SharpDX2.2 new version released

This is a maintenance release, mainly to support new Windows 8 Release Preview. Starting with 2.2 version, SharpDX for Metro App is only compatible with Windows 8 Release Preview.

Lots of improvements and bug fixes, check the following details:

Core API

• Fix issue with Reflection.Emit not compatible with Win8 Release Preview. Using Linq.Expressions instead.

Graphics API

Direct3D11 / Direct3D11.1

• New constants for ComputeShaderStage and PixelShaderStage
• New UpdateSubresourceSafe method to support workaround for deferred context with non null resource region (see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2010/07/28/known-issue-direct3d-11-updatesubresource-and-deferred-contexts.aspx)
• Fix issue #195. DeviceContext.UpdateSubresource is now public

MediaFoundation

• Project started. Not yet available but a MediaPlayer will be available soon for Windows 8 Metro App.

WIC

• Fix bug in ComStreamShadow.Seek, newPosition can be null

Sound API

X3DAudio / XAudio2

• The project/assembly X3DAudio is removed and is now part of XAudio2. In order to use X3DAudio, you only have to reference XAudio2.

Samples API

• All samples have been ported to use new Windows 8 RP. Lots of small breaking changes
• Add property DrawingPosition to CommonDX.SurfaceImageSourceTarget for Win8.
• Update MiniCube to demonstrate how to handle resize and fullscreen

Build

• Add support for building all desktop from Visual Studio 2012 with Windows SDK 7.1 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279) without the need to have Visual Studio 2010 installed.