What's new in QuickOPC 2023.1

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.

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.