Version 2 of YLAD released

by Mister Goodcat 1. May 2012 13:46

I've released version 2.0 of my open source component "Your Last About Dialog". This major new release adds full styling support to the about page, which gives you complete control over the visual appearance of the component. This not only includes simple details like foreground and background colors, font sizes and styles, but also much more sophisticated things like the possibility to add page transitions from the Silverlight Toolkit, or control the visibility of the system tray and other details.

Version 2 also improves the install experience from NuGet by integrating some quick start help, to get you up and running in only a minute, without the need to study the documentation separately. As always, installing from NuGet is the recommended way, but you can of course also download the binaries and source code from CodePlex if you want. To learn about the new features in more detail, consult the "Styling" section of the documentation. The default styles that are created for you when you install the NuGet package also contains some pointers and comments on what you can do.

Have fun :)

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Comments (4) -

5/1/2012 11:15:31 PM #

Chad Chisholm

Shoot, I just submitted an app with YLAD v1.

Chad Chisholm United States |

5/2/2012 6:35:39 AM #

Mister Goodcat

Hi Chad. If you are not interested in the new features, this is nothing to worry about. There weren't any bugs or other problems in 1.4 that have been fixed in 2.0; the core of the component and all its logic is very much the same.

Mister Goodcat Germany |

5/2/2012 2:04:44 AM #

Drew

What's the easiest way to update YLAD that's already in an exisiting app?

Drew United States |

5/2/2012 6:32:54 AM #

Mister Goodcat

Updating is really easy: simply use the built-in Package Manager Console or the graphical Package Manager of Visual Studio to update the YLAD package. For example, when you use the Package Manager UI, the new version of YLAD will appear in the "Updates" section.

During the update, the package manager will add the new styles file and the updated assemblies, but it will keep your existing Data.xml, so you don't have to worry about losing changes there. This has been tested during the last weeks and should work pretty well.

Let me know if you run into any problems.

Mister Goodcat Germany |

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