ASNA Encore release notes

Version: 4.1.27.0 - Generally Available (for production environments)

Release date: 2024-10-21

.NET (aka .NET Core) and Visual Studio

ASNA Encore 4.1.8.0+ and ASNA Monarch 11.4.34.0+ provide .NET 8 support.

• Minimum .NET version: .NET 6
• Minimum Visual Studio: Visual Studio 2022 build: 17.8

Platform support

See the ASNA Version Policy for full requirements

You can only install one version of an ASNA Windows product on a single PC. For example, you can’t install ASNA Visual RPG for .NET 17.x on a PC on which ASNA Visual RPG for .NET 16.x is installed.

General installation tips

• We strongly recommend you apply all pending Windows updates before installing any of our Windows products.

• Don’t install any ASNA Windows products while Visual Studio is running.

• For our products that snap into Visual Studio (ie, Visual RPG for .NET Framework, Wings, Mobile RPG, etc.) be sure to install Visual Studio first.

Visual Studio 2022 Editions

Visual Studio 2022 17.4 or higher Professional or Enterprise edition is required with the Papa family.

Visual Studio local help installation

Visual Studio 2022 treats local (offline) as an optional component. As such installing it requires some additional steps:

When installing Visual Studio 2019:

1. Under the Individual Components tab.
2. On the Code Tools section.
3. Enable the Help Viewer component.

To verify the Help Viewer is installed, look at the top of the Help Menu in Visual Studio. The following three options should be visible at the top of the menu:

1. View Help
2. Add and Remove Help Content
3. Set Help Preferences

Changes Since Version: 4.1.26.0

• Fixed bug in COMPARE when comparing indicators and using LO result flag.
• A field matching a DB file field also declared in code but not used was dropped in the C# translation.
• Compare booleans to other types.

• Support Encore project references in language service.