGrid issue
• Fixed foreground colours not being respected in CurrencyTextBox
• Fixed potential null reference error when changing DataGrid.ItemsSource
• Fixed some issues with chart default axes

WPF Diagrams

• Added TreeLayoutAlgorithm
• Fixed null reference error in ConnectionPointThumb
• Fixed a diagram binding issue
• Fix for a bug that was stealing mouse wheel and scroll events
• Added an option to turn off infinite scrolling

NHibernate Designer

• Added support for NHibernate sql-insert, sql-update and sql-delete overrides
• Added support for stored procedures and named SQL queries

SimpleDB Management Tools

• No longer need to click away from a row to ensure it is saved

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Using a layout algorithm is incredibly simple. All you need to do is create an instance of the layout algorithm of choice, then pass it into the ApplyLayoutAlgorithm method on the DiagramSurface.

ILayoutAlgorithm layout = new TreeLayoutAlgorithm();
ds.ApplyLayoutAlgorithm(layout);

If you need a tree based layout for your diagramming application, then download the latest nightly builds and you’ll be pleased with the results. If you have any questions about WPF Diagrams, then we would love to hear from you in our forum.

WPF Elements

• Added support for automatic ranges on alternate Y axes
• Fix for a design-time issue with the RadialGauge control
• Added limited control over data sampling
• Fixed a bug where tooltips could not be applied to line series
• Initial support for tick marks on the RadialGauge control

LightSpeed

• Enhancements to native projection support

WPF Diagrams

• Added option to include connections in marquee selects

Web Workbench

• Better handling of Unix-style line endings
• Fixed spurious squiggly on CSS escape syntax
• Fix for non-Latin literals in CoffeeScript

You can download the updates right now — free editions from the downloads page, full editions from the store. (Web Workbench auto-updates through the Visual Studio gallery.)