What's new?

XMLBlueprint 6.2

•	(X)HTML is not displayed in the output window (tab 'Browser'). For example, see Quick Start examples "How to preview XHTML" and "How to transform an XML document, using XSLT".
•	In Explorer, tab "Files": F5 (Refresh Folder) doesn't work.
•	After <book> press Enter. The newly created line does not indent correctly.

XMLBlueprint 6.1

•	Element Selector

•	Press and hold Ctrl Shift and F (to format an XML document), then release F and Ctlr (hold Shift). The selection now behaves strangely until another application is focused.
•	Sometimes, when XMLBlueprint is started by clicking on an XML document, the document is actually opened, but an error message is displayed: "Cannot open file".
•	Formatting indents Javascript in XHTML.
•	Bookmarks are sometimes copied.
•	When a file is saved, the indentation should be checked.
•	Chinese (actually non-English) font names are shown as ????? (question marks).
•	CML schemas are old.
•	In Properties dialog an empty System ID is displayed as "/".
•	No CSS completion when line is empty.

XMLBlueprint 6.0

•	New 3D Look (Icons, TABs, etc.).
•	Block Indicator.
•	Line Revision Indicator.
•	CSS, HTML, Javascript: - Syntax Coloring. - Smart Indent. - Easy Completion.
•	Follow Hyperlink (Ctrl+Click).
•	Scrollable TABs with Close buttons.
•	Auto-detect Indent when a document is opened.
•	Add to Templates.
•	Block Undo/Redo.
•	Support for Compressed HTTP (GZip).
•	New Options Dialogs.
•	Improved Files Explorer and FTP/WebDAV dialogs.
•	Auto-learn structure when XML Document has no reference to DTD or Schema.
•	Improved Welcome Screen.
•	DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange).
•	Updated Templates: - CML 2.1. - DeveloperWorks 5.9. - DITA 1.1. - DocBook 5.0.
•	Faster Resizing.

XMLBlueprint 5.1

•	Smart Comment/Uncomment.
•	Join Elements/Split Element.
•	Rename Elements.
•	Rename Namespace Prefix.
•	Copy Text in Selection, Delete Text in Selection, Lowercase Text in Selection, Uppercase Text in Selection.
•	Print in color and landscape (printer settings).
•	Smart Indent of Selected Lines.
•	Use ':' to skip namespace prefix in XML Completion.

•	Caret doesn't move after operations such as 'Format Document'.
•	Shift+Ctrl is now Ctrl+Shift.
•	Disabled icons are improved.

•	'Tidy' (Ctrl+T) is now called 'Format Document' (Ctrl+Shift+F).
•	'Indent' is now called 'Increase Indent' (Tab).
•	'Unindent' is now called 'Decrease Indent' (Shift+Tab).
•	'Open URL' has now shortcut Ctrl+Shift+O (was Ctrl+U).

XMLBlueprint 5.0

•	XML Completion: - Much improved context-sensibility. - Font in drop down is now the same as editor's font. - Automatically add closing tag (</element> or />). - Automatically add mandatory attributes and elements. - Select item by pressing ">". - Home, End, PgUp, PgDown. - CDATA (<![CDATA[]]>) and Comment (<!---->).
•	Create New XML Document Wizard now supports "Add option content" and "Add first particle within choice".
•	XML Completion without a schema.
•	XPath evaluator is much faster.
•	Find Previous/Find Next: - accepts selection - continues at begin of document when end of document is reached.
•	New menu item: Windows.

•	XML without BOM (Byte Order Mark) is treated as ASCII, should be UTF-8.
•	TAB order errors.
•	Outline and XPath Evaluator - problems with CDATA and entities. - cannot select text. - no horizontal scrollbar.
•	File dialogs only have "All Files" as file type.
•	Root element in Assign Schema dialog does not accept Unicode.
•	HTML encoding is not detected.
•	Many dialogs flicker when resizing.
•	Running XSLT transformation results in "OK" instead of tranformation output.
•	Sun JDK 1.4 uses older Xalan version, instead of XMLBlueprint's newer version.
•	Pressing F9 to run XSL transform takes focus away from editor.
•	Non-standard keyboard shortcuts.

XMLBlueprint 4.6

•	Text wrapping (optional).
•	OASIS XML Catalogs.
•	Libxml2 and Libxslt.
•	XSLT 2.0.

•	The XML Completion dropdown now has a scrollbar.
•	Codepage IBM437 is now supported.
•	The caret in the editor remembers horizontal position when moving up and down.
•	We separated File>New in File>New and File>New from Template.
•	Syntax coloring is optional.

•	XMLBlueprint cannot start with multiple files.
•	During XSLT transformation, the DTD in the XML Document is not loaded.
•	The editor's background is always white.
•	FTP/WebDAV dialog does not remember position.

XMLBlueprint 4.5

•	Typing <element> will automatically add the close tag, </element>.
•	Correct indentation after pressing [enter].
•	When whitespace is visible, TABs are displayed as | instead of ».

•	Unwanted scrollbars may appear in XML Completion's drop down.
•	Error message "Cannot find XML Schema for namespace {...}" is shown, even when the namespace is not actually used in the document.
•	Red error line should dissapear when document is reloaded.
•	No feedback message is displayed (e.g., "Updating XML Completion ...") when updating XML Completion for a Relax NG schema.
•	Sometimes a folder is 'locked' by XMLBlueprint: the folder cannot be removed while XMLBlueprint is running.

XMLBlueprint 4.4

•	It is not possible to add a new tool: when XMLBlueprint restarts, any changes are forgotten.
•	Layout problems when XMLBlueprint runs on a 120 DPI display.
•	Tidy separates empty elements (<element></element>).
•	No XML Completion for nodes in output namespace in XSLT Stylesheets.
•	XPath errors when parent of root node is selected.
•	Colors and 3D effects are not confirm Windows XP themes.

XMLBlueprint 4.3

•	Relax NG Completion (merging of grammars, combining of definitions) - solves SVG 1.2 and CNXML 0.5 problems.
•	To close a tab, middle-click the tab.
•	Added shortcut Ctrl-H to replace text (Ctrl-R still works).
•	Snippets: use | to indicate caret (text cursor) when there's no selection.

•	Setup XSLT Transformation dialog (icons were missing).
•	Edit snippets dialog (problems with newline and clipboard).
•	Added -i option to JING (do not check ID/IDREF) - solves error message "conflicting ID-types for attribute ...".

XMLBlueprint 4.2

•	XPath Expression Evaluator.
•	Relax NG (Syntax Coloring, Validation and Easy XML Completion).
•	Sites.
•	Snippets.
•	XML Element Selector.
•	Pre-installed XML validators and XSLT processors.
•	Example directory.
•	Shortcuts overview.

•	Shortcuts for user tools.

XMLBlueprint 4.1

•	File types are identified by an icon (colored square).
•	Open documents (tabs) can be reordered by drag & drop.
•	Preview of XML Document in Output Window.
•	Reopen documents at startup (optional).

•	Validate XML Documents without saving.
•	Auto-detect file type of tool output.

•	Oracle Database and WebDAV.
•	Tidy puts entities on new line, should be treated as text instead.
•	Number of trial days on certain non-English version of Windows is zero from the start.
•	XSLT completion does not work in the context of a non-XSLT namespace.
•	Exporer is slow when viewing large documents.

XMLBlueprint 4.0

•	Major improvements in XML Outline (syntax coloring; toolbar; show/hide certain node types; remember which nodes are open).
•	Assign DTD or XML Schema dialog (when opening a new XML Document).
•	Indentation dialog to choose between spaces or tabs.
•	Schemas Cache (faster validation; validate offline).
•	Bookmarks.

•	Validate XML Document without saving.
•	File>New templates.
•	Tidy and Indent/Unindent.
•	Status Bar (accepts Unicode characters; Unicode value of the character under the cursor).
•	Colors dialog (improved layout; cancel button).
•	Run as administrator or non-administrator.
•	Faster loading of documents.
•	XML Completion (<!ATTLIST>; <!ELEMENT>; <!ENTITY>; <!NOTATION>; the <any> element).
•	XSLT Transformation (run without saving; syntax coloring in output window).

•	FTP/WebDAV dialogs.
•	Customize Tools dialog.
•	Multi monitor support.
•	WebDAV (Oracle).

XMLBlueprint 3.9.1220

XMLBlueprint 3.8.1111

XMLBlueprint 3.8.1007

•	Easy XML Completion. XMLBlueprint will automatically support context-sensitive XML Completion for any XML Document with a reference to a valid DTD or XML Schema. In the previous versions the schema had to be registered in the Schemas Catalog, that's no longer needed.
•	UTF-8 files can now be written with or without a Byte Order Mark (BOM). Default is no BOM.
•	Working with files on the Internet (via ftp, http, https or webDAV) is now easier than ever. There's now a separate OpenURL dialog for directly (down-)loading any file from the Internet. The FTP and WebDAV dialogs were improved and are a lot clearer now.
•	Improved support for the mouse wheel.

XMLBlueprint 3.7

•	Welcome Screen.
•	Task-based Help manual.
•	Tip of the Day.

XMLBlueprint 3.6.0512

•	Error messages are not modal.
•	Sometimes a "Garbage Colleciton Failed!" message is displayed when XMLBlueprint is closed.

XMLBlueprint 3.6.0422

•	Improved Shell support (Desktop, My Computer, etc.).
•	Improved FTP support (UTF-8).
•	Improved WebDAV support (locking).
•	Improved XML tips (better support for XSLT, entities).
•	Improved Unicode support.
•	Many bug fixes.

XMLBlueprint 3.5.0127

•	There was a small bug in version 3.5.0114: Sometimes an access violation occurs when opening the Select Fonts dialog.

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Welcome!

Introducing XMLBlueprint

Working with files

Working with text

Creating and Editing XML

Validating XML

Working with XSLT and XPath

Working with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Working with OASIS XML Catalogs

Customizing XMLBlueprint

Non-English Support

Appendix