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DPack for Visual Studio 11 update status

Sergey — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:01:46 +0000

Just wanted to post a VS11 update status. After the conversion all features worked fine out of the box for the most part. I ran into browser features dialog mode problem, which I was able to figure out eventually. I did run into a showstopper with Bookmarks feature though. Bookmarks images aren’t drawn correctly or not at all, and no errors are returned from VS SDK afaict. I’ve submitted a bug report a few weeks back and heard… nothing back from Microsoft once the test case’s been provided. That’s what’s been preventing me from releasing a beta version.

My bug submission is right here on Connect:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/735951/vs-sdk-custom-marker-problem

The way Connect works supposedly is that they look at number of submission votes and if it appears to be high enough it gets looked at and resolved presumably. So, I’d appreciate if you guys hit the link above, you’ll need to sign in, and cast your vote. This will hopefully get things moving for all of us.

Thanks!

DPack and Visual Studio 11

Sergey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:28:09 +0000

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say that work on VS11 support is about to begin, now that it’s out and all. I hope it won’t be too bad so that I can have a beta out soon. This also means that VS 2008 compatible DPack version support is entering its final stage. Support and updates for VS 2008 will stop sometime in the very near future, before VS11 release for sure. Stay tuned. Thanks.

DPack 3.0.17 released

Sergey — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:03:47 +0000

New DPack version 3.0.17 is available now. This release features some Solution Backup improvements based on your earlier feedback as well as some bug fixes.

Here’s what’s new and fixed in this version:

Added ‘Folders to include’ Solution Backup configuration setting. It allows for adding external folder contents to the backup. It supports environment variables and macros. See readme for more information.
Minor Solution Backup project selection dialog improvements.
Fixed Code Browser C++ files #define processing problem.
Fixed Solution Backup not processing solution folder files anymore regression.

The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack 3.0.15 released

Sergey — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:16:53 +0000

New DPack version 3.0.15 is available now. This is another maintenance release.

Here’s what’s new and fixed in this version:

Modified File Browser and Solution Backup to be able to process projects w/o file code model. That should open up ompatibility with IronPython, Lightswitch, etc. projects.
Added new Solution Backup file name date format macro.
Fixed Visual Studio 2010 regression in Code, File and Solution browsers .designer files handling.

The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack 3.0.15.2 (Beta) is available

Sergey — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:50:27 +0000

Just posted new DPack version 3.0.15 beta 2, which is gonna run for the next 20 days or so. It includes an important change, which I wanted to get tested a bit more before pushing it out. A bit of explanation is needed about the nature of the changes I made.

Most of the features in DPack rely on Visual Studio file code model (FCM) for project language discovery. Project language is used to match the project to the ones which are fully supported by DPack, C#, VB, etc. Once match’s made DPack can then determine if such and such file in the project a code one or not, and thus, if its code model (CM) can be retrieved. That code model is used by features like Code and Solution Browser, for instance, to discover file members.

So, if project’s file code model is not available then DPack skips the project processing. In other words, this project file code model reliance prevents DPack from being able to process non-supported projects like IronPythin or newly released Lightswitch for instance. In reality this behavior is perfectly fine for the features that rely on individual file code model but makes little sense for the ones that don’t utilize it. For instance, File Browser and Solution Backup shouldn’t care about project’s language, as all they do is either open files or back them up.

The changes I’ve made relax File Browser and Solution Backup file code model reliance. From here on these feature should be able to get to any project file, as long as those files are exposed/accessible via Visual Studio extensibility. In case of File Browser, most/all of those type of files will show up as non-code ones, so make sure to toggle All/Code Files option. All this means that projects like Lightswitch, IronPython, etc. will be (partially) supported now.

Hope this makes sense. Please report any problems you run into. Thanks.

DPack 3.0.15 (beta 2) for VS 2008
DPack 3.0.15 (beta 2) for VS 2010

Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack upcoming changes

Sergey — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:15:46 +0000

Been thinking about this for some time now and I think I’m gonna green light Open Sourcing DPack. In the end, I’d rather see new life and new ideas injected into that than not. I’ll need a few weeks to prepare the source code base. I’m sure it’ll take some time to get the builds setup so there may be an initial delay between having it posted and the next GA release.

I’ll also need to figure out how to handle company name, installation, registry key(s), copyright notice, EULA, old web site, etc changes. I actually am not sure how these type of things transition into OSS world. So, please reply if you have any references. I’d appreciate that.

The new home of DPack should be dpack.codeplex.com, once all is up and running that is. So, keep an eye out for it.

In preparation to OSS DPack I’ve pushed out the last maintenance update v3.0.13 to tie all loose ends. Additionally, I’m sorry to report but v3.0.13 is gonna be the last one to support Delphi Prism/Chrome/Oxygene. Actually I’m not even sure it works now as it hasn’t been tested against Prism/Chrome/Oxygene for awhile now. All existing Delphi Prism/Chrome/Oxygene integration will be stripped out of the posted OSS DPack version. Just a heads up.

So, changes are coming. Stay tuned for more updates. Thanks.

DPack 3.0.13 released

Sergey — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:58:37 +0000

New DPack version 3.0.13 is available now. This is a small maintenance release.

Here’s what’s changed in this version:

Fixed minor Solution Backup problem.
Minor Delphi keyboard mapping scheme changes.

The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack: to open source or not to open source

Sergey — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:27:12 +0000

That is the question… Trying to convince myself one way or the other…

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack 3.0.11 released

Sergey — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:45:19 +0000

New DPack version 3.0.11 is available now. This is yet another maintenance release.

Here’s what’s fixed in this version:

Fixed browsers Database Edition related problem.
Fixed File Browser opened files mode search filter processing problem.
Fixed File Browser .designer files handling in ‘files to ignore’ configuration option problem.
Fixed several Code Browser C++ projects member name processing problems.

The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare

DPack 3.0.9 released

Sergey — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:26:36 +0000

New DPack version 3.0.9 is available now. This is another maintenance release.

Here’s what’s new and fixed in this version:

Improved File Browser designer view handling for Aspx and Xaml files.
Fixed various Oxygene projects handling issues.

The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.

Sergey @ USysWare