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Page Type Builder 1.1 Released

Posted January 10 2010 in EPiServer CMS . 5 comments.

I just released version 1.1 of Page Type Builder. This is most likely the last release of Page Type Builder that targets EPiServer CMS version 5 as future development will target version 6 of EPiServer CMS.

This release contains primarily bug fixes and some cosmetic changes. The changes include:

  • The assembly has been made CLS-compliant.
  • The assembly now has a strong name.
  • A new class has been introduced, PageTypeBuilderException.
  • All occurrences where Exception or ApplicationException was thrown has been replaced by PageTypeBuilderException.
  • Validation at start up that all types in a AvailablePageTypes attribute are page types has been added.
  • Validation at start up that AllowedPageType attributes contains distinct values has been added.
  • A GetPropertyName extension method for PageData has been added. This has proven to be useful when building custom page providers.
  • Page types are updated before they are added to the PageTypeResolver. This fixes a nasty bug that could occur if you first create a page type named A, then renamed A to B and finally added a new page type named A.
  • The methods GetDefaultPropertyType, TypeIsNativePropertyType, GetNativeTypeID and the property NativePropertyTypes in PageDefinitionTypeMapper have been made public. These can be useful when building an admin interface for Page Type Builder.
  • A bug that caused Page Type Builder not to recognize properties and page types that had attributes derived from PageTypeAttribute and PageTypePropertyAttribute has been fixed.
  • Some spelling errors have been fixed.

As usual any and all feedback is appreciated! I would also appreciate it if you would rate the release at the Codeplex site.

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  1. Emil Cardell's avatar

    Emil Cardell 2 years ago

    Great work. Looking forward to work with the new version.

  2. Stuart Blackburn's avatar

    Stuart Blackburn 2 years ago

    Nice work again Joel, much appreciated...

  3. Morten Sorby's avatar

    Morten Sorby 2 years ago

    Hi Joel,

    I was wondering what steps needs to be taken to use the PTB on a CMS 6 site?
    BTW, thenk you for making such an exquisite project open source and available!

    Regards,
    Morten

  4. Joel Abrahamsson's avatar

    Joel Abrahamsson 1 years ago

    Hi Morten!

    I think all you need to do is download the source code from pagetypebuilder.codeplex.com and change the references to assemblies from CMS 6 and compile. I haven't actually tried it out myself yet as I've been pretty busy, but www.rfsu.se was recently released on CMS 6 with PTB so it definitely works.

  5. Morten Sorby's avatar

    Morten Sorby 1 years ago

    Thank you Joel,

    that's all I wanted know :-)
    hopefull they have not branched your source and made some changes, but from what I hear over at EPiServer, CMS5 and CMS 6 is close to binary compatible, so it should not be a problem.
    I'll give it a spin..

    /Morten

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