Update 4.4 (June 05, 2017)

Full Release notes

New features

• Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise & Professional support
• Visual Studio theme support (Blue, Dark)
• Allow to generate XML Serialization Event (UnknownNode, UnknownElement, UnknownAttribute)
• MsgPack 0.8 support
• NewLineOnAttributes option. When true, each attribute is pre-pended with a new line and one extra level of indentation
• OmitXmlDeclaration allow to remove xml declaration on xml header file
• Improve CleanupCode
• xsd2code gui not appear if xml header removed (in *.designer.cs file)
• Add Region to private fields
• Let define the indent character when EnableXMLIndent is enabled

Fixes and Improvements

• Fix : Critical error - No C# Code Generated
• Fix : Add restrictions on Enumerable properties
• Fix : Issue with field named System
• Fix : In case of ValidatePropertyInSetter= true, Validation of an object of type enum is failing
• Fix : #endregion not generated properly when option AutomaticProperties is on
• Fix : SaveToFile with bad encoding parameter
• Fix : Support Array of Array in case of unbounded element of unbounded element
• Fix : Error: #endregion without #region tags with AutomaticProperty + Serialization enabled
• Fix : Error 403 with https import schema

Update 4.2.0.31 (May 08, 2016)

New features

• Best partice about PropertyNameSpecified
• Code cleanup improvment
• Allow set up a default options template
• Add new setting IgnoreEmptyEnumType for ShoudSerialize Method

Fixes and Improvements

• Fix : Bad code in PropertyChanged in the property setter with enum name equals
• Fix : Renamed property with PascalCaseName are not exlude if ExcludeImportedTypes=true /ssp- flag
• Fix : Critical error - No C# Code Generated
• Fix : Command Line Issues and cmd line option for Code Cleanup
• Fix : CDATA not supported if the schema contains specific namespace
• Fix : In some case and if PascalCaseProperty enabled, the generated code contains duplicate class
• Fix : Summary comment improvment
• Fix : [VB] VB Compilation faild with RangeAttribute and DiteTime type
• Fix : [VB] Support of Disable/Enable compilation Warning for VB project
• Fix : [VB] Symplify and compact code in setter
• Fix : [VB] Illegal <> characters in ShouldSerialize method in generated code
• Fix : [VB] Compilation error with ShouldSerializeProperty Method with type XmlElement
• Fix : [VB] Generate in separate files create a bad Namespace and compilation faild
• Fix : [VB] 'Is' operator on type 'UShort' cause compilation failed

Update 4.2.0.12 (February 01, 2016)

New features

• Xamarin iOs, Android, Forms support
• Allow to generate code in separate files (one cs/vb file per class)
• Allow to generate separate files into subdirectory
• Support of MsgPack serializer (MessagePack is like JSON but fast and small)
• Support of JSon.Net serializer (Popular high-performance JSON)
• New setting to generate public or internal classes (ClassParams / ClassAccessibilityLevel)
• New setting to generate partial or non partial class (ClassParams / PartialClass)
• Generate xsd2code.exe command line from xsd2code++ GUI

Fixes and Improvements

• Fix : Xsd2Code crashes when referencing xml.xsd
• Fix : Vs. crash during code generation from an xsd containing a circular reference (with EnableSummaryComment enabled)
• Fix  : Load default settings do not set TargetFramework / GenerateXmlAttributes
• Fix : Missing commands for xsd2code.exe (like serializer xml, json, msgpack, classNamePrefix etc.)
• Fix : VB - PascalCaseName generates two properties with the same name
• Fix : VB - two properties with the same name cause compilation error
• Fix : VB - Some reserved keywords are not supported in ShouldSerilizeMethods

Update 4.0.0.433 (May 17, 2015)

New features

• Visual studio 2015 support 
• CDATA support for string elements
• Do not initialize Optional elements (minOccurs="0") in ctor or in getter (if lazy loading enabled)
• Full implementation of ShouldSerialize[PropertyName] method for all king of type (Nullable, Complex type, Simple type, string).

Fixes and Improvements

• All empty elements are written to file
• EnableXmlIndent = False is not working
• Compilation Error if property name contains "Field" and option StartWithUnderscore is enabled
• Ability to generate DataContrat/DataMember on property with XmlIgnoreAttribute
• xs:minInclusive and xs:maxInclusive not been generated (date)
• Compilation error on GenerateShouldSerializeProperty in case of elements whose name is a reserved keyword
• New item in CustomUsing setting not saved if it is the only change
• The setting “Custom Usings” are not updated into the file.
• Compilation error if EnableEncoding enabled : Encoding.UTF8 need System.Text prefix
• properties that were not specified in the input.xml file are being written either as empty properties in output.xml file
• Compilation error in vb context with some reserved keyworks

Update 4.0.0.392 (September 22, 2014)

 Fixes and Improvements

• Remove DataAnnotations attributes in case of collection (With restriction option enabled)

Update 4.0.0.391 (September 07, 2014)

 New features

• Add restriction support ([StringLengthAttribute=true/false], [RegularExpressionAttribute=true/false], [RangeAttribute=true/false]).
  • <xs:pattern/> generated as RegularExpressionAttribute
  • <xs:minInclusive/>, <xs:maxInclusive/> generated as RangeAttribute
  • <xs:maxLength/> generated as StringLengthAttribute
  • Call Validator.ValidateProperty in setter.
• Allows to enable/disabled name for DataMember attributes
• Allows to force DataMember attribute when XmlIgnore attribute exists.

Fixes and Improvements

• C# grammar fixes.
• VB Warning fixes.
• Sometime summary comments are missing when PascalCase Property is enabled

Update 4.0.0.317 (June 1, 2014)

New features

• Prefix private fields with a custom value is now possible (PrivateFieldName=StartWithCustomPrefix + PrivateFieldCustomPrefix).
• Prifix all classes with a custom value is now possible (ClassNamePrefix)

Fixes and Improvements

• C# grammar fixes.
• Use XmlSerializerFactory().CreateSerializer(T) instead new XmlSerializer(). Creates typed versions of the XmlSerializer for more efficient serialization.
• Bypass change notification in property setter for complex types or collections when the current and new value are null.
• Fixed, Add command to specify the name of base class (/gbcn[ame] <ClassName>);
• Add new command to specify the license location (/lic[ense] <License Path>, useful if xsd2code.exe is executed by a build process that does not work under a standard user account)
• Fixed, uninitialized collection causing an exception in property getter (case of arrayof ItemsChoiceType)
• Fixed, The documenation (xml annotation) is not generated in case of enumerations if name contains spaces.
• Fixed. Remove XmlElementAttribute if already have an XmlArrayItemAttribute on collection property.
• Improves setup compatibility between version 3.4 and 4.0  
  
  

Update 4.0.0.283 (March 02, 2014)

New features

• compilation warning can be disable on generated code (Option Miscellaneous.EnableWarning [True]/[False])

Fixes and Improvements

• Minor : Change ItemChoiceType by [ClassName]ItemChoiceType if ExcludeImportedType is enable. (Avoid duplication of types)
• Minor : Remove XmlIncludeAttribute and XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute if GenerateXmlAttribute is false

Update 4.0.0.270 (February 23, 2014)

New features

• Expand nested attribute groups
• Code generation is now asynchronous. Better reactivity on very large xsd files
• It is now possible to cancel code generation on very large xsd files
• Allows to cache external schemas to improve performances. The cache is stored in %appdata%\xsd2code\cache directory. To enable caching, set to true to Miscellaneous.CacheExternalSchemas
• New checkbox to disable automatic refresh code (Best user experience for large xsd Schémas)

Fixes and Improvements

• Major : The ExludeImportSchemas option causes in some cases duplicate propertiesclasses or enums.
• Major : Compilation error if xsd contains reserved csharp keywords and if AutomaticProperties is true.
• Major : Serialization exception because of unnecessary XmlTextAttribute.
• Major : Compilation error when generic list contains nullable type (Bad generated List<System.Nullable<<>>)
• Minor : XmlIndent option do not update code when the value change.

Update 4.0.0.237 (January 25, 2014)

Fixes and Improvements

• Visual studio crash if xsd file contains circular reference in xsd:import or xsd:include 
•  /? command line throw exception
• The encoding options for the serialization does not exist on the command line (xsd2code.exe)
• The Context menu "xsd2code generation" is not displayed for web projects (website project)
• Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object in case of unavaibale import schema and ExcludeImportedTypes=True
• Bad generated type if GeneratePropertyNameSpecified=Default and if private field is already a nallable type ex. System.Nullable<System.Nullable<>>
• C# reserved keywords are not managed if AutomaticProperty is enable.
• Remove unsued field in case of AutomaticProperty = true and if private field type is Object.

Update 4.0.0.220 (January 18, 2014)

New features

Multiple regeneration : Allows you to regenerate all classes generated by xsd2code++

Fixes and Improvements

• Add explicit message in case of cicircular group reference (not suppoted by xsd2code).
• Better performace for the return to Visual Studio.
• Remove unused fields in case of GeneratePropertyNameSpecified=Default and PrivateFieldName=StartWithUnderscore
• Fix error : For security reasons DTD is prohibited in this XML document.
• Fix compilation error if ShouldSerializeProperty = true and collectioType is Array.
• Add namespace and dll reference for JSON serializer

Update 4.0.0.172 (December 29, 2013)

New features  

In solution explorer it  is now possible to generate code from xml file.