Recent Updates
11th December 2012 (Version 1.1.2.189):
- Minor bug fixes
26th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.188):
- Improve support for different folder structures when importing from a database project
- Fix bug when the default browser is inaccessible (Internal reference: RGDP-285)
- Download Latest Version - available from the Visual Studio Extensions Gallery
20th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.170):
- Fixed bug (internal reference RGDP-464)
13th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.143):
- Fixed conflict with system-generated primary keys during synchronization
12th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.140):
- Keep Microsoft Database Project in sync with SQL Connect project when objects are added or deleted
12th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.131):
- Initial support for Microsoft Database Projects
8th November 2012 (Version 1.1.2.103):
- Improvements to the project system (in preparation for allowing users to arrange project items to their preference)
- UI improvements
29th October 2012 (Version 1.1.2.50):
- No longer shows spurious error 'Unable to get the _VSFPROPID.VSFPROPID_ViewHelper' when launching an object designer in some Visual Studio versions. Thank you to Mark Jeffries, Danny Springer and Richard B for reporting this. (Internal reference: RGDP-365)
- No longer prevents SQL Server users with blank passwords logging into the database under development
- Exception and crash no longer occur when accessing SQL Connect menu for first time
19th October 2012 (Version 1.1.2.13):
- Fixed rare crash when opening SQL Connect window in Visual Studio (Internal references: RGDP-424, RGDP-426)
17th October 2012 (Version 1.1.1.111):
- Improved network resilience
- UI improvements
- General bug fixes
12th October 2012 (Version 1.1.1.97):
- Fixed crash when attempting to analyze code coverage for solutions containing a SQL Connect project and a unit test project (see Stack Overflow report)
5th October 2012 (Version 1.1.1.60):
- Added SQL Connect menu to Visual Studio toolbar
- Added bespoke synchronization failure warnings
- General bug fixes
17th September 2012 (Version 1.1.1.7):
- Implemented new synchronization progress bar
10th September 2012 (Version 1.1.0.161):
- Implemented new synchronization preview window
- Fixed bug whereby latest Visual Studio 2012 table editor did not display in every situation
- Fixed bug causing auto-updater to crash
24th August 2012 (Version 1.1.0.85):
- Uses latest Visual Studio 2012 table editor
- Detects incompatibility with pre-release versions of some Microsoft tools
- Fixed bug whereby using a database with both SQL Connect and SQL Source Control creates conflicts
- Fixed bug causing top bar to disappear when editing offline
3rd August 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2411):
- Visual Studio 2012 RC (Release Candidate) support. It is now possible to develop databases alongside application code in the new Visual Studio IDE
27th July 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2390):
- Revert the Visual Studio 2012 RC support due to bug found: Users encountered a Smart Assembly exception when starting Visual Studio after the install. This build (.2390) can be used to return users to the latest stable build before that release
26th July 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2381):
- Visual Studio 2012 RC (Release Candidate) support. It is now possible to develop databases alongside application code in the new Visual Studio IDE
10th July 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2273):
- Fix bug where update client could cause endless cycle of error report dialogs (Internal reference: RGDP-264)
4th July 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2239):
- Fixes around SQL Connect compatibility with latest Visual Studio update which includes new query windows (Internal reference: RGDP-289)
- Tweaks to the SQL Connect update notifications
15th June 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2052):
- Fixes around SQL Connect dialog not updating to reflect current status of project - Thank you to David Murphy for all his hard work helping us get these fixed (Internal references: RGDP-265, RGDP-276)
- Compatibility fixes for Visual SVN (Internal reference: RGDP-275)
8th June 2012 (Version 1.0.9.2006):
- Lots of fixes around the update mechanism, thanks to all that helped us with this. (Internal references: RGDP-78, RGDP-248, RGDP-249)
- Fix when Visual Studio is started in automation mode - this was causing crashes when using the DevExpress installer (Internal references: RGDP-243)
6th June 2012 (Version 1.0.9.1969):
- Fix for multiple issues around file names - credit and thanks to David Hall for reporting this
29th May 2012 (Version 1.0.9.1915):
- Fix bug when changing SQL Connect options (Internal reference: RGDP-234)
- Fix bug where product would not activate (Internal reference: RGDP-250)
- No longer need to restart Visual Studio after activating
21st May 2012 (Version 1.0.7.1772):
- Fixed a bug in conflict resolution dialog (Internal reference: RGDP-228)
- UI improvements - thanks to all supplying feedback
- Fix for solution explorer tracking open editors - credit and thanks to Richard B for reporting this
10th May 2012 (Version 1.0.6.1588):
- Fixed bugs around the Data Loss window
8th May 2012 (Version 1.0.6.1549):
- Fixed the SQL Connect installer to only install if you have the correct edition of Visual Studio 2010
3rd May 2012 (Version 1.0.5.1502):
- Right-click option to launch SQL Compare with source set as your SQL Connect project
- Progress bar when adding a new project
- Fixed a bug that stops a crash related to multiple projects - credit and thanks to David Hall for reporting this
26th April 2012 (Version 1.0.4.1445):
- Minor bug fixes
26th April 2012 (Version 1.0.3.1429):
- Fixed a bug that could crash Visual Studio
- Other (minor) fixes
24th April 2012 (Version 1.0.2.1403):
- Minor bug fixes
24th April 2012 (Version 1.0.1.1398):
- Version 1 - now a fully fledged product!
- UI polishing
- Some more bug fixes
19th April 2012 (Version 1.0.1.1354):
- New functionality: New bar to highlight ready to synchronize
- Usability changes - based on feedback from Usability sessions (email us if you'd like to get involved!)
- Lots of bug fixes
10th April 2012 (Version 1.0.1.1172):
- New functionality: Option for configuring synchronization indicators
- Minor bug fixes
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