2022.1

Features

• Support for Visual Studio 2022
• Support for .NET 6 Migrations (Visual Studio 2022 only)
• New Extension Manager
  • Controls extension installation for different versions of Visual Studio
  • Handles Visual ReCode Licensing
  • Speeds up extension updates

Fixes

• The error about Newtonsoft.Json not being loaded when running a Guided Migration upgrade is fixed.
• The IndexOutOfRangeException when running WCF to gRPC migrations is fixed.
• Reduced memory usage to avoid Out Of Memory errors.
• Various other optimization and fixes.

2.0

Features

• WCF service migrations to gRPC for .NET 5
• New Guided Project Upgrade tool
  • Upgrades one project at a time in the optimal order
  • Automatically detects NuGet packages for compatibility and installs updates when necessary

Changes

• Refactored Visual ReCode Engine to run as a standalone service, freeing memory in Visual Studio.

1.0

Features

• Support for WCF Duplex services
• Support for “Session Required” services
• Migration Documents (.recode files)

Fixes

• Resolved issue with types in indirectly-referenced projects.

Changes

• Trial mode and licensing code has been added for the commercial release.

1.0.0-preview2

Features

• Generate WCF-contract-compatible client wrapper for gRPC clients
  • .NET Standard 2.1
  • .NET 4.5
• Generate streaming gRPC methods for IEnumerable<T> WCF methods
• Maintain original project structure in generated Solutions

Improvements

• Handle more data types for parameters and return values
• Preview solution structure before writing to disk
• Better error handling

Fixes

• Fix potential infinite loop when scanning for dependencies

Changes

• Field names in .proto files are now snake_case in line with the Protobuf style guide. This does not change the generated C# classes.

1.0.0-preview1

Features

• Migrate simple WCF request/reply services to ASP.NET Core 3.0 gRPC
• Wizard interface via Get started… menu item
• Drag-and-drop from Solution Explorer to Visual Recode solution view
• Generate gRPC .proto interface declaration file from [ServiceContract] and [DataContract] types
• Copy [ServiceContract] and [DataContract] types to new project
• Map gRPC service calls to [OperationContract] methods
• Generate conversions between Protobuf messages and [DataContract] types
• Generate mapping of Protobuf data types to .NET data types
• Copy dependencies to target project
• Add dependencies to ASP.NET Core IoC container
• Produce HTML report with details of migration