Hi Florian,

The project doesn't get any of my time these days due to other family and work commitments. I posted around looking for volunteers to contribute to the project. I got lots of volunteers, but they never actually contributed anything. I've thought about hosting the code base over in github, to make it easier for people to branch the code. If you were interested in volunteering, would using Git make it easier to play with the thing? If so, I'd be willing to give the conversion a try in the new year.

As for the issue of the designer requiring 2005; that's not true. The system is a LINQ query provider that therefore assumes the presence of .NET 3.5 and thus VS.NET 2008. I've found that most bug reports pertain to the installer of the designer, but there are so many OS, runtime, and VS.NET SKU combinations that I have not been able to check many of them. I don't have the resources to check them all. That was one of the things I need volunteers for.

I should also say that the designer is a very non-essential part of the system, all you really require is linqtordf.dll somewhere in your path. I've often regretted producing the designer, since its lack of support draws attention away from the core component which is the query provider.

Hope that helps.