Pascal Belaud [MSFT]

You can now write your OlyMars Refresh templates inside Visual Studio 2008!

olymars — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:05:00 GMT

I'm really happy to announce that starting from the build v1.5.8.37058, you can now write your own templates directly from Visual Studio 2008. You will then benefit from all the good Visual Studio features such as Intellisense, debugging, syntax coloration and so forth!

I have recorded a webcast to demonstrate how to install and use this new feature. You can find it in the Resources section of OlyMars Refresh portal. You will find below a screen shot of a table based template written inside Visual Studio 2008.

Enjoy!

Release Candidate 1 (v1.5.7.33290) of OlyMars Refresh is now available

olymars — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:58:00 GMT

The Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of OlyMars Refresh has been released yesterday. It is now available on http://www.olymars.net

This build supports both SQL Server 2005 and SQL server 2008 (CTP6) as long as Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. If you want to test this version, please do go the OlyMars Refresh portal (http://www.olymars.net) and ask for an account to get access to the latest build.

RC1 = v1.5.7.33290

Adding the content of a whole directory in your Visual Studio 2005 project as linked source files? It's now possible with the "AddDirectoryContent" AddIn

olymars — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:54:00 GMT

I often need to add the source code content of a whole directory to my Visual Studio 2005 projects.

That's the case when I use OlyMars for my own developement projects. Usually, what I need is to add a link to the source files that have been generated by OlyMars. I want this as a link because I want to be sure that my custom projects using the generated code are always up to date even if I regenerate the code.

If you simply drag and drop a folder in Visual Studio 2005, an actual copy of the files is made, not a link to them.

This is precisely why I have written a Visual Studio 2005 AddIn named Add Directory Content

To download the latest version of this FREE AddIn : http://www.msfrancedev.net/AddDirectoryContent/AddDirectoryContentSetup.msi

Once installed, its use is very very simple. First, open your Visual Studio project. Then, create a directory in your project structure which will host the linked files. You can skip this directory creation if you like. In this case, the files will be added to your project root. To run this AddIn, all you have to do is to go to your Visual Studio 2005 Tools menu and hit the Add Directory Content menu.

Then, locate the directory where your source code is stored. You can include the subdirectories by checking the corresponding CheckBox. This AddIn can also recreate the same folder structure in your Visual Studio 2005 project than in your actual directory. Finally, you can filter the files to be added to your projects.

At the end of the process, a quick summary is displayed.

You are done ! All the files were correctly added to your project and now, each time the original files are changed, your project will pickup the changes right away!

Note that if you try to add an existing file to your project, an error message will be generated. You can treat this as a simple warning. No harm here.

If you have any feedback on this AddIn, you can use the Comment section of this post.

Enjoy !

OlyMars Refresh will be presented at TechEd Europe 2006 in Barcelona!

olymars — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:25:00 GMT

I will finally be presenting OlyMars Refresh (v1.5) at TechEd Europe Developers 2006 in Barcelona, Spain in early November!

If you want to discover this .NET 2.0 code generator for SQL Server 2005 and you are in Barcelona for TechEd Europe 2006, feel free to attend this session.

Stay tuned for more details on this session.

[UPDATE] I have now more details on this session. This session code is DEV366 and I will be presenting OlyMars Refresh on Friday, November 10th, 2006 from 15:15 to 16:30. More details on the TechEd Europe Developers web site. This session title is: Boost Your Data-Driven Application Development Using SQL Server Centric .NET Code Generator [OlyMars Refresh]

First beta of OlyMars Refresh v1.5 is now available to beta participants

olymars — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:57:00 GMT

The first beta (Preview I) of OlyMars Refresh v1.5 is now available to beta participants.

Beta participants, if you are interested in testing this beta , just browse to the new OlyMars Refresh Portal located at:

http://www.olymars.net

From this portal, you will be able to download the latest builds and information on OlyMars Refresh v1.5

Olymars Refresh (v1.5) beta plan is starting

olymars — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:51:00 GMT

It's time to give everyone a little update on where I am on this generator!

First, the version 2.0, code named "DroitAuBut" is currently scheduled to be ready around Orcas timeframe (Visual Studio 2005.vNext). Unfortunately, I don't have currently neither the resources nor the time to release anything serious before at least another 12 months.

That said, I don't want to let my customers down while SQL Server 2005 is now broadly available. As you might know, the current version of Olymars (v1.0) does not work on SQL Server 2005 because it relies on a deprecated system table.

The good news is that I'm currently working on a "Olymars Refresh" version (=> v1.5) which is Olymars v1.0 features only but working on SQL Server 2005.

Not to mention that this version is built using Visual Studio 2005 and is designed to generate .NET 2.0 compliant code.

I plan to release a beta next week. If you are interested in participating in this beta plan, please send me an email:

To: olyfeed@microsoft.com
Subject: Olymars Refresh Beta

I will send you a private beta build when it is available.

Thanks for your continuous support!

SOLVED: New build of OlyMars is now available [1.0.1876.37304]

olymars — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:42:00 GMT

An issue has prevented users from downloading the latest build of OlyMars.

As a matter of fact, until 9:00 PM GTM+1 today, the latest.zip was unfortunately redirected to an old version of OlyMars [1.0.1697.21165]. If you have downloaded your build before 9PM GMT+1 today, please download again the latest build [1.0.1876.37304] by clicking here.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

New build of OlyMars is now available [1.0.1876.37304]

olymars — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:37:00 GMT

I have posted a new build of OlyMars [1.0.1876.37304] that includes the brand new XML Web Services 2.0 AddOn.

You can download this build here (once unzipped, you will need to recreate the OlyMars repository).

XML Web Services AddOn:

You will find a slide deck describing this new AddOn:
<OlyMars Directory>\AddOns\XML Web Service\Documentation.ppt
You can also download a video that describes how to reuse this new AddOn:
http://www.olymars.net/XmlWebServicesVideo1.rar (37’28, WMV format, 55 MB compressed)

There have been also some minor bugs corrected in this release. Finally the "Check For Upgrade" feature is working again.

Any feedback can be redirected by email to olyfeed@microsoft.com

Enjoy!

Need volunteers to test and help write documentation for a new enhanced implementation of XML Web Services support in OlyMars

olymars — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:53:00 GMT

I have enhanced the support of Xml Web Services in OlyMars and I need some volunteers to help me on this before it goes public. Of course, the documentation for this new AddOn is not available yet but this is where it goes fun!

Like I said, I need volunteers to test and help write documentation for this stuff. If you are interested in helping me, please send me an email BY CLICKING on this link (so it can be correctly routed in my inbox).

Thanks for your continuous support!

PRESS RELEASE: version 2.0 is now officially available

olymars — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:17:00 GMT

Arpajon Hospital (Essonne, France) - July 8th, 2004 - The Belaud Company announced officially today the availability of the version 2.0 (code named "Fanny") of its famous product line. As of today, no major blocking bug was discovered. This new release will allow Quentin, Christelle and Pascal to realize their full potential.

Availability and pricing
The release team has signoff for "RTM" (Release To Manufacturer) at 09:51AM (GMT+1). This “Standard” version will start at around 52 centimeters for 3,920 grams.

Launch event
You can expect an official launch event very soon. A new press release will be issued to keep you informed.

About Belaud Company
Officially founded the June 9th, 2001 (NASDAQ "BLD"), the Belaud Company is the worldwide leader in Belaud technology based products. The previous version (1.0, code named "Quentin") was officially released on May 4th, 2000