Changelog.md

Changelog

Version 8.2.0 (Release)

• WAF: RecentFileList: Add a Clear method.
• WAF: TraceSourceExtensions: Enable AggressiveInlining for better performance.
• Samples: Migrate from MEF to AutoFac.
• Samples: Set AssemblyTitle for FileDescription. Read by Task Manager.
• Writer: Simplify the initialisation of the RecentFileList.
• InfoMan: Refactor IDocumentService to improve testability.
• InfoMan: Remove ShellService and simplify dependencies.
• NewsReader: Improve the save implementation. Do not save upon deactivation anymore on Windows.
• NewsReader: Remove the MS Graph SDK and use a plain HttpClient instead. This reduces the size of the app and improves efficiency.
• NewsReader: Improve load, save and OneDrive sync.
• NewsReader: Improve the language setting.
• NewsReader: Improve the styling of the navigation buttons.
• NewsReader: Set the UI style to light on iOS. Dark mode is not supported by the custom styling.
• NewsReader: Set to Light mode in MAUI and on Android. Disable support for the dark mode theme.
• NewsReader: Enable compiled bindings.
• NewsReader: Use GitHub Actions to create Windows packages for x64 and arm64 with a self-signed certificate.
• NewsReader: Add a UITest solution for Android, iOS and Windows using Appium.
• NewsReader: Execute UITest for Android and Windows automatically via GitHub Actions.

Version 8.1.0 (Release)

• WAF: Add TaskHelper.Run overloads with CancellationToken support.
• WAF: ThrottledAction: Improve performance of the implementation.
• NewsReader: Migrate to MAUI 9 / .NET 9.
• BookLib: Use async methods for database access and improve the error handling.
• Samples: Improve logging of unhandled exceptions.
• Samples: Reference ValueConverters via x:Static instead of StaticResource.
• UITest: Migrate to FlaUI 5 and extend the UI tests.

Version 8.0.1 (Release)

• WAF: WeakEvent: Fixed removing of the target handler. Under certain circumstances, the wrong weak handler was collected by the garbage collector.
• WAF: ObservableList: Fixed adding the same item multiple times.
• Writer: Supports command line language settings.
• BookLibrary: Fixed loading of assemblies when CurrentDirectory is not the application folder.
• BookLibrary: Supports command line language settings.
• UITest: Automated UI tests for the Writer and Book Library sample application using the FlaUI library.

Version 8.0.0 (Release)

• WAF: Add generic version of MockView and MockDialogView for the view model.
• Writer: Added an integration unit test.
• NewsReader: Remove AppCenter support as this service is beeing discontinued by Microsoft.

Version 8.0.0-beta.3

• WAF: ObservableListViewCore uses weak events to listen for the CollectionChanged event.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark ObservableListView (WPF) as obsolete.

Version 8.0.0-beta.2

• WAF: ObservableList uses weak events to listen for the PropertyChanged event of its items.

Version 8.0.0-beta.1

• WAF: Add INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged interface.
• WAF: Add IDelegateCommand interface for the RaiseCanExecuteChanged method.
• BREAKING: WAF: IReadOnlyObservableList interface inherits additional from INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged.
• WAF: ReadOnlyObservableList implements INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged.
• WAF: ObservableListViewBase implements INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged.
• WAF: Add ObservableList class which inherits from ObservableCollection and provides support for INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged.
• WAF: Add SynchronizingList which is an improved version of SynchronizingCollectionCore. It supports full two-way synchronization.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark SynchronizingCollectionCore and SynchronizingCollection as obsolete.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Rename SettingsServiceCore to SettingsService; keep old class name for backward compatibility and mark it as obsolete.
• WAF: Add static DelegateCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged(..) method.
• WAF: Add AsyncDelegateCommand.ExecuteAsync method.
• WAF: WeakEvent adds support for the events CollectionChanging and CollectionItemChanged.
• WAF: Add static WeakEvent.TryRemove method.
• WAF: MockView adds support for BindingContext.
• WAF: Move MockSettingsService to UnitTesting.Core.
• Samples: Migrate to .NET 8.0.
• Samples: Use new ObservableList and DelegateCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged.
• Samples: Add shortcut to open log file (CTRL+SHIFT+L).
• NewsReader: Migrate to MAUI 8 / .NET 8.
• NewsReader: Extend unit testing and migrate to xUnit.

Version 7.0.0 (Release)

• WAF: Add .NET 6.0 target for all libraries. Some new features will only be available for .NET 6 or newer applications.
• WAF: Replace target net461 with netstandard2.0 for the Core libraries.
• BREAKING: WAF: Replace target net461 with net472 for the WPF libraries. Breaking change as .NET Framework 4.61 up to 4.71 is not supported anymore.
• BREAKING: WAF: Remove .NET Core 3.1 target from WPF libraries. Breaking change for .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5: WPF libraries do not provide the transitive dependency to WPF and Composition anymore. These references must be set explicitly.
• WAF: Remove StringHelper.Contains method for the .NET 6 target and greater. Those targets support this method already out of the box.
• WAF: IView: Add property BindingContext (for MAUI) with a default implementation (requires .NET 6).
• WAF: IReadOnlyObservableList inherit from INotifyPropertyChanged.
• WAF: Improve performance of CollectionHelper.IndexOf by using EqualityComparer<T>.
• WAF: Improve performance by replacing Tuple(s) with ValueTuple(s).

Version 6.4.1.100 (Release)

• WAF: ObservableListViewBase.DeferCollectionChangedNotifications: Improve implementation.
• Samples: Target framework .Net 6.0.
• Samples: Update NuGet packages.
• Samples: Simplify and modernize code.
• Samples: Improve validation of window position and size before restoring them.
• Writer: Writer: Refactor code base so that WPF and File IO based classes are now in Presentation layer.
• InfoMan: Add ShellService.CommitUIChanges.
• NewsReader: Migrate NewsReader to VS2022.
• NewsReader: Update Android to target v12 SDK 31.

Version 6.4.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version number.

Version 6.4.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: WPF: Add new Bind class which is a culture aware binding implementation.

Version 6.4.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Add Model.RaisePropertyChanged overload to notify that multiple properties have changed.
• WAF: WPF: Add new overloads for MessageServiceExtensions.
• WAF: UnitTesting: Add new stub properties for MockMessageService and MockFileDialogService.

Version 6.3.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Improve Model.SetProperty to avoid boxing of value types.
• WAF: Improve ValidationResultComparer.

Version 6.3.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Add ObservableListViewBase.DeferCollectionChangedNotifications method.

Version 6.2.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: TraceSourceExtensions improve nullable annotations.

Version 6.2.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Extend WeakEvent class to support weak events for static events in a platform independent way.

Version 6.1.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: StringHelper.Truncate improve nullable annotation.

Version 6.1.0.4 (Alpha 4)

• WAF: Add ValidationHelper class and use it in ValidatableModel instead of Validator. Now, the ValidatableModel lists all found validation errors and the validation method is faster.

Version 6.1.0.3 (Alpha 3)

• WAF: WeakEvent: multiple calls of Remove must remove handler just once.
• WAF: Use new WeakEvent implementation in ObservableListView and SynchronizingCollection.

Version 6.1.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: WeakEvent keep event handler alive throughout the lifetime of the target.

Version 6.1.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Add WeakEvent class which provides weak event implementations for the most common events in a platform independent way.
• Samples: Improve logging.

Version 6.0.1.100 (Release)

• WAF: ViewModelCore.Initialize calls first OnInitialize and then sets the DataContext.

Version 6.0.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version numbers.

Version 6.0.0.3 (Alpha 3)

• WAF: Add TraceSourceExtensions class.

Version 6.0.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: Add Initialize to ViewModelCore and introduce the IViewModelCore interface.
• Samples: Add nullable annotations

Version 6.0.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: WPF libraries added support for .Net Core 3.1.
• WAF: Add nullable annotations which are used by C# 8.0 Nullable Reference Types support.
• BREAKING: WAF Remove obsolete method CollectionHelper.Empty.
• WAF: WPF unit tests run now on .NET Core 3.1 and on .NET Framework 4.6.1.
• BookLibrary: Migrate Entity Framework Core 2.2 to Entity Framework Core 3.1.
• Writer: Move creating the XAML print preview into Presentation layer as it depends on the Dispatcher thread.
• Samples: Target multiple frameworks (runtimes): .Net Core 3.1 and .NET Framework 4.7.2.
• Samples: Run unit tests on all targeted frameworks: .Net Core 3.1 and .NET Framework 4.7.2.
• All: Migrate all projects (csproj) to the new Project SDK format.
• All: Improve code by using C# 8.0.
• Build: Visual Studio 2019 (Version 16.4) or newer is required.

Version 5.1.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version numbers.

Version 5.1.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: UserSettingsBase inherits now from Model.

Version 5.1.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Move ApplicationInfo class from WPF to Core assembly.
• WAF: Add SettingsServiceCore class in Core assembly.

Version 5.0.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version numbers.

Version 5.0.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: Improve error handling of the SettingsService.
• Samples: Use the new Project SDK format for the csproj files.
• BookLibrary: Migrate Entity Framework 6 to Entity Framework Core 2.2
• BookLibrary: Refactor the Entity Framework integration so that unit testing of the Application layer is easier.
• BookLibrary: Improve unit tests by using EF Core InMemoryDatabase.
• Samples: Change some projects to target .NET Standard 2.0.

Version 5.0.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Core projects target now .Net Standard 2.0 and .NET Framework 4.6.1.
• WAF: Core unit tests run now on .NET Core 2.1 and on .NET Framework 4.6.1.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark CollectionHelper.Empty as Obsolete.
• WAF: Use new NuGet package creation features.
• All: Improve code by using C# 7.0.
• Samples: Migrate csproj files to use PackageReference instead of packages.config.
• Build: Visual Studio 2017 (Version 15.9) or newer is required.

Version 4.3.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Improve deserializing in SettingsService.

Version 4.3.0.2 (Alpha 2)

• WAF: Add SettingsService for WPF applications.
• WAF: Add overload DataGridHelper.GetSorting with custom primary sort.
• WAF: Add AssertHelper.SequenceEqual to UnitTesting.
• WAF: Improve AssertHelper.ExpectedException by returning the expected exception for further investigation.
• Samples: Use new SettingsService.
• Samples: Introduce logging to a file with NLog.

Version 4.3.0.1 (Alpha 1)

• WAF: Add StringHelper.Contains method with StringComparison argument.
• WAF: Add TaskHelper class.
• WAF: Add CollectionHelper.Merge method.
• WAF: Add the ObservableListView, ObservableListViewCore and ObservableListViewBase class.
• WAF: Add the DataGridHelper class with sort support.
• InfoMan: Replace CollectionView with the new ObservableListView.
• InfoMan: Replace Settings with SettingsProvider service.
• BookLibrary: Replace CollectionView with the new ObservableListView.
• Samples: Simplify code.
• Samples: Fix blurring error template rectangle.

Version 4.2.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version number.

Version 4.2.0.91 (Release Candidate 1)

• BREAKING: WAF: Change ValidatableModel to match the INotifyDataErrorInfo.GetErrors description.
• WAF: ThrottledAction: Improve performance of InvokeAccumulated.
• WAF: Remove the FileType.FileExtension limitation that it has to start with a '.' point character.
• BREAKING: WAF: Change FileType to expose FileExtensions collection instead of FileExtension with the concatenated string.
• WAF: Add NullToVisibilityConverter class.
• WAF: Add ResourceHelper class.
• Samples: Improve WPF design time support.
• InfoMan: Improve validation logic (Replace custom ValidationModel class with ValidatableModel).
• BookLibrary: Improve validation error style.

Version 4.1.0.100 (Release)

• WAF: Update version number.

Version 4.1.0.92 (Release Candidate 2)

• WAF: Fix metadata of *.Core NuGet packages.

Version 4.1.0.91 (Release Candidate 1)

• WAF: Add extension method IndexOf for IEnumerable<T>.
• WAF: Fix NuGet package creation bat file (nuget parameters were not passed correctly).
• WAF: Fix Dispose enumerator in GetNextElementOrDefault.
• WAF: Support null in BoolToVisibilityConverter and InvertBooleanConverter.
• WAF: UWP IsVisible needs to consider Visibility as well in LazyContentPresenter.

Version 4.1.0.7 (Milestone 7)

• WAF: Fix UWP NuGet package creation

Version 4.1.0.6 (Milestone 6)

• WAF: Change the WAF Core assemblies to PCL Profile7 (portable-net45+win8)
• WAF: Change other assemblies to TargetFrameworkVersion 4.6.1
• BREAKING: WAF: The WAF assemblies are not signed with the strong name anymore.
• WAF: Improve ValidatableModel to support correct WPF Binding validation for whole object validation.
• BREAKING: WAF: Remove ValidatableModel.ValidateProperty because it allows to create inconsistent error states.
• WAF: New implementation for ThrottleAction (Timer is not supported by PCL Profile7).
• WAF: Improve implementation of ApplicationInfo.
• WAF: UnitTestSynchronizationContext: Fix CreateCopy method.
• BookLibrary: Migrate DB from SQL Compact to SQLite.
• Writer: Replace RibbonWindow with Window to fix the border issues.

Version 4.0.0.5 (Milestone 5)

• WAF: Remove all types from the Applications layer in the System.Waf.Uwp project. An UWP Applications layer should only reference the Core library.
• WAF: Refactor the ViewModelCore and ViewModel base classes.

Version 4.0.0.4 (Milestone 4)

• WAF: Fix TargetName in NavigationToggleButton.
• WAF: Add CollectionHelper.Empty method that returns an empty IReadOnlyList<T>.
• WAF: DelegateCommand: Add static property DisabledCommand.
• WAF: Enhance the StringFormatConverter to support MultiBinding.

Version 4.0.0.3 (Milestone 3)

• WAF: DelegateCommand.Execute does not throw an exception anymore when CanExecute returns false.
• WAF: NavigationToggleButton uses now IconElement instead of Symbol.
• WAF: Fix IsVisible implementation in LazyContentPresenter.
• WAF: Update Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform to 5.1.0

Version 4.0.0.2 (Milestone 2)

• WAF: Add System.Waf.Uwp project with initial support for UWP App development.
• WAF: Add SynchronizingCollectionCore class and adapt the SynchronizingCollection class.
• WAF: Add public DispatcherHelper.DoEvents implementation.
• WAF: Add StringHelper.Truncate implementation.
• InfoMan: Improve UI styling for better text alignment.
• Samples: Enhance WPF design time support.

Version 4.0.0.1 (Milestone 1)

• WAF: Provide a core package of WAF as reusable portable library.
• WAF: Improved ViewModel implementation for faster DataContext initialization when using MEF.
• WAF: Add AsyncDelegateCommand class.
• WAF: Change TargetFrameworkVersion to v4.6 for WPF applications.
• WAF: Removed types and members that were marked as obsolete in version 3.
• WAF: Removed serialization support because the portable library does not support it.
• Samples: Improve code by using C# 6.0.
• InfoMan: Introduce a custom ToolBar style.

Version 3.2.0.450 (Release)

• WAF: Add Cache class.
• WAF: Enhance the AssertHelper methods CanExecuteChangedEvent and PropertyChangedEvent.
• WAF: Automatic cleanup of MockDialogView.ShowDialogAction when the MEF container gets disposed.
• BookLibrary: Update to EntityFramework version 6.1.3.
• BookLibrary: Add a ViewCache to improve start-up performance.
• InfoMan: Use IReadOnlyObservableList interface so that casting is not necessary anymore.
• Samples: Replace IEnumerable<T> with IReadOnlyList<T> for a lot members.

Version 3.1.0.450 (Release)

• WAF: Add IReadOnlyObservableList interface and provide the ReadOnlyObservableList class that implements this interface.
• WAF: SynchronizingCollection implements the IReadOnlyObservableList interface.
• WAF: Add ThrottledAction class.
• WAF: Add a constructor for FileType that allows to specify multiple file extensions.
• WAF: Add UnitTestSynchronizationContext and UnitTestSynchronizationContextExtensions class.
• Writer: Rename ApplicationController into ModuleController.

Version 3.0.0.450 (Release)

• Update the documentation.

Version 3.0.0.440 (Release Candidate)

• Samples: Use ValueConverters via StaticResource instead of x:Static.

Version 3.0.0.6 (Milestone 6)

• WAF: Change the ValidationErrorsConverter to a multi value converter. This way it is possible to fix an update issue.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: The usage of the ValidationErrorsConverter as a value converter is obsolete. Use it now as a multi value converter.
• BookLibrary: Update the usage of the ValidationErrorsConverter.
• InfoMan: Update the usage of the ValidationErrorsConverter.
• InfoMan: Persist the data via DataContractSerializer and Package API.
• Samples: Fix the ResourceDictionaries and the DesignTimeResources.
• Samples: Simplify the implementation for unhandled exceptions.

Version 3.0.0.5 (Milestone 5)

• WAF: Add the ValidatableModel class that implements the INotifyDataErrorInfo interface.
• WAF: Improve ValidationErrorsConverter to support ValidationResult objects as well.
• BookLibrary: Refactor the domain objects to use the new ValidatableModel class.
• InfoMan: Refactor the PresentationService implementations to overcome a WPF bug.
• Samples: Fix bug in upgrade the settings file from a previous version.

Version 3.0.0.4 (Milestone 4)

• WAF: Improve thread-safety of ApplicationInfo.
• BookLibrary: Upgrade to Entity Framework 5 and use the code first approach.
• BookLibrary: Use CustomValidation to validate the PublishDate field.
• BookLibrary: Improve the workaround that the DataGrid might become read only when an invalid cell is ignored.
• Samples: Upgrade the settings file from a previous version.
• Unit tests: Refactor the namespaces so that unit tests start with Test.
• Unit tests: Add runsettings configuration file to exclude the unit test projects from code coverage.

Version 3.0.0.3 (Milestone 3)

• WAF: Add BoolToVisibility converter. This one allows inverting the result as well.
• WAF: Add reusable Mock classes in the UnitTesting project.
• Samples: Enable multicore JIT to improve the app launch performance.
• Writer: Replace the menu and toolbar with Ribbons.
• Writer: Show recent file list in the application menu of the Ribbons.
• InfoMan: Replace the own EmailValidationAttribute with the .NET EmailAddressAttribute.
• InfoMan: Some usability improvements.
• BookLibrary: Fix DataGrid bug that when an invalid row is deleted then no other cell could be edited anymore.

Version 3.0.0.2 (Milestone 2)

• OBSOLETE: WAF: WafConfiguration.Debug property is obsolete because it is not used anymore by the infrastructure.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Controller base class is obsolete because the Add/RemoveWeakEventListener methods are not needed anymore with the new PropertyChangedEventManager and CollectionChangedEventManager implementation.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: DataModel base class is obsolete because the Add/RemoveWeakEventListener methods are not needed anymore with the new PropertyChangedEventManager and CollectionChangedEventManager implementation.
• WAF: Add the SetProperty method and update the RaisePropertyChanged method with the [CallerMemberName] attribute in the Model class.
• Snippets: Adapt the wafpropn code snippet to create the simplified property setter.
• Samples: Update all properties to use the new set property infrastructure.
• Samples: Replace all AddWeakEventListener calls with the new method PropertyChangedEventManager.AddHandler. The same is done for all RemoveWeakEventListener calls.
• Samples: Replace all DataModel classes with Model classes
• Samples: Remove all Controller classes.
• Samples: Use ExportFactory<T> instead of the CompositionContainer.

Version 3.0.0.1 (Milestone 1)

• BREAKING: All: Upgrade all projects to target .NET Framework 4.5.
• BREAKING: WAF: Remove the ConverterCollection. Please use the compatible SynchronizingCollection instead.
• BREAKING: WAF: Remove the second ViewModel constructor with the isChild parameter.
• BREAKING: WAF: Remove the StringBuilderExtensions class. Please use the string.Join(Environment.NewLine, stringList) method instead of the AppendInNewLine extension method.
• WAF: Remove weak event workaround from DelegateCommand because the memory leak is fixed in .NET 4.5.
• Samples: Use new MEF diagnostics settings (CompositionOptions.DisableSilentRejection).
• BookLibrary: Upgrade the database to SQL Server Compact 4.0.

Version 2.5.0.400 (Release)

• Update the documentation.
• InfoMan: Write the documentation.

Version 2.5.0.390 (Release Candidate)

• WAF: Fix recent file list remove issue.
• WAF: Minor code improvements.
• BookLibrary: Fix Blend design time support of ReportView.
• InfoMan: Minor improvements.
• All: Update architecture layer diagrams.
• All: Unit tests: Improve TestClassBase implementations.

Version 2.5.0.8 (Milestone 8)

• WAF: Mark the class DataModel as serializable.
• InfoMan: Minor improvements.
• InfoMan: Add unit tests for all modules.

Version 2.5.0.7 (Milestone 7)

• WAF: Add CollectionHelper.GetNextElementOrDefault method.
• InfoMan: Support creating a new email and saving it in the Send box.
• InfoMan: New email: Select the email addresses from the address book.
• InfoMan: Show the number of items in the navigation pane.
• InfoMan: Support the deletion of emails.
• InfoMan: Add SearchBox control in Common.Presentation and use it in the EmailClient and the AddressBook module.
• InfoMan: Add design data to the AddressBook views.

Version 2.5.0.6 (Milestone 6)

• InfoMan: Add the AddressBook module.
• InfoMan: Add a toolbar which can be manipulated by the modules.
• InfoMan: Improve focus handling and add further access keys.
• InfoMan: Update the architecture diagram.
• BookLibrary: Improve performance of the filter if no FilterText was entered.

Version 2.5.0.5 (Milestone 5)

• WAF: Add IsInDesignMode property to the WafConfiguration class.
• WAF: Introduce the IModuleController interface.
• WAF: Add InvertBooleanConverter class.
• Writer: Apply new namespace schema.
• InfoMan: Replace the EmailClient application with the new modular Information Manager sample application.

Version 2.5.0.4 (Milestone 4)

• BookLibrary: Add ItemsElement which works in a FlowDocument similar as an ItemsControl.
• BookLibrary: Add a new report to list all borrowed books.

Version 2.5.0.3 (Milestone 3)

• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark the StringBuilderExtensions class as obsolete because the AppendInNewLine method can be replaced with string.Join.
• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark the ConverterCollection<TNew, TOld> as obsolete.
• WAF: Introduce the SynchronizingCollection<T, TOriginal> which does the same as the ConverterCollection did.
• BookLibrary: Refactor the App.xaml.cs bootstrapping code to support modules and extensions.
• BookLibrary: Read the simple module/extension configuration from the App.config file.
• BookLibrary: Add the reporting extension.
• BookLibrary: Add a report (FlowDocument) with design time preview in the Visual Studio WPF Designer or Expression Blend.
• BookLibrary: Add BindableTable and ContentElement to support binding in a FlowDocument.
• BookLibrary: Update the EntityController to support SQL Compact Edition 4.0. Note: The BookLibrary is still using SQL CE 3.5.

Version 2.5.0.2 (Milestone 2)

• OBSOLETE: WAF: Mark the ViewModel constructor with the child parameter as obsolete.
• WAF: Introduce a Remove method in the RecentFileList class.
• BookLibrary: Fix the missing update of the person name in the BookListView and BookView.
• Writer: Add a context menu for the recent file list which allows the user to remove files.
• Writer: FileController.OpenCore removes the file from the RecentFileList when the file was not found.

Version 2.5.0.1 (Milestone 1)

• WAF: Add ValidationHelper class which helps to determine if a View is valid.
• WAF: Implement the DelegateCommand.CanExecuteChanged event as weak event. This is a workaround for a WPF 4 memory leak.
• WAF: Fix a potential memory leak in AssertHelper.
• BookLibrary: Replace manual validation tracking code with the new ValidationHelper.
• BookLibrary: Add error handling for the create email operation.
• EmailClient: Replace manual validation tracking code with the new ValidationHelper.
• Samples: Hide the red validation error rectangle in all TextBoxes.

Version 2.0.0.400 (Release)

• BookLibrary: Fix a bug in the validation detection.
• EmailClient: Fix a bug in the validation detection.
• Writer: Fix design time support.
• Samples: Rewrite the documentation.

Version 2.0.0.390 (Release Candidate)

• WAF: Ensure that the methods of the DataErrorInfoExtensions never return null.
• WAF: ApplicationInfo.ApplicationPath returns an empty string instead of null when the entry assembly doesn't exist.
• Writer: Modify the printing and the XPS export to use a one column instead of two column page printing.
• Writer: Set keyboard focus into the text after closing the PrintPreview view.
• BookLibrary: Improve focus handling and add access keys for the first label in the detail views.
• EmailClient: Improve focus handling.
• EmailClient: Change wizard button text from Next to Finish when the last page is shown.
• EmailClient: Show a tooltip with explanations for a disabled Back or Next button.

Version 2.0.0.7 (Milestone 7)

• BREAKING: WAF: Change IFileDialogService interface to get the owner passed in the methods.
• BREAKING: WAF: Change FileDialogService implementation to get the owner passed in the methods.
• BREAKING: WAF: Change IMessageService interface to get the owner passed in the methods.
• BREAKING: WAF: Change MessageService implementation to get the owner passed in the methods.
• WAF: Extend the FileDialogServiceExtensions to support all method overloads without the owner parameter as well.
• WAF: Add the MessageServiceExtensions class to support all method overloads without the owner parameter as well.
• Writer: Adapt the application to pass the owner to the FileDialogService and the MessageService.
• Writer: Add a transition animation when the start page is replaced with the document page and vice versa.
• Writer: Refactor the DocumentManager into a FileController and a FileService.
• BookLibrary: Adapt the application to pass the owner to the MessageService.

Version 2.0.0.6 (Milestone 6)

• WAF: Introduce the RecentFileList class.
• Writer: Use the RecentFileList and show the recent files in the menu and the start page.
• Writer: Add the start page.
• Writer: Enable the application to open files which are opened directly with the Windows Explorer.
  • Note: To see this feature you must register the .rtf file extension with the Writer.exe file. You might do this with the Windows Explorer's Open With context menu and then select Choose Default Program.
• Writer: Implement an error handling when a file cannot be opened or saved.
• Writer: Show the active document name in the window title.
• Writer: Implemented the spell checking feature of WPF with a custom Context Menu.
  • Note: If it doesn't work then you might have to install a .NET Framework language pack first.

Version 2.0.0.5 (Milestone 5)

• BREAKING: WAF: Make base classes abstract: Model, DataModel.
• BREAKING: WAF: Rename static class ViewExtensions to ViewHelper.
• Writer: Use consistent dialog result handling for modal dialogs.
• Writer: Change zoom behavior.
• Writer: Add formatting: Bold, Italic, Underline, Numbered List, Bullet List, Decrease Indentation and Increase Indentation.
• Writer: Add context menu for RichTextBox.
• BookLibrary: EntityObservableCollection executes the ObjectSet operations before it raises the CollectionChanged events.

Version 2.0.0.4 (Milestone 4)

• BREAKING: WAF: Extend IMessageService with two new methods for asking the user a question. This replaces the BookLibrary IQuestionService.
• BREAKING: WAF: Change the base type of the ConverterCollection from ObservableCollection to ReadOnlyObservableCollection.
• WAF: Extend the FileDialogService behavior: The directory name of the parameter defaultFileName is used as initial directory.
• WAF: Add the StringFormatConverter.
• WAF: Extend the ApplicationInfo class with the new ApplicationPath property.
• Writer: Save and restore window location and size.
• BookLibrary: Save and restore window location and size.
• BookLibrary: Enable sorting of the Lend To column.
• BookLibrary: Deploy the database file from the application directory into the user data directory.
• BookLibrary: Bugfix: Select the correct item after an item is deleted from a sorted/filtered DataGrid.

Version 2.0.0.3 (Milestone 3)

• WAF: Add new class DataModel.
• WAF: Add new class ConverterCollection.
• BookLibrary: Use Template column type for the Lend To column and allow the user to open the Lend To dialog via cell click. This feature uses the new DataModel and ConverterCollection class.
• BookLibrary: Use Hyperlink column type for the email address column and allow the user to create a new email via click.
• BookLibrary: Simplify the EntityObservableCollection by using the new IObjectSet<T> interface.
• BookLibrary: Select the next remaining element after removing of DataGrid elements.
• BookLibrary: Bugfix: When the DataGrid is in edit mode then the Search box doesn't work anymore (Exception).
• BookLibrary: Bugfix: When the DataGrid is in edit mode and a new Item is added the Search box and the Del key doesn't work anymore.

Version 2.0.0.2 (Milestone 2)

• BookLibrary: Use DataGrid for the tables.
• BookLibrary: Use DatePicker for PublishDate.
• BookLibrary: Implement search (filter) feature.
• BookLibrary: Improve validation support for the ShellWindow.
• BookLibrary: Improve keyboard navigation via access keys.
• BookLibrary: Improve ShellWindow design time support.
• Writer: Remove the Ctrl+Tab shortcut because the TabControl supports this out of the box.
• EmailClient: Improve validation support for the wizard.
• Samples: Use a consistent way to access the associated ViewModel inside a View (code-behind).
• Samples: Improve MenuItem.InputGestureText.

Version 2.0.0.1 (Milestone 1)

• WAF: Add a new helper extension method for the string builder.
• WAF: Add new validation extension methods for the IDataErrorInfo interface.
• WAF: Add the DataErrorInfoSupport class which brings the IDataErrorInfo with the DataAnnotations validation together.
• WAF: Add the ValidationErrorsConverter which can be used to bind the ToolTip to the error messages.
• BookLibrary: Update the validation code to use the DataAnnotations validation.
• EmailClient: Add validation support for the wizard.
• EmailClient: Minor update in Controllers.
• Remove the ShortcutKey sample application
• Update Architecture project

Version 1.0.0.400 (Release)

• Update ShortcutKey documentation

Version 1.0.0.390 (Release Candidate)

• BREAKING: Change all projects to .NET Framework 4 Client Profile.
• BREAKING: Upgrade the solution and project files to Visual Studio 2010.
• Add an Architecture project which verifies the layer dependencies in Release mode.
• Fix and suppress code analysis warnings.
• ShortcutKeySample: Use Binding for the KeyBinding Command property.
• Writer: Use Binding for the KeyBinding Command property.
• BookLibrary: Use Binding for the KeyBinding Command property.
• BookLibrary: Add DesignData for better design time support.

Version 1.0.0.350 (Release)

• Minor improvements in the samples.
• Documentation updated.

Version 1.0.0.90 (Release Candidate)

• BREAKING: WAF: Moved Model class from System.Waf.Domain into the System.Waf.Foundation namespace.
• ShortcutKey: Minor updates
• LocalizationSample: Minor updates
• ViewModel: Minor updates
• Writer: Minor updates
• BookLibrary: Minor updates

Version 1.0.0.11 (Milestone 11)

• BREAKING: WAF: Moved Model class from System.Waf.Domain into the System.Waf.Foundation namespace.
• WAF: Improved the unit tests and increased the code coverage.
• BookLibrary: Create unit tests for the Presentation and Applications project.
• BookLibrary: Minor changes in bootstrapper (App.xaml.cs)
• EmailClient: Minor code improvements

Version 1.0.0.10 (Milestone 10)

• BookLibrary: Rewrite the validation part - implement IDataErrorInfo.
• Use the new version of MEF Preview 9.
• Add new code snippet wafvalconv which creates a WPF value converter class.
• Add the new design time tags for Visual Studio 2010 data binding support.
• EmailClient: Fix minor issue in WPF styles
• BookLibrary: Fix minor issue in WPF styles
• BookLibrary: General code improvements

Version 1.0.0.9 (Milestone 9)

• WAF: Minor code improvements found with code inspection.
• BookLibrary: Add a new sample application which uses the Entity Framework and the SQL Server CE.
• Writer: Add PresentationController to initialize the correct current culture.
• Writer: Minor style improvements
• EmailClient: Minor style improvements

Version 1.0.0.8 (Milestone 8)

• BREAKING: WAF: Rename ViewModel<T>.View property to ViewCore and change it from public to protected.
• BREAKING: WAF: ViewModel.View property exposes now only object and not IView.
• WAF: Add new argument null checks in public methods.
• BREAKING: UnitTesting: Remove the DispatcherUtil class because the DoEvents method is not necessary anymore.
• BREAKING: UnitTesting: Rename the AssertUtil class to AssertHelper.
• Writer: Add the introduction Readme.doc.
• Writer: Bug fix for DocumentManager Save handling.
• Writer: Minor improvements in the Writer sample application.

Version 1.0.0.7 (Milestone 7)

• BREAKING: Remove the IWeakEventListener interface and the ReceiveWeakEvent method from the Controller and the ViewModel base class. Use the AddWeakEventListener method instead.
• Use the new version of MEF Preview 8.
• Add code snippets for common developer tasks.
• Add print preview and print functionality in the Writer sample application.

Version 1.0.0.6 (Milestone 6)

• Add WafConfiguration.Debug. When this property is set to true then WAF helps to find coding errors.
• Add the AssertUtil.CanExecuteChangedEvent method.
• Add unit tests for the Writer sample application.
• Minor improvements and bug fixing in the Writer application.

Version 1.0.0.5 (Milestone 5)

• Note: WAF requires the System.ComponentModel.Composition.dll library since this version.
• Add method AddWeakEventListener and RemoveWeakEventListener to Controller and ViewModel base class which simplifies the use of the weak event pattern.
• OBSOLETE: Mark the method 'ReceiveWeakEvent' in Controller and ViewModel as obsolete.
• Add the GetViewModel extension method for the IView interface.
• Add a basic message service (IMessageService)
• Add a basic file dialog service (IFileDialogService)
• Writer: A new sample application which is more a realistic than the other samples.

Version 1.0.0.4 (Milestone 4)

• Simplify unit testing of ViewModel implementations (DispatcherUtil.DoEvents is not necessary anymore)
• Improve caching of ApplicationInfo properties
• Add Company property to ApplicationInfo class
• Use the new version of MEF Preview 7 for the ViewModel sample

Version 1.0.0.3 (Milestone 3)

• Use the new version of MEF: Preview 6
• Minor corrections in the Readme documentations

Version 1.0.0.2 (Milestone 2)

• Add the AssertUtil.ExpectedException<T> method and adapt the unit tests to use this method instead of the [ExpectedException] attributes.
• Fix bug in LocalizationSample/App.config
• Add Readme.doc to Localization Sample
• Add Readme.doc to ShortcutKey Sample
• Add Readme.doc to ViewModel Sample

Version 1.0.0.1 (Milestone 1)

• Initial version