What's New?

XMLBlueprint 7.1

New features:

  • Default Schemas.

Improvements:

  • XML Completion (/ and >).
  • XSLT Completion (HTML and other namespaces).

Bugs solved:

  • Cannot undo in XPath Evaluator.
  • Whitespace in XSLT output not ok.
  • Small errors in Outline tab.
  • Small errors in Files tab.

XMLBlueprint 7.0

New features:

  • Windows 7.
  • Folding.
  • MSXML6.
  • ISO Schematron (Syntax Coloring, Validation and Easy XML Completion).

Improvements:

  • It's now possible to associate an XML Document with an XSLT Stylesheet, using the "Setup XSLT Transformation" dialog and run the transformation.
  • Multi Select in XPath Evaluation results.

Bugs solved:

  • Cannot update indent in active document (in Indentation Preferences dialog) when "Detect indent when a document is opened" is selected.
  • Doesn't work under Windows 7 (hangs at startup).
  • Not all controls support IME.
  • Accelerators (F in &File) do not work properly when IME is active.
  • Wrong fonts are used under Japanese Windows XP.

XMLBlueprint 6.4

Bugs solved:

  • Cannot preview in Output Window when Internet Explorer 8 is installed.
  • XMLBlueprint doesn't start when the system font has a Chinese (actually non-English) name.

XMLBlueprint 6.3

Improvements:

  • Dialog to control XML Formatting, including which elements should not be formatted ('verbatim').
  • FTP access is now passive (more firewall-friendly).
  • New in Outline Tab and XPath Tab: Copy Text of Node & Copy XML of Node.

Bugs solved:

  • Selection of words (double click) is not compatible with other applications.
  • Copy/paste does not work in Go to Line dialog.
  • Sometimes, elements are shown more than once in drop-down list during XML Completion.
  • Some web pages cannot be loaded into XMLBlueprint when they are 'zipped' (HTTP protocol).
  • Search results in Help are not always correct.

XMLBlueprint 6.2

A few bugs were solved.

Bugs solved:

  • (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

A few bugs were solved.

Improvements:

  • Element Selector

Bugs solved:

  • 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 features:

  • 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

Many exciting new XML Refactoring features.

New features:

  • 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.

Improvements:

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

Changes:

  • '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

Many improvements.

Improvements

  • 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.

Bugs solved

  • 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

We are very excited about this release! It contains important new features, such as Text Wrapping and OASIS XML Catalogs and we have made a lot of improvements.

New features:

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

Improvements:

  • 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.

Bugs solved:

  • 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

In this release most of the improvements are based on user feedback.

Improvements:

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

Bugs solved:

  • 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

This release solves some annoying bugs.

Bugs solved:

  • 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

Easy XML Completion based on Relax NG schemas is much improved. There are some gui improvements and a few minor bugs are solved.

Improvements:

  • 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.

Bugs solved:

  • 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

New features:

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

Improvements

  • Shortcuts for user tools.
  • Auto-save files before running tool.

XMLBlueprint 4.1

New features:

  • 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).

Improvements:

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

Bugs solved:

  • 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

New features:

  • 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.

Improvements:

  • 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).

Minor bugs solved:

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

XMLBlueprint 3.9.1220

XMLBlueprint now supports Tavultesoft Keyman on all Windows versions. This makes it a lot easier to edit XML documents in many different languages without changing your physical keyboard.

XMLBlueprint 3.8.1111

This versions solves a few memory problems.

XMLBlueprint 3.8.1007

The highlights of this version:

  • 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

We mainly improved the user support:

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

XMLBlueprint 3.6.0512

The following bugs were solved:

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

XMLBlueprint 3.6.0422

Improvements:

  • 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

Bug solved:

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