Dear MySQL users,

MySQL for Visual Studio is a product that includes all of the Visual
Studio integration functionality to create and manage MySQL databases
when developing .NET applications. The 1.2.3 version is a General
Availability release of this product which is feature complete and is
suitable for production environments.

This version is appropriate for using with MySQL server versions 5.5-5.6.
The 5.7 server version is also compatible but is not fully supported,
thus it should be used at your own discretion.

As this is a GA version of the MySQL for Visual Studio product, it can
be downloaded by using the product standalone installer at this link
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/ or with the MySQL
Windows Installer.

What's new in the 1.2.3 GA version
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- A new option for the MySQLSimpleMembership provider in the web
configuration tool. (This feature requires Connector/Net 6.9
installed).

What's new in the 1.2 version
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- A new MySQL Project Wizard for creating Windows Forms applications.
- A new MySQL Project Wizard for creating ASP.NET MVC web applications.
- A new option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Personalization
Provider (this feature requires Connector/Net 6.9).
- A new option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Site Map
Provider (this feature requires Connector/Net 6.9).
- A new option for the MySQLSimpleMembership provider in the web
configuration tool. (This feature requires Connector/Net 6.9
installed).



MySQL Project Wizard for Windows Forms
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The Windows Forms Project Wizard is available at the Visual Studio New
Project dialog, either at the MySQL category or by filtering by name.
It also can be accessed by using the MySQL Toolbar inside Visual Studio.
This wizard automates the generation of a .NET Windows Forms Application
that is connected to a MySQL data source. A Typed DataSet or an Entity
Framework Model can also be generated to link the Application to the MySQL
Database. The user can select one or more tables that exists in the
database. Each table can have a different type of view. The types of views
that are available in this version are:

Single Layout: A form that contains one control by each existing column
in the table with navigation controls and that allows CRUD operations.
All controls can include data typed validations for Numeric types and
Datetime types. Grid layout: A form with a Grid that contains
navigation controls. Master-Detail: A form with a single controls
layout for the Parent table and a grid to navigate in the child table.
Supported with C# or Visual Basic language.
This feature requires Connector/Net 6.7.5, 6.8.3 or 6.9.x

For more details on the features included check the documentation at :
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-visual-studio-windows-forms.html



MySQL Project Wizard for ASP.NET MVC
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The ASP.NET MVC Project Wizard is available at the Visual Studio New
Project dialog, either at the MySQL category or by filtering by name. It
also can be accessed by using the MySQL Toolbar inside Visual Studio.

This wizard automates the generation of an ASP.NET MVC. The MVC versions
supported for this wizard are 3 when using Visual Studio 2010 or 2012,
and 4 when using Visual Studio 2013. The Web Application includes the
MySQL Membership configuration to manage ASP.NET authentication. The
login and create user views are generated by the wizard and it also
includes the generation of multiple browsable views for each one of the
tables selected for the application generation.

The generation of the MVC items is done by creating an Entity Framework
data model either with Entity Framework version 5 or 6 depending on the
user's selection. Supported with C# or Visual Basic language.
This feature requires Connector/Net 6.7.5, 6.8.3 or 6.9.x

For more details on the features included check the documentation at :
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-visual-studio-mvc-project-wizard.html



New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Personalization
Provider
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Personalization provider allows to store personalization state-state
data regarding the content and layout of Web Parts pages-generated by
the Web Parts personalization service using MySQL as a data source. This
feature requires Connector/Net 6.9.x
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-website-config.html


New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Site Map Provider
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Site Map provider allows to show a hierarchical list of links that
describe the structure of a site. This feature requires Connector/Net
6.9.x
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-website-config.html


New option in web configuration tool for the ASP.NET Simple Membership
provider
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The latest provider added to handle web site membership tasks with
ASP.NET. This feature requires Connector/Net 6.9.x
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-simple-membership-tutorial.html



For discussion, join the MySQL for Visual Studio forums:
http://forums.mysql.com/list.php?174

Download MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.3 GA from:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/


Quick links

- MySQL for Visual Studio documentation
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-visual-studio.html
- Bugs: http://bugs.mysql.com
- Forums: http://forums.mysql.com/index.php?174
- Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/MySqlOnWindows/


Enjoy and thanks for the support!

MySQL for Visual Studio Team.



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