Gen EDGE

  • 1.  C# and .NET 4.5

    Posted May 02, 2018 06:32 PM

    Any plans of the Gen roadmap for C# and .NET 4.5 ?

     

    Can Gen run on .NET 4.5 instead of 3.5?

     

    A performance issue was fixed in some application code, but the fix cannot be applied to code that involves CA Gen as HttpClient doesn’t exist in .NET 3.5. Here is the  comment from the C# developer

     

    HttpClient

     

    Microsoft’s HttpClient supports only asynchronous code and has no synchronous implementation.  As such, it’s expected that anything using it will have implemented asynchronous code end-to-end throughout the application layers, in order to fully realise the benefits of asynchronous code.

     

    It has a much higher performance ceiling than the older WebClient.

     

    It’s available in .NET Framework 4.5.x.  It’s not available in .NET Framework 3.5 (so CA Gen cannot use it?).

     

    Any advice is appreciated!



  • 2.  Re: C# and .NET 4.5

    Posted May 02, 2018 06:49 PM

    CA Gen support for .NET should to be extended to all versions supported by Microsoft, not just 4.5.  Note that not all versions of 4.5.x are currently supported.  See Lifecycle FAQ—.NET Framework for more detail.

     

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/17455/lifecycle-faq-net-framework?forceorigin=esmc



  • 3.  Re: C# and .NET 4.5

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 02, 2018 07:12 PM

    I have seen some problems trying to use 4.x because of 3.5 specific system.web.extensions: After deploy Gen 8.6 ASP.NET application to IIS Ap - CA Knowledge 

     

    There was also an idea raised for .NET Framework 4.x support which as far as I know is still currently planned

    CA Gen support for .NET Framework 4.0 - F25876 

    The Gen 8.5/8.6 supported .NET Framework 3.5 uses CLR 2.0 whereas .NET Framework 4.x uses CLR 4.0 which is maybe why supporting 4.x is not a trivial exercise: .NET Framework Versions and Dependencies | Microsoft Docs

     

    Rob_T can you please comment on the status of this enhancement?

     

    Thanks

    Lynn



  • 4.  Re: C# and .NET 4.5

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 02, 2018 11:54 PM

    Lynn,

     

    The support for .Net 4.x is nearly complete. We've had some issues that were difficult to track down and resolve, but I believe we're very close to final test and release.

     

    Once the support becomes available, we will issue a PTF or group of PTFs that will enable it on Gen 8.6.

     

    Regards,

     

    Rob Thompson

    Product Owner, CA Gen