New Features

• Added Intellisense Support for Anonymous Types.
• Added additional information to the Intellisense Parameter Information.
• Added a Help menu to the Generator Menu inside of Visual Studio.
• Updated all of the Generator Template Frameworks to the latest version.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where a StackOverflowException would occur with any template that was recursively called.
• All newly created Generator Files (E.G., Templates, Generator Project Files…) and Generated documents are saved as UTF unless specified in the CodeTemplate Directives Encoding attribute.
• Fixed a bug where a StackOverflowException could occur when retrieving Intellisense for complex types.
• Fixed a bug where a NullReferenceException could occur if a sub template had more than 25 errors.
• Fixed a bug where CodeTemplate.GetProperties(bool) could return invalid results.
• Fixed a bug where the TableSchema’s DataObjects property wasn’t being set correctly.
• Fixed a bug where the CommandResultSchema.DataObjects property wasn’t being populated.
• Fixed a bug where ActiveSnippets could be saved in an invalid state.
• Fixed a bug where ActiveSnippets were not being upgraded properly.
• Fixed a bug where the Data Source Manager could throw an exception when a provider couldn’t be resolved.
• Fixed a bug where a FileNotFound exception could occur if a previously open template document no longer existed when launching Visual Studio.
• Fixed a bug where the CodeTemplate.RenderToFile(OutputFile, bool) overload was not calling OnPostRender.
• Fixed a bug where SDK Licenses would not be picked up in certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where Configuration may not be initialized properly when using SDK Integration.
• Fixed a bug where the TemplateContext might not be available when loading properties from a CSP.
• Fixed a bug where Validation Errors could be removed prematurely from the Error Window.
• Fixed a bug that caused SchemaExplorer Collections to be incorrectly serialized.
• Fixed a bug where an Exception could be thrown after closing an editor document.
• Fixed a bug where template samples might not be extracted in some scenarios.
• Breaking Change: The Merge Strategies API Merge() method signature has been updated to include a MergeContext which provides additional contextual information.

Performance Enhancements

• Many performance and memory improvements pertaining to the Template Editor.
• Fixed a performance bug in the SqlSchemaProvider where parsing Extended Property values could take an excessive amount of time due to regex backtracking.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the editor to not use valid cached compile results.

Usability Enhancements

• Added a user friendly message when generating against template resources that are marked as blocked. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179545 for more information.
• Fixed a bug where the editor didn’t respect your tab preferences.
• Restored the non-generic DataObjectBaseCollection for backwards compatibility.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent samples from being extracted to the location you choose while installing Generator.
• Fixed a bug where an Exception could be thrown while trying to parse a template that uses an include file multiple times.
• Fixed a few PropertyGrid issues dealing with focusing and custom UITypeEditors.
• Fixed a bug where one could not uncomment template comments when the selection had any trailing or leading spaces.
• Fixed a bug where sub template errors could be show error squiggles in the master template.
• Fixed a bug where a Data Source might throw an exception while loading and not be shown in the Data Source Manager.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when saving a template while it is being parsed.
• Updated all of the Visual Studio Item templates descriptions and names.
• Fixed a bug where the Intellisence Auto Completion windows would not show up in some scenarios.

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