Update: The content at the community site has been updated, and nearly all the plug-ins there currently build with 10.2.

Binary plug-in compatibility across versions of the DXCore is a huge priority for us. For most of our releases, we’ve delivered on that intention; after updating you could simply continue to use a plug-in compiled for a previous version. In a few releases, we required a recompile but no source code changes to the plug-in. In 2010, we introduced changes that meant the code had to change in a few plug-ins that were still using the obsolete architecture, and we moved our parsers out to a separate DLL.

There are CodeRush and DXCore plug-ins out on the community site in need of updates to match the architectural changes introduced in 10.1 and 10.2. Here’s where things currently stand at the community site:

No Changes Needed

The following plug-ins compile:

• CR_BlockPainterPlus
• CR_CCConsole
• CR_ClearAllMarkers
• CR_CodeIssuesContrib
• CR_CreateTestMethod
• CR_DeclareClassInProject
• CR_DrawLinesBetweenMethods
• CR_ExecuteScript
• CR_GenerateTest
• CR_JumpToImplementation
• CR_Loop
• CR_MetricShader
• CR_NavigateToTest

Need References

The following plug-ins need to add a reference to DevExpress.DXCore.Parser:

• CR_CodeBlockContentProviders 
• CR_ColorizeMemberNames 
• CR_CreateDelegate
• CR_CreateHeader
• CR_DumbAss_Issues
• CR_EnhancedForEach
• CR_EasyGoto – also Specific Version needs to be set to false for DevExpress.CodeRush.Library
• CR_EventHandlerCheckTC
• CR_ExceptionHelper – also needs ambiguous Xml references changed to System.Xml and needs a change to DxCoreEvents1_EditorPaintForeground handler which uses m_Highlighter
• CR_Execute
• CR_MoveFile
• CR_MsdnBclHelp
• CR_MultiFileTemplates
• CR_NavigationContrib

• CR_Initials
• CR_MarkerExtensions
• CR_mdMarkerExtensions (also needs to change LocatorBeacon to GdiLocatorBeacon)

 
The following plug-ins need to set the Specific Version property to false for DevExpress.DXCore.Parser:

• CR_NavigateToDefinition
• CR_MethodNameReformatting
• CR_MethodPreview

 
The following plug-in needs a reference to DevExpress.DXCore.Controls.Utils.v6.3 (with its Specific Version property to false)

• CR_ClassCleaner

Code Changes Required

These plug-ins require some changes to the source code to meet the recent architecture changes.

CR_Colorizer

Needs reference to DevExpress.DXCore.Parser.
Adding this reference and recompiling produces this error:
Error    1    'DevExpress.CodeRush.Core.TextView' does not contain a definition for 'Repaint' and no extension method 'Repaint' accepting a first argument of type 'DevExpress.CodeRush.Core.TextView' could be found
 
We recommend fixing with this code:

IGdiTextView gdiTextView = CodeRush.TextViews.Active as IGdiTextView;

if (gdiTextView != null)


  gdiTextView.Repaint();

CR_NCover
Could not locate the assembly "Typemock.ArrangeActAssert, Version=5.3.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3dae460033b8d8e2, processorArchitecture=MSIL".

It also needs DevExpress.DXCore.Parser and DevExpress.DXCore.Platform references.


CR_ExtractHqlNamedQuery
Specific Version needs to be set to False for all DXCore assemblies
Needs references to DevExpress.DXCore.Controls.Utils.v6.3 and DevExpress.DXCore.Parser.
Also, the findFileInSolution method needs this change:

SolutionElement solution = currentProject.Solution as SolutionElement;


foreach (var project in solution.AllProjects)

And this:

SourceFile namedQueriesXmlFile = getNamedQueriesXmlFile(hqlQueryElement.Project as ProjectElement);

Working to Make this Better

Both Rory Becker (CodeRush evangelist) and the CodeRush team are working right now to update the plug-ins at the community site. If you’re an author of one of these plug-ins, I encourage you to update your source code using the hints on this page (it might be a good idea to check first to make sure the fix hasn’t already been submitted). I want to thank you for your patience and support as we go through the 50+ plug-ins and update them accordingly. In the future as we prepare to release, the CodeRush team will check the new build against all the plug-ins on the community site and if there are any issues, we’ll either change things on our side or connect with the plug-in author and get them to change their code before we ship.

Our commitment is to a strong plug-in community. We will invest whatever it takes to support the plug-in community and make transitions to future versions as painless as possible.

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