Replace AboutDialog with AboutPage.

ILSpy/AboutDialog.xaml

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<Window x:Class="ICSharpCode.ILSpy.AboutDialog" x:ClassModifier="internal"
-        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
-        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ICSharpCode.ILSpy"
-        Title="About ILSpy"
-        Style="{DynamicResource DialogWindow}"
-        ResizeMode="NoResize"
-        WindowStartupLocation="CenterOwner"
-        SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">
-	<StackPanel Margin="8">
-		<TextBlock TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow" FontSize="12">
-			ILSpy version <Run Text="{x:Static local:AboutDialog.Version}"/>.<LineBreak/>
-			Copyright 2011 by AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop Team.<LineBreak/>
-			Website: <Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.ilspy.net/">http://www.ilspy.net/</Hyperlink><LineBreak/>
-			<LineBreak/>
-			This software makes use of the following open-source projects:<LineBreak/>
-			<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.mono-project.com/Cecil">Mono.Cecil</Hyperlink> (reading IL)<LineBreak/>
-			<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.avalonedit.net/">ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit</Hyperlink><LineBreak/>
-			<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://www.sharpdevelop.net/">SharpDevelop</Hyperlink> components (SharpTreeView, NRefactory)<LineBreak/>
-		</TextBlock>
-		<Button IsCancel="True" HorizontalAlignment="Center">Close</Button>
-	</StackPanel>
-</Window>

ILSpy/AboutDialog.xaml.cs

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2011 AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop Team
-// 
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
-// software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
-// without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
-// publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
-// to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-// 
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
-// substantial portions of the Software.
-// 
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
-// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-// PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
-// FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Windows;
-using System.Windows.Controls;
-using System.Windows.Data;
-using System.Windows.Documents;
-using System.Windows.Input;
-using System.Windows.Media;
-
-namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
-{
-	/// <summary>
-	/// Interaction logic for AboutDialog.xaml
-	/// </summary>
-	partial class AboutDialog : Window
-	{
-		public AboutDialog()
-		{
-			InitializeComponent();
-		}
-		
-		public static string Version {
-			get { return RevisionClass.FullVersion; }
-		}
-	}
-}

ILSpy/AboutPage.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// Copyright (c) AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop Team (for details please see \doc\copyright.txt)
+// This code is distributed under MIT X11 license (for details please see \doc\license.txt)
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler;
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TextView;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
+{
+	static class AboutPage
+	{
+		static AvailableVersionInfo latestAvailableVersion;
+		
+		public static void Display(DecompilerTextView textView)
+		{
+			AvalonEditTextOutput output = new AvalonEditTextOutput();
+			output.WriteLine("ILSpy version " + RevisionClass.FullVersion);
+			output.AddUIElement(
+				delegate {
+					StackPanel stackPanel = new StackPanel();
+					stackPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal;
+					if (latestAvailableVersion == null) {
+						Button button = new Button();
+						button.Content = "Check for updates";
+						button.Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
+						stackPanel.Children.Add(button);
+						
+						button.Click += delegate {
+							button.Content = "Checking...";
+							button.IsEnabled = false;
+							GetLatestVersion().ContinueWith(
+								delegate (Task<AvailableVersionInfo> task) {
+									try {
+										latestAvailableVersion = task.Result;
+										stackPanel.Children.Clear();
+										ShowAvailableVersion(latestAvailableVersion, stackPanel);
+									} catch (Exception ex) {
+										AvalonEditTextOutput exceptionOutput = new AvalonEditTextOutput();
+										exceptionOutput.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+										textView.Show(exceptionOutput);
+									}
+								}, TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
+						};
+					} else {
+						// we already retrieved the latest version sometime earlier
+						ShowAvailableVersion(latestAvailableVersion, stackPanel);
+					}
+					return stackPanel;
+				});
+			output.WriteLine();
+			output.WriteLine();
+			using (Stream s = typeof(AboutPage).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(typeof(AboutPage), "README.txt")) {
+				using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(s)) {
+					string line;
+					while ((line = r.ReadLine()) != null)
+						output.WriteLine(line);
+				}
+			}
+			textView.Show(output);
+		}
+		
+		static void ShowAvailableVersion(AvailableVersionInfo availableVersion, StackPanel stackPanel)
+		{
+			Version currentVersion = new Version(RevisionClass.Major + "." + RevisionClass.Minor + "." + RevisionClass.Build + "." + RevisionClass.Revision);
+			if (currentVersion == availableVersion.Version) {
+				stackPanel.Children.Add(new Image { Width = 16, Height = 16, Source = Images.OK, Margin = new Thickness(4,0,4,0) });
+				stackPanel.Children.Add(
+					new TextBlock { Text = "You are using the latest release.",
+						VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom
+					});
+			} else if (currentVersion < availableVersion.Version) {
+				stackPanel.Children.Add(
+					new TextBlock {
+						Text = "Version " + availableVersion.Version + " is available.",
+						Margin = new Thickness(0,0,8,0),
+						VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom
+					});
+				if (availableVersion.DownloadUrl.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+				    || availableVersion.DownloadUrl.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+				{
+					Button button = new Button();
+					button.Content = "Download";
+					button.Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
+					button.Click += delegate {
+						Process.Start(availableVersion.DownloadUrl);
+					};
+					stackPanel.Children.Add(button);
+				}
+			} else {
+				stackPanel.Children.Add(new TextBlock { Text = "You are using a nightly builds newer than the latest release." });
+			}
+		}
+		
+		static Task<AvailableVersionInfo> GetLatestVersion()
+		{
+			TaskCompletionSource<AvailableVersionInfo> tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<AvailableVersionInfo>();
+			tcs.SetException(new NotImplementedException());
+			//tcs.SetResult(new AvailableVersionInfo { Version = new Version(0,2,0,37), DownloadUrl = "http://www.ilspy.net/" });
+			return tcs.Task;
+		}
+		
+		sealed class AvailableVersionInfo
+		{
+			public Version Version;
+			public string DownloadUrl;
+		}
+	}
+}

ILSpy/ILSpy.csproj

@@ -72,10 +72,7 @@
     <ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="AboutDialog.xaml.cs">
-      <DependentUpon>AboutDialog.xaml</DependentUpon>
-      <SubType>Code</SubType>
-    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="AboutPage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
       <DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
@@ -101,10 +98,14 @@
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\README.txt">
+      <Link>README.txt</Link>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
     <Resource Include="Images\AssemblyList.png" />
     <Resource Include="Images\AssemblyWarning.png" />
     <Resource Include="Images\ViewCode.png" />
     <Resource Include="Images\SaveFile.png" />
+    <Resource Include="Images\OK.png" />
     <None Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.template.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\WPFAssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cs">
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="TextView\ILAsm-Mode.xshd" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Page Include="AboutDialog.xaml" />
     <Page Include="MainWindow.xaml" />
     <Page Include="OpenFromGacDialog.xaml" />
     <Page Include="TextView\DecompilerTextView.xaml">

ILSpy/Images/Images.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 		
 		public static readonly BitmapImage ViewCode = LoadBitmap("ViewCode");
 		public static readonly BitmapImage Save = LoadBitmap("SaveFile");
+		public static readonly BitmapImage OK = LoadBitmap("OK");
 		
 		public static readonly BitmapImage Assembly = LoadBitmap("Assembly");
 		public static readonly BitmapImage AssemblyWarning = LoadBitmap("AssemblyWarning");

ILSpy/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 			if (assemblyList.Assemblies.Count == 0)
 				LoadInitialAssemblies();
 			
-			SelectNode(FindNodeByPath(sessionSettings.ActiveTreeViewPath, true));
+			SharpTreeNode node = FindNodeByPath(sessionSettings.ActiveTreeViewPath, true);
+			if (node != null)
+				SelectNode(node);
+			else
+				AboutPage.Display(decompilerTextView);
 		}
 		
 		void ShowAssemblyList(AssemblyList assemblyList)
@@ -293,9 +297,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 		
 		void AboutClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 		{
-			AboutDialog dlg = new AboutDialog();
-			dlg.Owner = this;
-			dlg.ShowDialog();
+			AboutPage.Display(decompilerTextView);
 		}
 		
 		void OpenFromGac_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

ILSpy/TextView/DecompilerTextView.cs

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TextView
 			textEditor.TextArea.TextView.ElementGenerators.Add(referenceElementGenerator);
 			this.uiElementGenerator = new UIElementGenerator();
 			textEditor.TextArea.TextView.ElementGenerators.Add(uiElementGenerator);
-			textEditor.Text = "Welcome to ILSpy!";
+			textEditor.Options.RequireControlModifierForHyperlinkClick = false;
 		}
 		#endregion
 		
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TextView
 		/// Shows the given output in the text view.
 		/// Cancels any currently running decompilation tasks.
 		/// </summary>
-		public void Show(AvalonEditTextOutput textOutput, IHighlightingDefinition highlighting)
+		public void Show(AvalonEditTextOutput textOutput, IHighlightingDefinition highlighting = null)
 		{
 			// Cancel the decompilation task:
 			if (currentCancellationTokenSource != null) {

README.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.
+Website: http://www.ilspy.net/
 
 Copyright 2011 AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop team
 License: ILSpy is MIT/X11
 
 Included open-source libraries:
+ Mono.Cecil: MIT/X11 (thanks to Jb Evain)
  AvalonEdit: LGPL
- Mono.Cecil: MIT/X11
  SharpTreeView: LGPL
+ ICSharpCode.Decompiler: MIT/X11 (developed as part of ILSpy)
 
-This early version was hastily created by Daniel Grunwald after RedGate announced that Reflector would no longer
-be available for free.
+ILSpy Contributors:
+	Daniel Grunwald
+	David Srbecky