Here is a bullet list of the changes.
- Mole v4.2 now supports using Mole with WorkFlow (WF) applications. A new test bench project for WF was added to the Source and Test Benches solution.
- “The Rock Star Hack of 2008!” – We at Team Mole have been trying for a long time to figure out a generic way for developers to launch Mole. Josh “Rock Star” Smith has finally breached this stone wall with his awesome hack. Mole has been modified so that Visual Studio can reconginze System.WeakReference as a supported Type that Mole can visualize. By using the WeakRefernce object as a wrapper, Mole can now be launched using any object type.
This release of Mole will change the way developers debug, period. Using the Rock Star Hack of 2008, you can launch Mole using any object type. You no longer have to have a specific Type attribute in the Mole.Visualizer.dll file to start Mole. Read the new article and watch the new video on launching Mole using the WeakReference object. You will be amazed!
Josh Smith wrote an outstanding blog entry, The Rock Star Hack of 2008 that explains this feature in great detail.
While I was adding the new Workflow Test Bench program and getting Mole and WF all figured out, I ran into a bump in the carpet. I finally figured out what was causing the program.
Andrew Smith of Team Mole has blogged about this issue and you can read his blog entry SyncHashtable is not enumerable…
Mole’s Home Page – Download New Release Mole v4.2 and Updated PDF Manual
We suggest that you have a look at the videos that have been posted on YouTube. I added three more today.
1. View Video Mole v4.2 How Visualizers Are Started Up By Visual Studio
2. View Video Mole v4.2 With WorkFlow (WF) Applications
3. View Video Mole v4.2 New Generic Way To Start Mole, The Rock Star Hack!
View Mole Video Series On YouTube
Hope you enjoy and use Mole!
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