This page lists the functionality added in each version of MyDirect .NET. To view the full changelog including bug fixes, consult the MyDirect .NET revision history.

26-Feb-08 New features in MyDirect .NET 4.50

• Added DB server-based data paging for web applications
• MySqlDataSource design time improvements
• ASP.NET demo pack added
• DotNetNuke 4.7 support added
• Added support for CLIENT_INTERACTIVE connection option
• MySqlSelectStatement.TryParse method added
• DataLink.DataSource property can refer to another DataLink component

20-Dec-07 New features in MyDirect .NET 4.30

• Visual Studio 2008 supported
• Entity Framework Beta 3 supported
• Added Licensing Information dialog

25-Oct-07 New features in MyDirect .NET 4.25

• .NET Entity Framework Beta 2 supported
• Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 supported
• Added Visual Basic versions to CRM, WinForms, and Web samples

30-Aug-07 New features in MyDirect .NET 4.20

• MySQLDirect .NET renamed to MyDirect .NET
• MySQL Developer Tools renamed to MyDeveloper Tools
• Supported Visual Studio codename Orcas Beta 1
• Supported .NET Entity Framework
• Added support for x64 architecture
• Enhanced command builder with generation of row refresh statements
• Added detailed warning information to MySqlInfoMessageEventArgs class
• Added DbCommand.GetRecordCount() method to determine rows count of a request
• Added INullable interface for provider specific types
• Supported data binding for provider-specific types
• Supported client side validation for huge MySqlDecimal values
• Network communication optimized for better performance
• Added capability to store connection strings in application settings
• Improved integration with MyDeveloper Tools
• Extended drag'n'drop capabilities in DataSet Manager
• Add-in menu moved to Visual Studio package
• Demo projects reorganized
• Added CRM (Customer Relationship Management) demo project
• Added Ping demo project for Mobile Edition

13-Apr-07 New features in MyDirect .NET 4.00

Application development enhancement

• Added DataSet Manager to control dataset instances in the project
• Added DataSet Editor for convenient datasets manipulation
• New MySqlDataSet class to use with MySqlDataTable
• New component DataLink added for flexible data binding
• New capabilities added to MySqlDataTable class
• Added capability for cross-form components cooperation
• Design time visualization extended
• Supported addin, DataSet Wizard, and MyDeveloper Tools integration with Borland Developer Studio

.NET 2 features

• Added MySqlDependency class to support Database Change Notification
• Added MySqlDataSourceEnumerator class to support Server Enumeration feature
• Added support for Batch Update in MySqlDataAdapter
• Added support for returning provider-specific types in MySqlDataReader and MySqlDataAdapter

Other features

• SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Solutions supported
• Added data provider and set of data access modules for DotNetNuke
• Added MySqlSelectStatement class for building SELECT statements
• Added MySqlDecimal class to represent MySQL DECIMAL type
• Added MySqlBinaryString class to represent BINARY and VARBINARY type
• Added list of hosts in connection form and connection properties
• Added MySqlLoader.LoadTable() method
• Base level classes moved to the new assembly CoreLab.Data.dll
• New demo projects added
• Added DbLoader class that serves to load external data into database
• Added MyDirect .NET information to Visual Studio 2005 splash screen and About box

MyDeveloper Tools 2.00 improvements

• Added stored procedure and SQL script debuggers
• Added a project management framework for bookmarking related scripts and organizing database developments
• Enhanced SQL Editor with context-sensitive code completion, code navigation, incremental search, and more
• Enhanced working with data, including possibility to print data directly from data editor
• Added search in object data and stored procedure source code
• Added an extensive collection of SQL and stored routine code templates
• Added fully customizable keyboard mapping schemes
• Completely redesigned Security Manager to control user accounts
• Added a Session Manager for controlling and analyzing user sessions
• Added a Service Manager to find and control MySQL services

12-Dec-06 New features in MyDirect .NET 3.55

• Windows Vista support added

17-Apr-06 New features in MyDirect .NET 3.50

• Implemented advanced integration with Visual Studio 2005, including Server Explorer, Data Source wizard, TableAdapter configuration, Query Builder and configuring web component SqlDataSource
• Mono support added
• ASP.NET 2.0 providers added: Membership Provider, Profile Provider, Role Provider, Session State Provider
• Dataset Wizard added
• Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block support added
• OUT and INOUT parameters in stored procedures supported
• Borland Delphi 2006 support added
• Added support for stored procedures in FetchAll=true and Prepared modes
• Added streaming support for MySqlScript
• MySQLDeveloper Tools installation separated from MyDirect .NET installation
• Added list of Frequently Asked Questions
• Capability to call MyDirect .NET runtime assemblies by partially trusted code added
• Licensing enhanced for applications that use DbProviderFactory
• Migration wizard design enhanced

13-Dec-05 New features in MyDirect .NET 3.20

• Supported .NET Framework 2.0 release version
• Supported Visual Studio 2005 release version
• Compact .NET Framework 2.0 supported

MyDeveloper Tools improvements (Professional edition only)

• User and privileges management support
• Database export/import to/from SQL script
• Trigger support
• Script support
• Stop execution feature
• Execution of the selected SQL fragment feature
• Data Export feature
• Dynamic data viewing of the tables and views in DbExplorer
• Paginal data access mode
• LOB viewer/editor
• Database object search
• Secure SSL and SSH connections support
• Query plan tool
• Duplicate object feature
• DDL generation wizard
• Embedded server support
• Data grid colors customizing

18-Oct-05 New features in MyDirect .NET 3.05

• DumpMode enumeration added

11-Jul-05 New features in MyDirect .NET 3.00

• SSL connection to MySQL server support added
• SSH client forwarding protocol support added
• Support for compression protocol added
• Returning result sets from stored procedures supported
• View editing supported
• MySqlConnection.Kill method added
• Metadata support extended
• MySQL Embedded server 4.1 support added
• MySqlCommandBuilder.UpdatingFields property added
• MySqlLoader now inherits from DbLoader

20-Apr-05 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.80

• Support for quoting and unquoting names that consist of numbers only or contain quotes added
• Detection of MySqlConnection closing added to MySqlDataReader
• Bug with several same-named columns in MySqlDataReader fixed
• DbTools renamed to MyDeveloper Tools

• View support added
• Reference key support added
• Data editor improved
• Charset and collation support added for database, table and column
• "Show all databases" option added to connection editor
• Table editor re-designed and extended
• Index editor extended with additional options
• "Primary key" option added to column editor
• Minor changes in stored procedure and UDF editors
• Query timing added to output
• Bug with "Parameter is not correct" message on Visual Studio .NET startup fixed

05-Nov-04 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.70

• Support for .NET Framework 2.0 added with ADO.NET 2 features
• Support for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Beta 1
• Support for metadata schemas added
• The Base-Class-Based provider model used
• Connection pooling enhancements functionality added, that allows you to programmatically "drain" the connection pool.
• New MySqlConnectionStringBuilder component to build connection strings to represent data sources
• SQL parameters support added to DbTools
• Stored procedures support for MySQL 5.0.1-alpha added to DbTools
• Syntax highlight and member list features for SQL editors in component designers
• DbTools help is now integrated into Visual Studio IDE
• Context help support added to DbTools

13-Aug-04 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.50

• Design-time tools are completely revised, extended, rewritten in managed code and called DbTools
• Query Builder tool rewritten and improved
• SQL editor tool added
• Support for stored procedures added to DbExplorer
• Ability to drag connections, tables and stored procedures from DbExplorer to Form Designer added
• Component designers more tightly integrated with DbTools
• New component MySqlDataTable added
• New methods for asynchronous working added
• Support for paginal access to query result added
• Performance increased
• Tested with MySQL 4.1.2

07-Jun-04 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.40

• Support for Compact Framework added
• Support for multiple ExecuteReader added
• MySqlDataReader.HasRows property added
• Retrieve InsertId to dataset autoincrement columns added
• Support for connection timeout added
• Support for command timeout added

10-May-04 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.30

• MySQL 5.0 support added
• Stored procedures support added for MySQL 5.0
• Prepared statements supported for MySQL 4.1.1 and MySQL 5.0
• New component MySqlLoader added
• New component MySqlDump added
• Method MySqlConnection.Ping added to validate open connection
• New component MySqlDataSourceControl for extended WebMatrix support added
• C++ sample added

27-Jan-04 New features in MyDirect .NET 2.00

• Access to MySQL server without client library
• MySQL 4.1.1 alpha support added
• DbExplorer tool to explore MySQL database schema
• Support for Named pipe and Shared memory protocol added
• Support for transferred data compression added
• Unicode support added for MySQL 4.1.1
• Native classes MySqlBlob and MySqlText to represent MySQL blob types
• New ConnectionString editor implemented
• Component designers enhanced
• Support for Borland Delphi 8 added
• Support for Microsoft ASP.NET Web Matrix added

23-Sep-03 New features in MyDirect .NET 1.80

• Connection pooling support
• Support for multiple query execution added
• Ability to store data in MySqlDataReader object added
• Migration wizard from ODBC and OLE DB .NET Data Providers
• Support for Borland C#Builder added
• New sample applications added

20-Jun-03 New features in MyDirect .NET 1.60

• Visual Studio .NET 2003 support added
• Support MySQL server version 4.1
• Enabled access to MySQL Embedded server
• ODBC parameter format '?' supported
• MySqlCommand.InsertId property added
• MyDirect .NET help integrated into Visual Studio .NET
• Component properties and events descriptions for "Properties Window" added
• XML documentation for code completion added
• DBMonitor support moved to CoreLab.MySql from CoreLab.DBMonitor assembly

14-Feb-03 New features in MyDirect .NET 1.50

• MySQL 4.0 gamma support
• New MySqlScript component to execute scripts
• New component MySqlMonitor added. Allows to monitor dynamic SQL execution in applications that use MyDirect .NET. Extended monitoring capabilities are provided with DBMonitor application.
• Designer form for MySqlDataAdapter component setup added
• MySqlCommand component designer functionality extended
• Typed dataset generation mechanism enabled for MySqlDataAdapter
• Automatic component registration (in toolbox) mechanism added
• MySQLBuilder tool for visual query building

05-Jul-02 New features in MyDirect .NET 1.20

• Transaction support added
• Support TIMESTAMP data type
• Support TEXT and BLOB data types
• Mapping TIME to System.TimeSpan type