Enterprise Library

Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2 Project Kickoff

Grigori Melnik mentions the project kickoff of Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2. In particular, I am excited about the AOP Interception Mechanism and Policy Injection Application Block Integration!

Patterns & Practices Enterprise Library 4.0 and Visual Studio 2008 Webcast

I don't think Microsoft Patterns and Practices wanted anyone to actually attend the Enteprise Library 4.0 Webcast as it was poorly advertised and the start time was incorrect as displayed on Microsoft Events ( July 11 1:00 am Pacific Time). But, if you want to watch a webcast on Enterprise Library 4.0, you can download the on-demand version when it is available.

Enterprise Library 4.0 Logging Application Block and Unity IoC Screencast

A new screencast showing off the use of the Enterprise Library 4.0 Logging Application Block using the EnterpriseLibraryCoreExtension and LoggingBlockExtension that provide Unity IoC Integration. Step-by-step I show how to create a UnityContainer, add the extensions, and inject the LogWriter Class into your custom classes. Enjoy.

Enterprise Library 4.0 Validation Application Block and Unity IoC Screencast

A new screencast showing off the use of the Enterprise Library 4.0 Validation Application Block with Unity IoC. Rather than using Unity Extensions as in the previous screencast with the Data Access Application Block, this screencasts shows how to create and register a simple wrapper around the Validation Application Block Facade Class that you can inject into your custom classes via Unity to validate business objects.

WPF Validation Application Block ( VAB ) Integration Updated for Enterprise Library 4.0

Martin Bennedik updated the WPF integration for the Validation Application Block (VAB) to work with Enterprise Library 4.0.

Enterprise Library 4.0 Data Access Application Block ( DAAB ) and Unity IoC Screencast

A new screencast showing off the use of the Enterprise Library 4.0 Data Access Application Block using the EnterpriseLibraryCoreExtension and DataAccessBlockExtension that provide Unity IoC Integration. Step-by-step I show how to create a UnityContainer, add the extensions, access the database classes from the container, and inject those database classes into your custom classes. Enjoy.

Enterprise Library 4.0 Available for Download - Tutorials and Samples Forthcoming

Download Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework. Unity IoC Integration is worth creating a few tutorials and screencasts. A few changes to existing application blocks is worth showing off as well, so expect some Enterprise Library 4.0 samples in the near future.

Enterprise Library 4.0 March 2008 CTP Download Available

Enterprise Library 4.0 March 2008 CTP is available for download. Very exciting to see Enterprise Library 4.0 supporting Partially Trusted Callers out of the box as well as...

Unity Release Date Rescheduled for April 7 - Probably EntLib 4.0 too...

Grigori mentions that the release date for Unity has been rescheduled for April 7, 2008 as opposed to the original March 15, 2008. There is a good chance that Enterprise Library 4.0 CTP 1 will be pushed back to April 7th as well, but Grigori didn't say one way or the other.

Enterprise Library 3.1 with Visual Studio 2008

If you need to get the Enterprise Library 3.1 Configuration Editor working in Visual Studio 2008, Scott Densmore from Microsoft Patterns and Practices uploaded a quick fix to the Enterprise Library Contribution CodePlex website that you can run to make a few registry changes. Read more...

Unity and Enterprise Library 4.0 Release Plans

Grigori just mentioned the release plans for Unity 1.0 and Enterprise Library 4.0 which are a bit startling as they are right around the corner...

Integrating the Policy Injection Application Block with WCF Services

An article in the February 2008 MSDN Magazine provides information on how to integrate the Policy Injection Application Block with WCF Services.

Enterprise Library 4.0 Plan Published on CodePlex - Dependency Injection and Application Block Enhancements

Grigori Melnik, the Product Manager for Enterprise Library, published the Enterprise Library 4.0 Product Backlog ( Plan ) that includes the much anticipated Dependency Injection Application Block as well as several enhancements to many of the application blocks. Enterprise Library 4.0 will obviously be enhanced to support Visual Studio 2008. I look forward to much better and easier support for Partial Trust. I am surprised to see a few items on the list for the Caching Application Block. I don't see another interception mechanism planned for the Policy Injection Application Block, which is something I personally would have loved to have seen on the list now that we will have this awesome combination of Dependency Injection and AOP integration. Read more...

Enterprise Library 4.0 Announced and Dependency Injection Application Block

Grigori Melnik, the Product Manager of Enterprise Library, announced that Enterprise Library 3.5 will now be Enterprise Library 4 with the addition of a Dependency Injection Application Block that will both be used to simplify the configuration of Enterprise Library itself as well as be a stand alone application block for use in winform and web applications. Although you have those developers who will continue to take punches at Microsoft for reinventing tools that are already in OSS Projects, this is a positive move to 1) help simplify patterns and practices deliverables, 2) offer a single container across all their products, and 3) deliver the full potential of the Policy Injection Application Block.

Enterprise Library v3.5 Request for Input and No New Application Blocks

The Enterprise Library Team is planning the v3.5 release of Enterprise Library. The objectives are to port EntLib to Orcas and .NET 3.5 and to improve existing application blocks as well as guidance on how to use them. There are no plans to introduce new application blocks.

Planning Next Version of Enterprise Library

Grigori Melnik, the product manager for Enterprise Library, is planning the next version of Enterprise Library and could use your input in a survey.

Managing Enterprise Library Configuration Sets - Custom Enterprise Library or Microsoft Signed

Choosing between your custom version of Enterprise Library and the Microsoft Signed Version within Visual Studio is simpler than you think.

Enterprise Library Configuration - Separate Configuration Files for Application Blocks

Specify separate configuration files for each application block in Enterprise Library.

Validation Application Block Message Template Tokens and Resource Files

The Validation Application Block in Enterprise Library 3.0 has Message Template Tokens and support for Resource Files to ease the burden of creating custom error messages.

Enterprise Library External File Configuration Source for Application Block Settings

Enterprise Library allows you to use an external configuration file as your file source for Enterprise Library Application Block Configuration Settings.

Automated Environmental Overrides Merging via Batch File or NAnt Build File

Included with Enterprise Library 3.0 is a console application, called MergeConfiguration.exe, to automate the merge process for Environmental Overrides. It can be run from the command line, a batch file, or during a NAnt build process.

Enterprise Library 3.0 Configuration Tool Bug Creating Odbc and OleDb Connection Strings

There is a known bug in the Enterprise Library 3.0 Configuration Tool when building Odbc and OleDb Connection Strings.

Environmental Overrides in Enterprise Library 3.0

Environmental Overrides in Enterprise Library 3.0 allow one to manage the application configuration files for Development, Test, Staging, and Production Environments.

Enterprise Library 3.0 Visual Studio-Integrated Configuration Editor

Enterprise Library 3.0 comes with a new Visual Studio-Integrated Configuration Editor that allows you to graphically configure your app.config and web.config files within Visual Studio without having to switch back and forth between Visual Studio and the Stand-Alone Configuration Tool.