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DocProject 1.8.0 Release Candidate

DocProject 1.8.0 RC is now available for download on CodePlex.  It contains bug fixes as well as several new features:

  • Compatibility with the Sandcastle September CTP.
  • DocProject Properties context menu item for DocProjects and DocSites (on the project node in Solution Explorer) quickly opens a property page in Visual Studio Standard and higher.

  • DocSite Templates now support MSIE 6.0 (as well as IE 7.0, Firefox and Opera) and are themed, localizable, configurable and componentized.
  • DocSite Templates have a full-text search that supports complex query operations and uses an in-memory search index provider (based on .NET 2.0 Providers) that can be configured on the server, even after deployment.
  • DocSite Templates have a full-text index browse page that makes finding topics very easy.
  • The selected project Configuration and Platform work in MSBuild, Team Build and the DocProject External UI, which now displays drop-down lists for changing these values before building (like in Visual Studio).
  • The DaveSexton.DocProject.targets file has been refactored to make it more flexible.
  • Build output and Sandcastle project items are now located in a root folder named, Help.
  • After a build, compiled help is automatically copied to the project's output directory (for example, Debug\bin); however, for the DocSite templates the target is Help\bin. The DocSite TOC and index files are now generated in the App_Data folder.
  • DocProject External UI now supports the Include Project Output Dialog, which is automatically displayed after a build unless it's disabled by the user.
  • DocProject External UI provides a tools options page for configuring build engine providers just like the Engines tools options page that's available in Visual Studio Standard and higher.
  • Start Menu shortcuts to the DocProject External UI and various resources, including the Source folder in DocProject's installation directory, are now installed.
  • User configuration data is now stored in the system's isolated storage so that one user's changes do not overwrite another's; e.g., the default build engine provider and Sandcastle presentation style.

You can read more about the DocSite features in my previous blog post: DocSites 1.8.0 Preview

Published Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:49 AM by Dave Sexton

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