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[Tutorial & Sample] WCF Data Services Entity Framework Provider is updated with WCF Data Service 5.6.2

August 17, 2014 Aug 17, 2014 08/17/14
Zoe Luo
After WCF Data Services Entity Framework Provider version 1.0.0-alpha2 was released, we got lots of valuable feedbacks from customers. Recently we summarized all the feedbacks and fixed the most critical bugs reported. Now we are happy to announce the release of WCF Data Services Entity Framework Provider 1.0.0-beta2 (Below using EF6 Provider ...

New and improved EULA!

November 13, 2013 Nov 13, 2013 11/13/13
DB Blogs
TL;DR: You can now (legally) use our .NET OData client and ODataLib on Android and iOS. Backstory For a while now we have been working with our legal team to improve the terms you agree to when you use one of our libraries (WCF Data Services, our OData client, or ODataLib). A year and a half ago, we announced that our EULA would include a ...

Using WCF Data Services 5.6.0 with Entity Framework 6+

October 2, 2013 Oct 2, 2013 10/2/13
DB Blogs
And now for some exciting news: you can finally use WCF Data Services with Entity Framework 6+! Today we are uploading a new NuGet package called WCF Data Services Entity Framework Provider. This NuGet package bridges the gap between WCF Data Services 5.6.0 and Entity Framework 6+. We were able to build this provider as an out-of-band provider...

WCF Data Services 5.6.0 Release

August 26, 2013 Aug 26, 2013 08/26/13
DB Blogs
Recently we released updated NuGet packages for WCF Data Services 5.6.0. You will need the updated tooling (released today) to use the portable libraries feature mentioned below with code gen. What is in the release: Visual Studio 2013 Support The WCF DS 5.6.0 tooling installer has support for Visual Studio 2013. If you are using Visual ...

Using the new client hooks in WCF Data Services Client

July 26, 2013 Jul 26, 2013 07/26/13
DB Blogs
What are the Request and Response Pipeline configurations in WCF Data Services Client? In WCF Data Services 5.4 we added a new pattern to allow developers to hook into the client request and response pipelines. In the server, we have long had the concept of a processing pipeline. Developers can use the processing pipeline event to tweak how ...

WCF Data Services 5.6.0 Alpha

June 28, 2013 Jun 28, 2013 06/28/13
DB Blogs
Today we are releasing updated NuGet packages and tooling for WCF Data Services 5.6.0. This is an alpha release and as such we have both features to finish as well as quality to fine-tune before we release the final version. You will need the updated tooling to use the portable libraries feature mentioned below. The tooling installer is ...

WCF Data Services 5.5.0 Release

May 30, 2013 May 30, 2013 05/30/13
DB Blogs
WCF Data Services 5.5.0 has officially been released! The 5.5.0 release will be another NuGet-only release as we did not make any updates to the Visual Studio tooling. The last tooling update was version 5.3.0. Services created using this version of tooling should update the runtime binaries to 5.5.0 with NuGet. What is in the release: This...

WCF Data Services 5.5.0 Prerelease

May 15, 2013 May 15, 2013 05/15/13
DB Blogs
It’s that time again: yesterday we uploaded an RC for the upcoming 5.5.0 release. The 5.5.0 release will be another NuGet-only release. What is in the release: This release has two primary features: 1) significant enhancements to the URI parser and 2) public data source providers. URI Parser In the 5.2.0 release ODataLib provided a way ...

WCF Data Services 5.4.0 Release

April 2, 2013 Apr 2, 2013 04/2/13
DB Blogs
Today we are releasing version 5.4.0 of WCF Data Services. As mentioned in the prerelease post, this release will be NuGet packages only. That means that we are not releasing an updated executable to the download center. If you create a new WCF Data Service or add a reference to an OData service, you should follow the standard procedure for ...

WCF Data Services 5.4.0 Prerelease

March 26, 2013 Mar 26, 2013 03/26/13
DB Blogs
Recently we uploaded an RC for our upcoming 5.4.0 release. This release will be NuGet packages only. What is in the release: Client deserialization/serialization hooks We have a number of investments planned in the “request pipeline” area. In 5.4.0 we have a very big set of hooks for reaching into and modifying data as it is being read ...