What's new in QuickOPC 2023.1: Difference between revisions
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* Created a new object, {{Style=Identifier|CertificateGenerationParameters}}, with settings that influence how the certificates are generated. You can set the maximum expiration date, minimum key size, and/or the validity period in months. For creation of application instance certificates, these parameters can be changed in the new {{Style=Identifier|InstanceCertificateGenerationParameters}} property of the {{Style=Identifier|UAClientServerApplicationParameters}} object. | * Created a new object, {{Style=Identifier|CertificateGenerationParameters}}, with settings that influence how the certificates are generated. You can set the maximum expiration date, minimum key size, and/or the validity period in months. For creation of application instance certificates, these parameters can be changed in the new {{Style=Identifier|InstanceCertificateGenerationParameters}} property of the {{Style=Identifier|UAClientServerApplicationParameters}} object. | ||
* The auto-generation of client instance certificate is now skipped when the effective endpoint selection policy only allows connections with no message security. | * The auto-generation of client instance certificate is now skipped when the effective endpoint selection policy only allows connections with no message security. | ||
* The {{Style=Identifier|IEasyUAApplication}}.{{Style=Identifier|RemoveInstanceCertificate}} method now takes an additional boolean argument, specifying whether the certificate must be present in the certificate store. | * The {{Style=Identifier|IEasyUAApplication}}.{{Style=Identifier|RemoveInstanceCertificate}} method now takes an additional boolean argument, specifying whether the certificate must be present in the certificate store. An extension method without the additional argument is also available. | ||
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Revision as of 12:07, 20 December 2022
See also: Versions; Previous version: What's new in QuickOPC 2022.2
Internal version number: 5.71
Key changes:
Targeting
- .NET runtimes: Added support for .NET 7.
- .NET runtimes: Removed support for .NET Core 3.1.
Component Improvements
OPC UA Client-Server
- When the effective endpoint selection policy only allows connection with no message security, the client instance certificate is not used when creating the OPC UA session.
OPC UA Administration and PKI
- Created a new object, CertificateGenerationParameters, with settings that influence how the certificates are generated. You can set the maximum expiration date, minimum key size, and/or the validity period in months. For creation of application instance certificates, these parameters can be changed in the new InstanceCertificateGenerationParameters property of the UAClientServerApplicationParameters object.
- The auto-generation of client instance certificate is now skipped when the effective endpoint selection policy only allows connections with no message security.
- The IEasyUAApplication.RemoveInstanceCertificate method now takes an additional boolean argument, specifying whether the certificate must be present in the certificate store. An extension method without the additional argument is also available.
Component Refactorings
OPC UA Administration and PKI
- The default lifetime of auto-generated application instance certificate is now 60 months (5 years), regardless of whether you target .NET Framework, or .NET 6+. Previously, the default was 600 months (50 years) for .NET Framework, and 12 months (1 year) otherwise.
Development Productivity
Code Analysis
- When the Visual Studio extension is installed, it provides additional code analysis specifically aimed at the proper usage of QuickOPC APIs, and OPC in general. Affected places are marked up with "squiggles" directly in the code, and also appear as warnings (or other message severities) in the Error List window.
Tools and Online Services
All Command-Line Tools
- The .NET build configurations of the command-line tools now target .NET 7.
- In table output, values in columns with data of enumerated types are now automatically colorized, allowing quick visual distinction between the distinct enum values.
Examples
OPC UA Client-Server
- Added C# example showing how to set the validity period of the auto-generated application instance certificate.
