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Updated Release: 3.5 (Mar 23, 2013)

GeertvanHorrik — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:24:34 GMT

(+) Added
(*) Changed
(-) Removed
(x) Error / bug (fix)

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==================
Version 3.5
==================

Release date:
=============
2012/03/23

Added/fixed (BREAKING CHANGES):
===============================
(x) Removed automatic property change notification of sub property models in the ModelBase. This logic is now implemented in the
ChangeNotificationWrapper class which is fully based on weak references and weak event listeners. This has been done to fix
a memory leak issue in the model base
(*) Moved all type resolving from TypeHelper to TypeCache
(-) Removed all .NET 3.5 projects, .NET 4.0 is now the minimal required version

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added Argument.InheritsFrom to check if an instance inherits from a type.
(+) Added options to configure a service locator from configuration file.
(+) Added ServiceLocator.CanResolveNonAbstractTypesWithoutRegistration to setup service locator behavior for non-abstract
types resolution without registration
(+) ServiceLocator resolves non-abstract types without registration.
(+) Added IsValid method in Argument class
(+) Added ChangeNotificationWrapper to get no-memory-leak safe change notifications of objects and collections
(+) Added ConsoleLogListener to write to the console for console applications
(+) Added the SendMessageAsync method in IMessageMediator
(+) Added INeedCustomInitialization to allow custom initialization of types created by the TypeFactory
(+) Added Catel.Mvc libraries with features especially built for ASP.NET MVC
(+) Added ServiceLocator.RemoveInstance and a couple of overloads of ServiceLocator.RemoveAllInstances methods to remove instance
from the service locator
(+) Added ServiceLocator.ResolveTypes method to resolve all instances for an interface type
(+) Added auto register types via attributes feature to the service locator
(+) Added expression overloads to IsMinimal, IsMaximum, ImplementsInterface, ImplementsOneOfTheInterfaces, IsOfType,
IsOfOneOfTheTypes, IsNotOfType, IsNotOfOneOfTheTypes, IsNotMatch and IsMatch methods of Argument class
(+) Added expression overloads to IsNotNull, IsNotNullOrEmpty, IsNotNullOrEmpty, IsNotNullOrEmpty, IsNotNullOrWhitespace,
IsNotNullOrEmptyArray and IsNotOutOfRange methods of Argument class
(+) Added support for Entity Framework 5 with repositories, unit of work and a DbContextManager
(+) Added Composite expiration policy to combine serveral expiration policies into a single one
(+) Added Custom expiration policy
(+) Added some exception extensions
(+) Added a generic overload to RegisterProperty method of the ModelBase class as option to avoid the usage of "magic strings"
as property name. Now the property name can be computed from an existing property.
The usage of this method improves the refactoring process
(+) Added time related cache expiration policies including Absolute, Duration and Sliding
(+) Added InfoBarMessageControl.DefaultTextPropertyValue to customize the Text property for a complete application
(+) Added ValidationContextExtensions to merge ValidationContext objects
(+) Added specification pattern implementation to Catel.Extensions.Data
(+) Added TaskHelper with task helper methods for all frameworks (also for frameworks without Task class)
(+) Added tag parameter to all CommandHelper methods
(+) Added PropertyHelper which can resolve property names based on a linq expression
(+) Added PropertyChangedEventArgs extensiosn which can check for specific property changes based on expressions
(+) Added ServiceLocator.GetRegistrationInfo to retrieve registration info about a registered type
(+) Added System.Threading.Timer to WinRT because the DispatcherThread can only be used on the UI thread (and causes unit tests
of view models to fail)
(*) ModelBase now supports calculated properties as registered properties which can be used during validation
(*) Updated RedirectDeserializationBinder LoadType method to call GetType from TypeCache instead from Type
(*) The ModelBase.RegisterProperty now contains an override for the SetParent
(*) Attribute validation on non-public properties in Silverlight is now disabled to prevent unnecessary exceptions
(*) Logging now supports extra data which can be used in custom listeners and logging stategies
(*) Moved some logic from Log to ILogExtensions so users don't have to reimplement the same logic in several loggers
(*) Performance improvement when constructing view models without parameters
(*) AssemblyHelper.RegisterAssembliesFromXap now automatically registers type in the TypeCache
(*) AssemblyHelper.RegisterAssembliesFromXap now allows registering types in a background thread
(*) UniqueIdentifierHelper is now thread-safe
(*) Updated Catel.Extensions.CSLA dependency to 4.5.10
(*) WeakEventListener now also supports explicitly implemented events
(*) Catel.Extensions.FluentValidation no longer requires a reference to Catel.MVVM. A reference to Catel.Core is sufficient so
it can also be used on server side validation
(x) Fixed issue with xml serialization where an object with just collections wasn't deserialized correctly
(x) Fixed several issues with the Windows Phone navigation service and logic
(x) Fixed LayoutCycleException in the PleaseWaitService for Silverlight when used in combination with DevExpress controls
(x) Fixed issue in WeakEventListener for WinRT
(x) Fixed possible multithreading issue in the ServiceLocator
(x) Fixed memory leak in view model metadata
(x) Fixed issue where initial errors were not always shown directly by the InfoBarMessageControl
(x) Fixed memory leak in the PopupHelper for WPF

Released: 3.5 (Mar 23, 2013)

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:24:34 GMT

Updated Release: 3.4 (Dec 15, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:11:57 GMT

==================
Version 3.4
==================

Release date:
=============
2012/12/15

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added DownloadingModuleCatalog for Silverlight to quickly set up prism applications using Catel and Silverlight
(+) Added FastObservableCollections which supports raising single events while adding/removing multiple items
(+) Added ModelBase.LeanAndMeanModel property to suspend both validation and change notifications at once
(+) Added ObjectHelper.AreEqualReferences to check for reference equality. This method however also assumes that value types
with the same value are equal. This method is now used in the ModelBase.SetValue
(+) Added WindowEventToCommand behavior for WPF to easily subscribe to window events
(+) Added ViewModelBase.OnClosing and ViewModelBase.OnClosed methods
(+) Added UserControl.CreateWarningAndErrorValidatorForViewModel to prevent the creation of the WarningAndErrorValidator
for a control when it is not being used
(+) Added ModelBase.SuspendValidationForAllModels to suspend all validation for all classes deriving from ModelBase
(*) InfoBarMessageControl.SubscribeWarningAndErrorValidator and UnsubscribeWarningAndErrorValidator are now public
(*) WarningAndErrorValidator now checks both visual and logical tree instead of logical tree only for InfoBarMessageControl
(*) CacheFactory is marked obsolete, you can now directly construct the CacheStorage class
(*) ViewModelClosedEventArgs now contains the IViewModel instance that has been closed
(*) When validation on the ModelBase is suspended, it will no longer validate values via data annotations. As soon as the
validation is enabled again, the properties will be checked
(*) Updated the Activate extension method (from Prism extension) to ensure the viewmodel's parent-child relationship.
(x) Fix in DebugLogListener for chrome where it sometimes throws an unhandled exception (the browser itself)
(x) Simplified and improved the way change notifications are implemented for non-WPF technologies
(x) Fixed the fake DirectDependency binding error
(x) Fixed centering issue and status update issue in PleaseWaitService for Silverlight
(x) Fixed several issues in view model lifetime management and the navigation service for Windows Phone
(x) Fixed designer issues where the callstack would complain about _logic which is null
(+) Added WinRT support (beta)
(+) Added Windows Phone 8 support (beta)
(+) Added NavigationViewModelBase which adds Back and Forward commands
(+) ServiceLocator now supports service registrations with tags (such as names, but any type is supported)
(+) Added Catel.Extensions.CSLA to support CSLA ViewModelBase in combination with Catel
(+) Added Argument.IsNotNullOrEmpty for the Guid class which supports Guid.Empty checks
(+) Added AuditingHelper which automatically adds auditing for an instance of IViewModel. This way, it's easier
to create custom implementations of IViewModel where only the events have to be implemented
(+) Added ViewModelCommandManager which now manages the commands of a view model. This way, it's easier to create
custom implementations of IViewModel where only the events have to be implemented
(+) Added IServiceLocator.TypeRegistered event which is invoked when a type is registered
(+) Added ITypeFactory which caches constructors for type instantiated to ensure the best performance possible
(+) Added IDispatcherService.BeginInvokeIfRequired as additional feature to the dispatcher service
(+) Added expiration options to the CacheStorage, renamed CacheHelper to CacheFactory
(+) Added Navigate behavior for the Hyperlink control in WPF
(+) Added ServiceBase to Catel.Core so it is easy to derive custom services from now on without having to implement the
base logic yourself on every project

AND MUCH MORE!

Released: 3.4 (Dec 15, 2012)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:11:57 GMT

Updated Release: 3.4 (Dec 15, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:38:25 GMT

Released: 3.4 (Dec 15, 2012)

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:38:25 GMT

Updated Release: 3.4 beta 1 (Nov 02, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:33:51 GMT

==================
Version 3.4 beta 1
==================

Release date:
=============
2012/11/02

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added WinRT support (beta)
(+) Added Windows Phone 8 support (beta)
(+) Added NavigationViewModelBase which adds Back and Forward commands
(+) ServiceLocator now supports service registrations with tags (such as names, but any type is supported)
(+) Added Catel.Extensions.CSLA to support CSLA ViewModelBase in combination with Catel
(+) Added Argument.IsNotNullOrEmpty for the Guid class which supports Guid.Empty checks
(+) Added AuditingHelper which automatically adds auditing for an instance of IViewModel. This way, it's easier
to create custom implementations of IViewModel where only the events have to be implemented
(+) Added ViewModelCommandManager which now manages the commands of a view model. This way, it's easier to create
custom implementations of IViewModel where only the events have to be implemented
(+) Added IServiceLocator.TypeRegistered event which is invoked when a type is registered
(+) Added ITypeFactory which caches constructors for type instantiated to ensure the best performance possible
(+) Added IDispatcherService.BeginInvokeIfRequired as additional feature to the dispatcher service
(+) Added expiration options to the CacheStorage, renamed CacheHelper to CacheFactory
(+) Added Navigate behavior for the Hyperlink control in WPF
(+) Added ServiceBase to Catel.Core so it is easy to derive custom services from now on without having to implement the
base logic yourself on every project
(+) Added an extension method to the IUIVisualizerService, as part of Prism Extension, to activate a view model as child of an actived one.
Now Prism UI composition is fully sopported from a view model first approach.
(+) Added a thread safe and inheritable (with correcteness) version of ModuleCatalog.
(+) Added experimental extension method to show a window from it's view model and notifies when the window is actually
opened (registered in the ViewManager).
(*) If an object supports ToString(IFormatProvider), the ObjectToStringHelper will pass CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
to make sure the values are converted to string without having to care about different cultures
(*) Refactored ServiceLocator to improve performance of transient type resolving
(*) IEditableObject implementations (DataObjectBase and ViewModelBase) now don't deserialize the backup fields
unless it is really necessary (a call to CancelEdit) which improves the startup performance with appr. 30 %
(*) Performance improvements in general
(*) UIVisualizerService for WPF now requires ContentControl instead of Window as minimum class to allow more customization
(*) IServiceLocator now implements the IServiceProvider interface as well
(*) Focus behavior now sets the focus at the end when the control is a textbox
(*) ViewModelBase now supports all models instead of only the DataObjectBase as model with IEditableObject support
(*) BREAKING CHANGE: Renamed DataObjectBase to ModelBase to provide a better industry standard name for the class
(*) Exposed properties using the Expose attribute will now fall back to default values when model is set to null
(*) ServiceLocator is now thread-safe
(*) PleaseWaitService in silverlight now allows custom parent elements
(*) Catel.Core assembly now automatically registers all services automatically at module initialization
(*) If a view model is injected in a view, the view automatically sets its ViewModelBehavior to Injected instead of Dynamic
and the view model will not be updated for the lifetime of that view
(*) Reimplemented CompositeModuleCatalog inheriting from the Catel.Modules.ModuleCatalog instead from
Microsoft.Practices.Prism.Modularity.ModuleCatalog.
(*) CompositeModuleCatalog allows cross module catalog's module dependencies.

And much more!

Released: 3.4 beta 1 (Nov 02, 2012)

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:33:51 GMT

Created Release: 4.0

GeertvanHorrik — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:30:25 GMT

future release

Updated Release: 3.6

GeertvanHorrik — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:30:13 GMT

future release

Updated Release: 3.3 (Sep 09, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:10:51 GMT

===========
Version 3.3
===========

Release date:
=============
2012/09/09

Fixed since RC 1:
=================
(*) Argument.IsOfType now ignore COM types because they cannot be checked

Fixed since beta 2:
===================
(+) Added Module Manager View
(x) Bug fix in case-insensitive search

Fixed since beta 1:
===================
(+) Added ViewModelToViewConverter for WPF
(*) ValueConvertBase now implements MarkupExtension in WPF and SL5
(*) Enhanced the BooleanToGrayscaleConverter so it can be customized
(*) TypeHelper now supports case-insensitive search for types
(x) Fixed issue where re-using the same view model instance in a nested user control scenario caused a stackoverflow exception
(x) Fixed issue where EventToCommand.DisableAssociatedObjectOnCannotExecute was not working correctly
(x) Fixed issue where the designer was not always able to load views in silverlight

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added support to task smooth progress notification of an executing task by SplashScreenService when
the viewmodel type of the splash screen window is specified
(+) Added support to notify progress of an ActionTask through of ITaskProgressTracker interface.
(+) Added support to the SplashScreenService to notify the progress via IProgressNotifyableViewModel
using IUVisualizerService
(+) Added SplashScreenService to execute a batch of enqueued tasks and notify the progress through IPleaseWaitService
(+) Added support to type resolution with object life cycle or style management (Singleton or Transient) for
ServiceLocator including it's synchronization with external containers that support this kind of instantiation
(+) DataObjectBase xml serializer now supports XmlIgnore, XmlElement and XmlAttribute attributes
(+) Introduced IAdvancedNotifyPropertyChanging with AdvancedNotifyPropertyChangingEventArgs which allow
the developer to prevent a property change from happening
(+) Added INotifyPropertyChanging interface for SL4
(+) Added ViewModelBase.IsSaving property
(+) Added ExceptionService to create a generic exception handling policy for an application
(+) Added UpdateBindingOnPasswordChanged behavior
(+) Added IViewManager to find a view that uses a specific view model
(+) Added IViewModelManager to find all view models of a specific model
(+) Added PropertyData.IncludeInBackup on the DataObjectBase to ignore specific properties from being supported
in the IEditableObject implementation
(+) Added actual implementation for ViewModelBase.HasDirtyModel
(+) Added IServiceLocator.RegisterInstance(Type, Object)
(*) BREAKING CHANGE: IViewModel.Canceling now supports CancelingEventArgs and allows the cancel to be canceled. This
also counts for the CancelViewModel and CancelAndCloseViewModel methods, which now behave the same like Save
(*) TraceOutputControl now supports log messages from any thread
(*) InfoBarMessageControl now supports multiple WarningAndErrorValidator elements at the same time
(-) Removed json support in DataObjectBase. It is better to use an external json serializer like json.net
(x) TagHelper.AreTagsEqual now checks the casing for tags as well
(x) Fixed issue where ReflectionExtensions.IsInstanceOfTypeEx would return false for an integer that is
defined as a long. The IsInstanceOfTypeEx now also checks for implicit cast options
(x) ViewModelBase.UnregisterCommands is now safer with try catch when setting a property to null fails
(x) Fixed issue with hierarchical xml serialization and collection types that shared interfaces
(x) Fix to prevent unneccessary view model instantiation due to a bug in WPF 4 (sentinel nodes)
(x) Fixed issue in IViewModelLocator where postfixes were removed, even though it were not real postfixes. For
example, 'MyNameViewer' will now resolve 'MyNameViewerViewModel' instead of 'MyNameerViewModel'
(x) Fixed issue where PleaseWaitWindow was not thread safe in all cases
(x) Fixed designer issue when classes call LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger in design m

Released: 3.3 (Sep 09, 2012)

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:10:50 GMT

Updated Release: 3.3 Release Candidate 1 (Sep 05, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:57:36 GMT

===========
Version 3.3 RC 1
===========

Release date:
=============
2012/09/05

Fixed since beta 2:
===================
(+) Added Module Manager View
(x) Bug fix in case-insensitive search

Fixed since beta 1:
===================
(+) Added ViewModelToViewConverter for WPF
(*) ValueConvertBase now implements MarkupExtension in WPF and SL5
(*) Enhanced the BooleanToGrayscaleConverter so it can be customized
(*) TypeHelper now supports case-insensitive search for types
(x) Fixed issue where re-using the same view model instance in a nested user control scenario caused a stackoverflow exception
(x) Fixed issue where EventToCommand.DisableAssociatedObjectOnCannotExecute was not working correctly
(x) Fixed issue where the designer was not always able to load views in silverlight

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added support to task smooth progress notification of an executing task by SplashScreenService when
the viewmodel type of the splash screen window is specified
(+) Added support to notify progress of an ActionTask through of ITaskProgressTracker interface.
(+) Added support to the SplashScreenService to notify the progress via IProgressNotifyableViewModel
using IUVisualizerService
(+) Added SplashScreenService to execute a batch of enqueued tasks and notify the progress through IPleaseWaitService
(+) Added support to type resolution with object life cycle or style management (Singleton or Transient) for
ServiceLocator including it's synchronization with external containers that support this kind of instantiation
(+) DataObjectBase xml serializer now supports XmlIgnore, XmlElement and XmlAttribute attributes
(+) Introduced IAdvancedNotifyPropertyChanging with AdvancedNotifyPropertyChangingEventArgs which allow
the developer to prevent a property change from happening
(+) Added INotifyPropertyChanging interface for SL4
(+) Added ViewModelBase.IsSaving property
(+) Added ExceptionService to create a generic exception handling policy for an application
(+) Added UpdateBindingOnPasswordChanged behavior
(+) Added IViewManager to find a view that uses a specific view model
(+) Added IViewModelManager to find all view models of a specific model
(+) Added PropertyData.IncludeInBackup on the DataObjectBase to ignore specific properties from being supported
in the IEditableObject implementation
(+) Added actual implementation for ViewModelBase.HasDirtyModel
(+) Added IServiceLocator.RegisterInstance(Type, Object)
(*) BREAKING CHANGE: IViewModel.Canceling now supports CancelingEventArgs and allows the cancel to be canceled. This
also counts for the CancelViewModel and CancelAndCloseViewModel methods, which now behave the same like Save
(*) TraceOutputControl now supports log messages from any thread
(*) InfoBarMessageControl now supports multiple WarningAndErrorValidator elements at the same time
(-) Removed json support in DataObjectBase. It is better to use an external json serializer like json.net
(x) TagHelper.AreTagsEqual now checks the casing for tags as well
(x) Fixed issue where ReflectionExtensions.IsInstanceOfTypeEx would return false for an integer that is
defined as a long. The IsInstanceOfTypeEx now also checks for implicit cast options
(x) ViewModelBase.UnregisterCommands is now safer with try catch when setting a property to null fails
(x) Fixed issue with hierarchical xml serialization and collection types that shared interfaces
(x) Fix to prevent unneccessary view model instantiation due to a bug in WPF 4 (sentinel nodes)
(x) Fixed issue in IViewModelLocator where postfixes were removed, even though it were not real postfixes. For
example, 'MyNameViewer' will now resolve 'MyNameViewerViewModel' instead of 'MyNameerViewModel'
(x) Fixed issue where PleaseWaitWindow was not thread safe in all cases
(x) Fixed designer issue when classes call LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger in design mode
(x) Fixed issue where SynchronizationContext would cause a deadlock in nested thread calls
...

Released: 3.3 Release Candidate 1 (Sep 05, 2012)

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:57:35 GMT

Updated Release: 3.3 beta 2 (Sep 03, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:58:50 GMT

===========
Version 3.3 beta 1
===========

Release date:
=============
2012/09/03

Fixed since beta 1:
===================
(+) Added ViewModelToViewConverter for WPF
(*) ValueConvertBase now implements MarkupExtension in WPF and SL5
(*) Enhanced the BooleanToGrayscaleConverter so it can be customized
(*) TypeHelper now supports case-insensitive search for types
(x) Fixed issue where re-using the same view model instance in a nested user control scenario caused a stackoverflow exception
(x) Fixed issue where EventToCommand.DisableAssociatedObjectOnCannotExecute was not working correctly
(x) Fixed issue where the designer was not always able to load views in silverlight

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added support to task smooth progress notification of an executing task by SplashScreenService when
the viewmodel type of the splash screen window is specified
(+) Added support to notify progress of an ActionTask through of ITaskProgressTracker interface.
(+) Added support to the SplashScreenService to notify the progress via IProgressNotifyableViewModel
using IUVisualizerService
(+) Added SplashScreenService to execute a batch of enqueued tasks and notify the progress through IPleaseWaitService
(+) Added support to type resolution with object life cycle or style management (Singleton or Transient) for
ServiceLocator including it's synchronization with external containers that support this kind of instantiation
(+) DataObjectBase xml serializer now supports XmlIgnore, XmlElement and XmlAttribute attributes
(+) Introduced IAdvancedNotifyPropertyChanging with AdvancedNotifyPropertyChangingEventArgs which allow
the developer to prevent a property change from happening
(+) Added INotifyPropertyChanging interface for SL4
(+) Added ViewModelBase.IsSaving property
(+) Added ExceptionService to create a generic exception handling policy for an application
(+) Added UpdateBindingOnPasswordChanged behavior
(+) Added IViewManager to find a view that uses a specific view model
(+) Added IViewModelManager to find all view models of a specific model
(+) Added PropertyData.IncludeInBackup on the DataObjectBase to ignore specific properties from being supported
in the IEditableObject implementation
(+) Added actual implementation for ViewModelBase.HasDirtyModel
(+) Added IServiceLocator.RegisterInstance(Type, Object)
(*) BREAKING CHANGE: IViewModel.Canceling now supports CancelingEventArgs and allows the cancel to be canceled. This
also counts for the CancelViewModel and CancelAndCloseViewModel methods, which now behave the same like Save
(*) TraceOutputControl now supports log messages from any thread
(*) InfoBarMessageControl now supports multiple WarningAndErrorValidator elements at the same time
(-) Removed json support in DataObjectBase. It is better to use an external json serializer like json.net
(x) TagHelper.AreTagsEqual now checks the casing for tags as well
(x) Fixed issue where ReflectionExtensions.IsInstanceOfTypeEx would return false for an integer that is
defined as a long. The IsInstanceOfTypeEx now also checks for implicit cast options
(x) ViewModelBase.UnregisterCommands is now safer with try catch when setting a property to null fails
(x) Fixed issue with hierarchical xml serialization and collection types that shared interfaces
(x) Fix to prevent unneccessary view model instantiation due to a bug in WPF 4 (sentinel nodes)
(x) Fixed issue in IViewModelLocator where postfixes were removed, even though it were not real postfixes. For
example, 'MyNameViewer' will now resolve 'MyNameViewerViewModel' instead of 'MyNameerViewModel'
(x) Fixed issue where PleaseWaitWindow was not thread safe in all cases
(x) Fixed designer issue when classes call LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger in design mode
(x) Fixed issue where SynchronizationContext would cause a deadlock in nested thread calls
(x) Fixed the type registration implementation removing the existing registered instance to allow the
change the i

Released: 3.3 beta 2 (Sep 03, 2012)

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:58:50 GMT

Updated Release: 3.3 beta 1 (Aug 24, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:35:26 GMT

===========
Version 3.3 beta 1
===========

Release date:
=============
2012/08/24

Added/fixed:
============
(+) Added support to task smooth progress notification of an executing task by SplashScreenService when
the viewmodel type of the splash screen window is specified
(+) Added support to notify progress of an ActionTask through of ITaskProgressTracker interface.
(+) Added support to the SplashScreenService to notify the progress via IProgressNotifyableViewModel
using IUVisualizerService
(+) Added SplashScreenService to execute a batch of enqueued tasks and notify the progress through IPleaseWaitService
(+) Added support to type resolution with object life cycle or style management (Singleton or Transient) for
ServiceLocator including it's synchronization with external containers that support this kind of instantiation
(+) DataObjectBase xml serializer now supports XmlIgnore, XmlElement and XmlAttribute attributes
(+) Introduced IAdvancedNotifyPropertyChanging with AdvancedNotifyPropertyChangingEventArgs which allow
the developer to prevent a property change from happening
(+) Added INotifyPropertyChanging interface for SL4
(+) Added ViewModelBase.IsSaving property
(+) Added ExceptionService to create a generic exception handling policy for an application
(+) Added UpdateBindingOnPasswordChanged behavior
(+) Added IViewManager to find a view that uses a specific view model
(+) Added IViewModelManager to find all view models of a specific model
(+) Added PropertyData.IncludeInBackup on the DataObjectBase to ignore specific properties from being supported
in the IEditableObject implementation
(+) Added actual implementation for ViewModelBase.HasDirtyModel
(+) Added IServiceLocator.RegisterInstance(Type, Object)
(*) BREAKING CHANGE: IViewModel.Canceling now supports CancelingEventArgs and allows the cancel to be canceled. This
also counts for the CancelViewModel and CancelAndCloseViewModel methods, which now behave the same like Save
(*) TraceOutputControl now supports log messages from any thread
(*) InfoBarMessageControl now supports multiple WarningAndErrorValidator elements at the same time
(-) Removed json support in DataObjectBase. It is better to use an external json serializer like json.net
(x) TagHelper.AreTagsEqual now checks the casing for tags as well
(x) Fixed issue where ReflectionExtensions.IsInstanceOfTypeEx would return false for an integer that is
defined as a long. The IsInstanceOfTypeEx now also checks for implicit cast options
(x) ViewModelBase.UnregisterCommands is now safer with try catch when setting a property to null fails
(x) Fixed issue with hierarchical xml serialization and collection types that shared interfaces
(x) Fix to prevent unneccessary view model instantiation due to a bug in WPF 4 (sentinel nodes)
(x) Fixed issue in IViewModelLocator where postfixes were removed, even though it were not real postfixes. For
example, 'MyNameViewer' will now resolve 'MyNameViewerViewModel' instead of 'MyNameerViewModel'
(x) Fixed issue where PleaseWaitWindow was not thread safe in all cases
(x) Fixed designer issue when classes call LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger in design mode
(x) Fixed issue where SynchronizationContext would cause a deadlock in nested thread calls
(x) Fixed the type registration implementation removing the existing registered instance to allow the
change the instantiation style of a registered type
(x) Fixed issue where re-using the same view model instance in a nested user control scenario caused a stackoverflow exception

Released: 3.3 beta 1 (Aug 24, 2012)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:35:26 GMT

Updated Release: 3.2 (Jul 08, 2012)

GeertvanHorrik — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:27:08 GMT

Release date:
=============
2012/07/08

Fixed since RC 1:
=================
(+) Added BindingUpdateBehaviorBase so it is easier to create behaviors that update a binding
(+) Added DependencyInjectionHelper so it is possible to use dependency injection for any type
(+) Added ModuleBase in prism extension
(+) Re-introduced TraceOutputControl in Catel.Extensions.Controls
(+) Added generic prism bootstrapper so it is easier to instantiate a shell (just define the shell type)
(*) Major performance improvements when (de)serializing xml in large AppDomains. Types from assemblies
are now cached instead of retrieved for every single type
(x) DataObjectBase.SetValue no longer fails if value is a dynamic COM object and does not meet the property
type specification
(x) Fix in Enum<T>.TryParse, no longer throws exceptions when it fails to parse
(x) Fix in very rare and hard to reproduce issue where the .NET runtime keeps calling OnDeserialized on
objects that are already deserialized and can cause a stackoverflow

Fixed since beta 5:
===================
(+) Added CommandBehaviorBase, CommandEventTriggerBase, CommandTriggerActionBase and CommandTriggerBase to
easily create any expression blend behaviors or triggers that support commands, command parameters and key
modifiers. All behaviors and triggers in Catel that support commands now also support command parameters and
key modifiers out of the box.
(+) Added ObjectToStringHelper to easily convert an object (even when null) to a string
(+) Added TypeHelper.ConvertTypeToVersionIndependentType and TypeHelper.GetInnerTypes methods
(+) Added MessageRecipient attribute to easily subscribe to the message mediator
(+) Added HashHelper.CombineHash to generate a unique hash for a combination of hashes
(+) Added ServiceDependency markup extension to easily allow retrieval of services in the ServiceLocator in xaml
(+) Added MemberInfoExtensions to get the signature of a ConstructorInfo or MethodInfo
(+) ServiceLocator now supports dependency injection for constructors when resolving types
(+) Added virtual property IDispatcherService.CurrentDispatcher to be able to customize the current dispatcher
(*) ServiceLocator now always instantiates services when external container synchronization is enabled to make sure
all containers return the same instance of the services
(*) DispatcherObservableObject now uses DispatcherServer.BeginInvoke instead of DispatcherService.Invoke
(*) IEditableObject.BeginEdit no longer throws an exception when it is called twice, which comes closer to the
behavior as explained on MSDN
(*) Moved TypeHelper.AreObjectsEqual to ObjectHelper.AreEqual
(*) Several improvements to the prism bootstrapper in Catel.Extensions.Prism
(x) Fix in SerializationHelper (binary) when using GetValue due to wrong string format string
(x) IDataErrorInfocolumnName and IDataWarningInfocolumnName can now correctly handle string.Empty property changes

Fixed since beta 4:
===================
(+) Added DispatcherObservableObject which invokes all change notifications on the UI thread
(+) Added FocusFirstControl behavior for NET35 and NET40
(+) Added ForceCloseAfterSettingDialogResult to WindowLogic and WindowBehavior
(+) added IMessageRecipient.UnsubscribeRecipient to unsubscribe all handlers of a single
recipient instance at once
(*) WindowLogic and WindowBehavior now support FrameworkElement instead of Window so 3rd party
classes such as the RadWindow are also supported (not deriving from Window)
(*) All projects are now completely warning free (treat warnings as errors is true)
(*) UIVisualizerService is now more flexible and supports more types, including those not deriving
from Window (but, for example FrameworkElement)
(*) CanGoBack and CanGoForward are now virtual on the NavigationService
(x) Small fix in DispatcherService.BeginInvoke when no dispatcher is available
(-) Removed FilterTextBox for NET35 and NET40

Fixed since beta 3:
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Released: 3.2 (jul 08, 2012)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:27:08 GMT