XProtect 2021 R1 is being released as we speak. Let me highlight a few of the MIP SDK features we find there!
1. F1 Help in Visual Studio for MIP SDK .NET members
You can now get context-sensitive F1 Help in Visual Studio for MIP SDK .NET members, as it is known from F1 Help on .NET Framework members.
· Click a member, like a VideoOS. class or a method, and press F1 => the online documentation for the particular member opens
2. The MIP SDK is now available for modern online download – GitHub, NuGet
XProtect 2021 R1 is the first release where the MIP SDK is delivered through commonly used online sites.
· NET Framework .dlls (binaries) are available on NuGet (use the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio, or download from here).
· Code Samples are available on GitHub here
· Visual Studio Templates are available as Visual Studio Extensions on Visual Studio Marketplace
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!Please note
· The binary packages on NuGet include the VideoOS assemblies and the dependent package references, AND other binaries they depend on. This means, that you don’t have to do the usual post-build copying, as Visual Studio will unpack and deploy the dependencies in the NuGet packages as part of the build.
· Both the Samples and the Visual Studio Templates are now utilizing the MIP SDK Packages on NuGet as “PackageReferences”. This means that you have to build the project before the package(s) is actually downloaded and referenced by Visual Studio.
· The NuGet Packages are only available for 64-bit binaries. To get the 32-bit x86 binaries, you have to download the “classic” MIP SDK installer, as usual. Please refer to the Release Notes about the further life of the classic MIP SDK installer.
· We have added two new small installers containing the additional tool and utilities. One is for runtime deployments (like Stable FPS), the other for development installations (like the F1 Help, as described above).
· Two new installers, downloadable from the well-known Milestone Download Center <link, smart, like Download our VMS in the version and language you need | Milestone Systems >