Changelog 2021

December 2021

New Features

SCIM Enhancements

• Added IScimHandler.OnPostUser hook

• Better error info for invalid Operations in SCIM patch

Diagnostics

• Added Advanced.OnDiagnostics hook

• Added DiagnosticsArgs.AddAssembly helper

Fixes

• Fixed Excel issue with empty rows

• Fixed issue when users/administrators group name is changed

• Convert empty string to null for BinaryFile?

Maintenance

• Exposed whether PreviewLoadArgs was rerouted

• Tweaked "could not sort on property" messages

• Removed duplicate Base64UrlEncoded code

• Updated packages

• Nullability improvements

November 2021

New Features

ViewModels

• Added ViewModels for automatic logic when working with views/view models

• Added ReaderWriter lock when working with ViewModels naming rules

BinaryFile

• Added BinaryFile type for file handling

• BinaryFile enhancements with better conversion support

ObjectId

• Added ObjectId type for unique identifiers

Value Objects

• Added ValueObjects.SetPropertyName

• Added ValueObjects.GetHandler helper

• Allow value objects to use custom queries

• Better value object handling with nested support

User Management

• Added IUser.IsMemberOfAny for group membership checking

Helper Methods

• Added GetLookupValue extension method

• Added Manager.IsWeb2OrGreater

Fixes

• Fix for Open-XML-SDK issue #1070

• Don't flag attribute as sensitive in new

• Handle [KeyValueList] correctly for Database.ValueObjects query

Maintenance

• Flag PersistentObjectAttribute.GetValue as obsolete

• Don't allow removal of last English language

• Updated .NET 6.0 packages

• Removed Advanced.PreCommandExecute hook

• Nullability improvements throughout

• Helper for reloading POA.Options for ILookupKeyValueData

• Exposed CustomQueryArgs constructor

• Exposed ValueObjects.IsValueObject and added TryGetRootEntity

October 2021

New Features

.NET 6.0 Support

• Added .NET 6.0 support

• Updated packages for .NET 6.0 RC2

Value Objects

• Introduced ValueKeyAttribute

• Nested value objects support

• ValueObject tweaks (nested key, remove operations)

Query Enhancements

• Added GetExpressionForDataFilterSelection

• Always sort by user language for TranslatedString

SCIM Improvements

• SCIM tweaks and fixes

• Fixed SCIM not returning valid response

Web Features

• Added GetWebsiteContent hooks

• WebsiteContents tweaks

• Added HttpEx.TryGetCookie

Fixes

• Fixed issue when creating groups in empty database

• Fixed 500 when accessing /api or /api/

• RavenDB: Issue when casting inside Chart WithValues

• RavenDB: Performance issue with .Include not working with .AsNoTracking

Maintenance

• Use read/write locks for VidyanoDbCache (#322)

• Expose customizations on SortArgs

• RetryAction has optional message

• Cloudflare changes

• Show installed plugins info

• Updated packages

• Nullability tweaks

September 2021

New Features

Compression Support

• Enable gzip compression support

• Gzip tweaks for better performance

TranslatedString

• TranslatedString System.Text.Json support

• TranslatedString cast from POA

• Added .FromJson helper

• TranslatedString NotEmpty rule on synchronize existing attribute

QR Code

• Advanced QR scenarios support

Fixes

• Fixed issue in compressed CustomApiController.Json helper method

• Fixed typo when using lookup source

• Remove EF reference from Vidyano (#318)

Maintenance

• VerboseLoggingMiddleware will report 500 for unhandled exceptions

• Should always set Columns for detail queries

• Better handling of DI scope for non-HTTP requests (#313)

• Don't check SecurityScope for Profiler

• Allow TranslatedString to be used outside a Vidyano application

• Cache HttpRequestEx.GetRequestUri/GetClientIpAddress

• Made explicit that ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[] never returns null

• Nullability improvements

August 2021

New Features

Excel Support

• Excel export functionality improvements

Database Context

• Added ITargetDbContext interface

TranslatedString

• Added TranslatedString.GetTranslation method

Custom Actions

• Added AsyncCustomAction.Intent

Fixes

• Fixed missing query being passed in ApplyDataSecurity

• Fixed issue #309

• Fixed Manager.UpdatableLog inside async call

• Fixed issue #311

Maintenance

• Improved Vidyano.Root handling

• No need for manual UseStaticFiles

• Allow changing of name of Administrators and/or Users built-in groups

• Set IsValueObject correctly on detail queries/asdetail/withreference

• Handle ValueObject AsDetail handling on RavenDB, single DB call for Save

• Don't verbose log without VidyanoMethod

• Non-generic ToProjection

• Updated packages

July 2021

New Features

Datadog Integration

• Fixed Datadog issue for Raven logs

• Track warning/error for verbose logs and correct timestamp

Fixes

• Fixed NRE in RavenDBCacheUpdateInformer

June 2021

New Features

Datadog Integration

• Datadog integration added (#303)

• Complete monitoring and observability support

Verbose Logging

• Added RepositoryVerboseLogStore

• Better logging infrastructure

Web Vulcanizer

• Added IWebVulcanizer interface

API Extensions

• Added HttpRequest.GetRequestBodyAsString(Async) extension methods

Fixes

• Fixed loggingmiddleware breaking form values

• TypeScript typings fix (duplicate ResizeObserver)

Maintenance

• Allow PersistChanges for IsValueObject if not inside AsDetail attribute

• Allow sorting/filtering on valueobject detail queries

• Missing template update for RavenDB PersistentObjectActionsReference

• Exposed hooks for TextSearchHandler (StartsWith/Contains/EndsWith)

• Code cleanup

May 2021

New Features

Query Enhancements

• Expose Query on PreviewActionArgs

April 2021

Fixes

• Fixed issue when SeederHash is changed

• Fixed issue with NewUser patch

• Fixed issue #299

Maintenance

• PostgreSQL: Fixed typo when removing user from group

March 2021

New Features

TranslatedString (#296)

• Introduced TranslatedString type for multilingual support

• Complete internationalization infrastructure

Two-Factor Authentication

• Allow easier verifying of two-factor token

Dependency Injection

• Use DI for Api method invocation

• Use ActivatorUtilities for custom actions

• BREAKING: Consistency in POActions creation with CustomActions

Fixes

• Fixed issue #297

• Fixed NRE when using Reference as breadcrumb on Reference

• Fixed wrong order in default culture.json

• PostgreSQL: Fixed issue with wrong function name

Maintenance

• Allow redirect inside GetWebsiteContent

• Nullability improvements

February 2021

New Features

Configuration

• Added DisableUserLastLoginDate config option

CSS Processing

• Handle @apply for vulcanized CSS

• Better CSS processing

Fixes

• Fixed ArgumentNullException on Setting.GetLockedValue

• Handle empty model.json with only Verbose set

January 2021

New Features

Expression Generation

• Better expression generation for exclusions (fixes issue on RavenDB)

Fixes

• Fixed issue #291

• Multiple fixes related to assembly naming

Maintenance

• Reverted Assembly name for Vidyano.Service

• Pipeline improvements

• Updates for Vidyano.SqlServer/Vidyano.PostgreSQL

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