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. This is a maintenance release for
1.2.x. It 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 maintenance release 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.

Changes in MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.5 (2015-10-29)

Known Limitation:

Item templates do not work correctly with MySQL Server 5.7.x, as it
prevents the creation of an Entity Framework model.

Functionality Added or Changed

* Added the Entity Framework option to the MySQL Website
Configuration dialog for web projects, so Entity
Framework version 5 or 6 can be used with a MySQL
database provider. These automatically add the
configuration/references needed to the web.config file
and the project itself. Also, all available configuration
options are now listed in the dialog.

* Project Templates were replaced with Item Templates.
The Project Templates option was removed from the plugin
toolbar, and from the Project menu, in order to add the
Item Templates feature with two options: MySQL MVC Item
and MySQL Windows Forms Item, which are available as a
context menu for existing projects. They add new windows
forms or MVC controllers/views connected to MySQL.

Bugs Fixed

* The Installer could not uninstall MySQL for Visual Studio
if Visual Studio was uninstalled first. (Bug #21953055,
Bug #71226)

* In v1.2.4, the Launch Workbench and Open MySQL Utilities
Console toolbar buttons were disabled. (Bug #21495692)

* The "Templates" could not be uninstalled via Add/Remove
Programs. Because Project Templates were replaced by Item
Templates, this is no longer a concern. (Bug #21488922,
Bug #77802)

* The dataset designer wizard was not showing the stored
procedure parameters when creating a "TableAdapter" using
existing stored procedures for the "Select" command.
Also, the stored procedure command had an "error" thus
causing the dataset to not be created. (Bug #20233133,
Bug #74195)


What's new in the 1.2 version
-----------------------------
- 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
--------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 1.2.5 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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