Upgrading from 2.3 to 2.4
See Release notes of DotVVM 2.4 Preview 1, Release notes of DotVVM 2.4 Preview 2, and Release notes of DotVVM 2.4 for complete list of changes.
Breaking changes
Dropped support for ASP.NET Core 2.0
We have raised the oldest supported version of ASP.NET Core to ASP.NET Core 2.1 as it is the oldest LTS version supported by Microsoft.
UpdateTextAfterKeydown changed to UpdateTextOnInput
The UpdateTextAfterKeydown property on TextBox was changed to UpdateTextOnInput.
Type checking for CheckBox, RadioButton and ComboBox
We have added type checks for CheckBox, RadioButton and ComboBox controls. These checks make sure that CheckedItem/SelectedItem has the same or compatible type to the CheckedValue/ItemValueBinding properties.
If the types didn't match, the controls could work in some cases, but using different types in these situations is not a good idea in general.
We recommend to run Compilation status page on the app to see if the types used in these controls are correct on all pages.
ItemValueBinding must return primitive types
We have also enforced the ItemValueBinding property of ComboBox, ListBox and MultiSelect controls to return a primitive type value. If this property returns objects, there is no way how to compare them on the client-side, so the controls may not be able to identify the selected item in some cases.
Frozen configuration
The DotvvmConfiguration object is now frozen after the DotVVM startup routine is finished, so it is not possible to modify the configuration when the application is running. It could lead to dangerous situations and possible multi-threading issues.
If you receive errors when you try to modify the configuration, make sure you modify it in Startup.cs or in DotvvmStartup.cs. There is a new overload of UseDotVVM that allows to modify the configuration before it is frozen:
app.UseDotVVM<DotvvmStartup>(..., modifyConfiguration: c => {
c.RouteTable.Add(...);
});