.NET Framework 4.5.2 Update Announced by Microsoft

The latest version of the .NET Framework is released by Microsoft that included with high-resolution displays and better profiling, updates for ASP.NET, among the enhancements. On 4th May 2014, the.NET Fundamentals Team announced this latest version by saying it a "highly compatible, in-place update to the.NET Framework 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1."

The most necessary improvements are concerned with ASP.NET. Furthermore, the latest set of APIs has been released with HttpResponse.AddOnSendingHeaders and HttpResponseBase. AddOnSendingHeaders methods. According to the Microsoft, this method should be best to PreSendRequestHeaders and PreSendRequestContent events.

The HostingEnvironment.QueueBackgroundWorkItem method is also available for managing lightweight background work items. The blog stated, "ASP.NET tracks these items and prevents IIS from abruptly terminating the worker process until all background work items have completed."

It also added responsive design-like functionality as Visual Studio developers are working with high-resolution screens. Furthermore, it’s an opt-in feature, scaling up various Windows Forms controls properly that better called "High DPI setting”. A ToolStipComboBox control showing a red error glyph is an example from the blog. It is not possible to see glyph at high resolution without High DPI. Some of the other updates include:

• Better activity tracing support that "enables out-of-process, Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)-based activity tracing for a larger surface area," which should be a boon for app performance management vendors.

• Debugging improvements.

• Distributed transactions enhancement that should help in building high-traffic scenarios.

• New workflow features.

• New profiling APIs that are less susceptible to unexpected shutdowns.

Different packages are available for .NET Framework 4.5.2 that has language packs and a Developer Pack for targeting the 4.5.2 Framework, Web and Offline installers, and 4.5.2 runtime. If you want to catch the Web installer for the new version, then visit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643

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