After publishing an alpha version, a beta version and a RC 1 version I'm glad to announce that the final version of Smart Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2008 has been published on MSDN.

What is new in this release?

• The April 2008 release of Smart Client Software Factory includes support for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. This release does not support Visual Studio 2005.
• April 2008 Guidance Package can run side-by-side with May 2007 Guidance Package.
• The April 2008 release requires Guidance Automation Extensions 1.4.
• Support for Enterprise Library 3.1.
• We fixed a few bugs that were identified by the community. These are some of the bugs fixed:
  • WPF C# View is not being disposed correctly
  • View does not properly dispose
  • Install fails when VB is not installed
  • ShowViewInWorkspace Id
  • Error with WPF SmartParts and ISmartPartInfoProvider Title is required
  • Visual Basic Version of the SCSF has a missing code in the view's dispose method
  • App.config is not using the signed assemblies (PublicKeyToken is null)

How to enable a May 2007 solution

If you have a May 2007 solution and you want to enable it to use this new guidance please read this page.

Known Issues

In this page you will find the list of known issues that exists in Smart Client Software Factory - April 2008.

Downloads

Smart Client Software Factory - April 2008

Smart Client Software Factory Source Code - April 2008

Smart Client Software Factory Documentation - April 2008 (CHM format)

Documentation

Documentation on MSDN (HTML format)

Feedback

Feel free to give us your feedback on the discussion board. If you see issues, please post them to the Issue Tracker.

More Information of this release

For more information about this new release please read Blaine's post and Michael's post.

Enjoy this new guidance.

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