System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 8.0
• NewsReader: .NET 8.0 / MAUI 8.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

• 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.

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 8.0
• NewsReader: .NET 8.0 / MAUI 8.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

• WAF: Add INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged interface.
• WAF: Add IDelegateCommand interface for the RaiseCanExecuteChanged method.
• WAF: [Breaking Change] 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: ObservableList uses weak events to listen for the PropertyChanged event of its items.
• WAF: ObservableListViewCore uses weak events to listen for the CollectionChanged event.
• WAF: [Obsolete] Mark ObservableListView (WPF) as obsolete.
• WAF: Add SynchronizingList which is an improved version of SynchronizingCollectionCore. It supports full two-way synchronization.
• WAF: [Obsolete] Mark SynchronizingCollectionCore and SynchronizingCollection as 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.
• WAF: Add generic version of MockView and MockDialogView for the view model.
• Samples: Migrate to .NET 8.0.
• Samples: Use new ObservableList and DelegateCommand.RaiseCanExecuteChanged.
• Samples: Add shortcut to open log file (CTRL+SHIFT+L).
• Writer: Added an integration unit test.
• NewsReader: Migrate to MAUI 8 / .NET 8.
• NewsReader: Extend unit testing and migrate to xUnit.
• NewsReader: Remove AppCenter support as this service is beeing discontinued by Microsoft.

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 8.0
• NewsReader: .NET 8.0 / MAUI 8.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

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

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 8.0
• NewsReader: .NET 8.0 / MAUI 8.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

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

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 8.0
• NewsReader: .NET 8.0 / MAUI 8.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

• WAF: Add INotifyCollectionChanging and INotifyCollectionItemChanged interface.
• WAF: Add IDelegateCommand interface for the RaiseCanExecuteChanged method.
• WAF: [Breaking Change] 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.
• WAF: [Obsolete] Mark SynchronizingCollectionCore and SynchronizingCollection as 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.

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET 6.0 or .NET Standard 2.0
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET 6.0 or .NET Framework 4.7.2

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 6.0
• NewsReader: .NET 7.0 / MAUI 7.0 (Android, iOS and WinUI 3)

Changelog

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• WAF: Improve performance by replacing Tuple(s) with ValueTuple(s).
• NewsReader: Migrate from Xamarin Forms 5.0 to MAUI 7.0.

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET Standard 2.0 or .NET Framework 4.6.1
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET Core 3.1 or .NET Framework 4.6.1

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET 6.0
• NewsReader: Xamarin.Forms 5.0 (Android, iOS and UWP)

Changelog

• 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.

System.Waf

Notes

• This release contains the source code of the Win Application Framework (WAF) and the sample applications. Please build the whole solution before you start one of the sample applications.

Requirements

• System.Waf.Core and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Core: .NET Standard 2.0 or .NET Framework 4.6.1
• System.Waf.Wpf and System.Waf.UnitTesting.Wpf: .NET Core 3.1 or .NET Framework 4.6.1

Samples

• Writer, Book Librarary and Information Manager: .NET Core 3.1 or .NET Framework 4.7.2
• NewsReader: Xamarin.Forms 5.0 (Android, iOS and UWP)

Changelog

• WAF: Update version number.

System.Waf

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

System.Waf

• 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.