Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Offline Installer Available For Download

 

Microsoft released a new version of the Framework. That includes updates to, high-resolution screens and better profiling ASP.NET, including upgrades.

The. NET Fundamentals team announced. NET Framework 4.5.2 on his blog yesterday, calling it “highly compatible upgrade for the.NET Framework 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1.”

Some of the most significant improvements relate to ASP.NET. A set of new APIs have been released, including HttpResponseBase.AddOnSendingHeaders HttpResponse.AddOnSendingHeaders and methods. These methods should be higher PreSendRequestContent PreSendRequestHeaders and events, according to Microsoft.

Async is a boost to the HostingEnvironment.QueueBackgroundWorkItem method to schedule work items light background. “ASP.NET monitoring these elements and prevents IIS from the abrupt termination of the labor process until all the background work items are completed, “the blog states.

Visual Studio developers who work with high-resolution displays will like the ability to add design functionality - in response. Called “High DPI setting " , which is an opt-in feature that scales up to many Windows Forms controls correctly. An example is a control ToolStipComboBox blog shows a red error glyph. The glyph is almost impossible to see in high resolution without high DPI. With it, however, is clear.

Other changes include:

• Distributed transactions enhancement that should help in building high-traffic scenarios.
• New profiling APIs that are less susceptible to unexpected shutdowns.
• 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.
• New workflow features.

A number of packages are available for the .NET Framework 4.5.2, including Web and Offline installers, language packs and a Developer Pack for targeting both the 4.5.2 Framework and 4.5.2 runtime.
The .NET Framework was last updated to version 4.5.1 in October 2013. The Web installer for the new version is available from the Microsoft Download Center.