What's new?
XMLBlueprint 22
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| • | Modern GUI Design and Icons. |
| • | XSLT Attribute Value Templates (AVT) are now supported. |
| • | XSLT Shadow Attributes are now supported. |
| • | In Setup XSLT Scenario the XSLT Parameters are now specified in XPath. |
| • | In Setup XSLT Scenario the XML Input is now optional. |
| • | XPath Tooltips are improved. |
XMLBlueprint 21
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| • | XPath Completion in XPath Viewer. |
| • | XPath Completion in Schematron. |
| • | XPath Completion in XProc 3.0. |
| • | XPath Completion in XSLT. |
| • | Security levels in Schematron. |
XMLBlueprint 20
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| • | Automatic validation of XML against DTD. |
| • | Automatic validation of XML against Relax NG Schema. |
| • | Automatic validation of XML against Schematron. |
| • | Automatic validation of XML against XML Schema. |
| • | Automatic validation of DTD. |
| • | Automatic validation of Relax NG Schema. |
| • | Automatic validation of Schematron. |
| • | Automatic validation of XML Schema. |
| • | Automatic validation of XSLT. |
| • | Dynamic code completion for Relax NG Schema. |
| • | Dynamic code completion for Schematron. |
| • | Dynamic code completion for XProc 3.0. |
| • | Dynamic code completion for XML Schema. |
| • | Dynamic code completion for XSLT. |
| • | More accurate Schematron errors. |
| • | XProc 3.0 completion and automatic validation. |
| • | JSON files are now accepted as input for XSLT transformations. |
| • | Saxon 12-2J (XSLT). |
XMLBlueprint 19
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| • | All dialogs now support dark themes. |
| • | FTPS protocol is supported. |
| • | Added support for Simplified Chinese encodings GB18030 and GBK. |
| • | Faster search. |
| • | XPath view supports JSON. |
| • | XPath view now automatically executes XPath expressions. |
| • | Saxon 11-4J (XSLT). |
| • | SchXslt 1.9.4 (Schematron). |
| • | Java 19. |
XMLBlueprint 18
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| • | XMLBlueprint is crisp and sharp on multiple 4K/High DPI monitors. Fonts and icons are resized properly. The application is Per-Monitor V2 DPI Aware. |
| • | Settings are remembered in all Find & Replace dialogs. |
| • | Choose between SchXslt Schematron and ISO Schematron. |
| • | MS Edge is now the built-in web browser. Internet Explorer was removed. |
| • | Large files are opened and closed faster than before. |
| • | Validate XML from the Command Prompt. |
| • | Saxon 10-6J (XSLT). |
| • | SchXslt 1.8.4 (Schematron). |
| • | PCRE2 10.37 (Regular Expressions). |
| • | Java 17. |
XMLBlueprint 17
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| • | XSLT higher order functions are available without an additional Saxon license (Saxon 10.1). |
| • | XPath coloring is much more accurate. |
| • | XPath static errors are underlined. |
| • | JSON outline looks similar to the actual JSON data. |
| • | Java 14. |
| • | Improvement of the interface in French (Interface améliorée en français). |
| • | Improvement of the interface in German (Verbesserung der deutschsprachigen Schnittstelle). |
| • | Improvement of the interface in Spanish (Mejora de la interfaz en español). |
| • | XProc 1.0 and XProc 3.0 completion (preliminary). |
| • | Security vulnerability CVE-2019-19032 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-19032) was fixed in version 17.2020.09.21. |
XMLBlueprint 16
New features:
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| • | Projects. |
| • | Dark Mode. |
| • | Saxon-EE XML Schema validator. |
Improvements:
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| • | Many smaller UI improvements. |
| • | Many small bugs solved. |
| • | Java 13. |
XMLBlueprint 15
New features:
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| • | Improved 4K/High-DPI support (XMLBP is no longer 'blurry'). |
| • | XML Completion is now in color. |
| • | XPath expressions are now in color in the editor. |
| • | Red error indicator in the margin. |
| • | XHTML 5.2 completion and validation. |
| • | HTML 5.2 validation. |
Improvements:
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| • | Outline opens faster. |
| • | Synchronization between Outline and Editor is faster. |
| • | Synchronization between XPath and Editor is faster. |
| • | Many small UI improvements. |
| • | Many small bugs solved. |
| • | Java 11 (Windows 64-bits). |
XMLBlueprint 14
New features:
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| • | Run XSLT Transformations from the Command Prompt. |
Improvements:
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| • | More accurate error messages. |
| • | Supports XSLT 3.0 recommendation (Saxon 9.8) and XPath 3.1 recommendation (Saxon 9.8). |
| • | Supports Saxon 9.7 and 9.8. |
Changes:
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| • | Saxon 6 is no longer supported. |
XMLBlueprint 13
New features:
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| • | Up to three editors side by side. |
| • | Always on Top. |
| • | Full Screen. |
| • | Go To Definition. |
Improvements:
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| • | Many smaller tweaks. |
| • | Faster startup. |
XMLBlueprint 12
New features:
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| • | JavaScript is supported in CSV to XML conversions. |
| • | JavaScript is supported in Excel to XML conversions. |
| • | Support for ZIP-based archives such as EPUB, KMZ, ODF, and OOXML. |
| • | JSON Formatter. |
| • | JSON Validator. |
Improvements:
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| • | No more panic mode. |
| • | Improved file menu. |
| • | Improved XSLT dialog. |
| • | Faster opening, saving & closing of files, escpecially many files at once. |
| • | Faster validation by caching schemas. |
XMLBlueprint 11
New features:
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| • | Regular expressions are supported in all searches. |
Improvements:
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| • | It's now possible to search for nodes in the default namespace wihout using the 'default' prefix (XPath 2.0 and up). |
| • | Faster search & replace. |
| • | Faster validation. |
| • | CSV to XML dialogs. |
| • | Excel to XML dialogs. |
Changes:
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| • | Format \uHHHH is not longer supported, instead use \x{HHHH} or \xHH. |
XMLBlueprint 10.9
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message: "Cannot create backup". |
| • | Error message: "Invalid URL". |
| • | Error message: "The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it." |
New features:
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| • | New script: ReplaceText. |
XMLBlueprint 10.8
New features:
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| • | Call XMLBlueprint from the Command Prompt. |
Improvements:
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| • | CSV to XML dialogs. |
| • | Excel to XML dialogs. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Sometimes Sample XML Generator produces XML containing "Access violation ...". |
| • | Cannot save files on some WebDAV servers (error message: "Cannot create backup"). |
XMLBlueprint 10.7
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 10.6
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 10.5
Improvements:
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| • | ComplexType with SimpleContent. |
| • | Schematron support. |
| • | XML Generator. |
Bug fixes:
XMLBlueprint 10.4
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 10.3
New features:
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| • | Supports the <?xml-model?> processing instruction to associate an XML Document with one or more schemas. |
XMLBlueprint 10.2
Improvements:
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| • | Validate all open documents. |
| • | XML Completion while deleting text. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Some WebDAV servers are not accessible. |
XMLBlueprint 10.1
Improvements:
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| • | Faster scrolling in large documents. |
| • | Faster synchronization from Outline to Editor. |
| • | Overlay icons. |
| • | Hyperlinks in Updates dialog. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | XSLT streaming results in NullPointer exception. |
| • | Access Violation in Excel to XML tool. |
| • | Files downloaded from Microsoft WebDAV server are sometimes truncated. |
| • | Some warnings are displayed as fatal errors. |
| • | (S)FTP/WebDAV dialog. |
XMLBlueprint 10
New features:
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| • | XMLBlueprint 64-bit. |
| • | Color Schemes. |
| • | Schema Viewer. |
Improvements:
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| • | Underlining of current element. |
| • | Underlining of all errors. |
| • | Annotations of elements and errors. |
| • | Indentation indicators. |
| • | Generate Sample XML: Much faster. |
| • | Generate Sample XML: Suport for IDREFS and SimpleType Union. |
XMLBlueprint 9.14
Bug fixes:
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| • | Cannot save file on WebDAV server. |
XMLBlueprint 9.13
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 9.12
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 9.11
Bug fixes:
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| • | XMLSchema's Substitution Groups are not supported. |
XMLBlueprint 9.10
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 9.9
Bug fixes.
XMLBlueprint 9.8
Faster, faster, faster!
XMLBlueprint 9.7
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message: "Content is not allowed in prolog" when validating XML files with encoding UTF-16 using Xerces. |
| • | Ampersand is not encoded as "&" when converting CSV or Excel to XML. |
| • | XSLT 3.0 completion is not up-to-date. |
| • | Attributes view does not underline default attribute values. |
| • | Saxon warnings are treated as errors. |
| • | The mouse cursor sometimes does not change back from a hand to the default. |
XMLBlueprint 9.6
New features:
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| • | Generate DTD from Sample XML. |
| • | Generate Relax NG Schema from Sample XML. |
| • | Generate XML Schema from Sample XML |
XMLBlueprint 9.5
New features:
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| • | XPath 3.0 (Saxon-PE 9 or Saxon-EE 9 License Key needed). |
| • | XSLT 3.0 (Saxon-PE 9 or Saxon-EE 9 License Key needed). |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message: "GetXSLTProcessor". (again) |
| • | xsl:result-document has same URL as application, should be URL of active XSLT Stylesheet. |
XMLBlueprint 9.4
Bug fixes:
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| • | Action "Preview in Output Again" displays the active file name, but it should display the previous active file name. |
| • | Invalid XSLT Stylesheet version (e.g., version=1.1) is not handled correctly. |
| • | Error message: "SchemaModelGroup.itemType=[4001]. |
| • | Error message: "GetXSLTProcessor". |
XMLBlueprint 9.3
New features:
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| • | Auto-delete end tag when deleting start tag. |
| • | Auto-rename end tag when editing start tag. |
| • | Auto-collapse end tag when inserting '/' in start tag. |
| • | Auto-expand end tag when deleting '/' in start tag. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Automatic detection of indentation is sometimes wrong. |
| • | Some templates have underscores instead of spaces. |
| • | Copy XPath ignores attributes. |
XMLBlueprint 9.2
Improvements:
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| • | When opening an XML document, invalid characters can now be replaced by �, the character with Unicode code U+FFFD. |
| • | The find and replace dialogs now accept Unicode characters specified in the \uNNNN format. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message "DT_DECL_ENTITY :STRING1_N_OPEN". |
XMLBlueprint 9.1
Improvements:
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| • | Color Preferences dialog. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Problems with Excel numbers. |
| • | Small memory problem may cause an Access Violation. |
XMLBlueprint 9
New features:
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| • | XPath 2.0 (when using Saxon-HE 9). |
| • | XSLT 2.0 (when using Saxon-HE 9). |
| • | Schematrons with XPath 2.0 expressions. |
| • | Built-in Relax NG Schema support. |
| • | Built-in Schematron support. |
| • | Built-in Jing support (Relax NG Schema). |
| • | Built-in Xerces support (DTD and XML Schema). |
| • | Built-in Saxon 6 support (XPath and XSLT). |
| • | Built-in Saxon-HE 9 support (XPath and XSLT). |
| • | XInclude. |
Improvements:
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| • | Java: Syntax Coloring, Easy Completion. |
No longer supported:
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| • | MSXML4. |
| • | Xalan. |
| • | Windows '98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT. |
| • | Vietnamese. |
XMLBlueprint 8.11
A nasty WebDAV bug was fixes.
XMLBlueprint 8.10
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message "Cannot execute the command at this moment, please try again later." is displayed. |
| • | During startup an error message is displayed if a WebDAV server is not responsive. |
| • | The Open File dialog does not start in same folder as the active document. |
| • | Text Declaration is ignored in DTDs. |
XMLBlueprint 8.9
Improvements:
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| • | Output Window is compatible with Internet Explorer 9. |
| • | You can run multiple instances of XMLBlueprint. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | A few bugs in Output Window were fixes. |
| • | A few WebDAV bugs were fixes. |
| • | A few username/password bugs were fixes. |
XMLBlueprint 8.8
Bug fixes:
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| • | A few bugs in Help were fixes. |
XMLBlueprint 8.7
A few bugs were fixes.
Bug fixes:
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| • | Error message in Open URL dialog. |
| • | Paragraph tokens are invisible in Editor. |
| • | XMLSchema types are shown twice in drop down. |
| • | Assert message in Search/Replace dialog. |
XMLBlueprint 8.6
New features:
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| • | XML Element Inspector. |
| • | XML Entities Inspector. |
| • | XML Model Inspector. |
| • | Dialog to associate XML Document with DTD, Relax NG Schema, or XML Schema. |
Improvements:
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| • | XPath syntax coloring. |
| • | Faster synchronization. |
| • | Import now supports XML CData Sections and XML Comments. |
| • | The following translations have been improved: Chinese (Traditional), Russian. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Generate Sample XML does not generate elements in other namespace than the namespace of the root element. |
| • | Character ~ in shortcuts dialog. |
| • | Right-click is sometimes very slow. |
XMLBlueprint 8.5
Improvements:
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| • | Generate Sample XML now supports patterns. |
| • | Much larger files can now be loaded & edited on 64-bit Windows versions. |
| • | The following translations have been improved: Chinese (Simplified). |
Bug fixes:
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| • | XPath Evaluator displays error message "The XPath query returned no results." when XML document contains a relative reference to a DTD. |
| • | XPath Evaluator stops working after a while. |
| • | Mouse wheel doesn't work in some dialogs, such as Fonts dialog. |
| • | Some problems with "default values" and "fixed values". |
| • | Some problems when working with two monitors. |
| • | In XML Error List, non-English characters are displayed as ?. |
XMLBlueprint 8.4
New features:
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| • | SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) - more secure and faster than FTP. |
Improvements:
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| • | The following translations have been improved: German, Portuguese (Brazil). |
| • | Open file from FTP or WebDAV Server dialog & Save file to FTP or WebDAV Server dialog:- breadcrumbs navigation- faster select all- no username & password visible |
| • | XML Element Selector is in color. |
| • | Environment variable JAVA_HOME is used. |
| • | DTDs are now considered UTF8. |
| • | Less out-of-memory problems. |
| • | No annoying clicking sound in XMLBlueprint's Help. |
| • | Selection colors of non-focused views have been modified to produce better readability. |
| • | XML Outline: more whitespace to produce better readability, faster resizing. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Generate Sample XML may hang. |
| • | Restart after language change may fail. |
| • | Shift+ESC in main view makes XMLBlueprint invisible. |
| • | Access Violation during XML Completion under Windows XP. |
| • | Validation of an XML Document with many errors may hang. |
| • | Learn structure of an XML Document may fail. |
| • | Sync problems with entities. |
| • | In Find Text dialog and Replace Text dialog, pasting from clipboard removes newlines and tabs. |
XMLBlueprint 8.3
Improvements:
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| • | The following translations have been improved: Italian, Portuguese, Russian. |
XMLBlueprint 8.2
New features:
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| • | New refactoring features: Surround with Element Tags, Rename Element, and Remove Element Tags. |
| • | Zoom in or out of text using the mouse wheel. |
Improvements:
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| • | XML Completion works better now when using the mouse. |
| • | The following translations have been improved: French & Spanish. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Selection problems. |
| • | Synchronization problems. |
XMLBlueprint 8.1
New features:
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| • | Drag & Drop editing in editor. |
| • | Tabs now have tooltips. |
| • | Scroll buttons next to tabs now repeat. |
Improvements:
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| • | All dialogs were updated to improve the translated versions. |
| • | The following translations have been improved: Czech, Dutch, German, Polish. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | ObjectStore_xT, assertion in line 80. |
| • | FTP is still not passive. |
| • | After validation, cursor should jump to first error. |
| • | Help>Contact Us is linked to wrong page. |
| • | When XMLBlueprint is killed in Task Manager, all open documents are lost. |
XMLBlueprint 8.0
New features:
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| • | Dockable/Floatable Views. |
| • | Synchronized XML Outline. |
| • | Synchronized XPath Evaluator. |
| • | XML Error List supports multiple errors. |
| • | XML Completion shows annotations, taken from DTD, Relax NG Schema, or XML Schema. |
Improvements:
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| • | Windows 7 (fonts, message boxes, themed dropdowns, themed menus). |
| • | Faster (startup, switching between files, Block Indicator, XML Element Selector). |
| • | Schematron diagnostistics and reports. |
| • | Options menu and View menu. |
| • | Colors dialog and Fonts dialog. |
| • | Selection shows syntax coloring. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Language switch doesn't work if user has no administrator rights. |
| • | Paste from clipboard doesn't support newlines (\n) and tabs (\t) in Find Text dialog and Replace Text dialog. |
| • | Shortcuts are not resolved (Windows 7). |
| • | File association problem (Windows 2003 Server). |
XMLBlueprint 7.5
New features:
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| • | Generate sample XML from DTD. |
| • | Generate sample XML from Relax NG Schema. |
| • | Generate sample XML from XML Schema. |
Improvements:
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| • | Edit Locations dialog now has a checkbox to choose between active or passive FTP. |
| • | Find Text dialog and Replace Text dialog now have a "Match whole word" option. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Find Text dialog, Replace Text dialog, and Open URL dialog do not accept characters from a non-English keyboard. |
XMLBlueprint 7.4
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| • | The user interface has been translated into: |
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Chinese (Simplified) |
中文 (简体) |
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Chinese (Traditional) |
中文 (繁體) |
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Czech |
Česky |
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Danish |
Dansk |
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Dutch |
Nederlands |
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Finnish |
Suomi |
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French |
Français |
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German |
Deutsch |
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Greek |
Ελληνικά |
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Hungarian |
Magyar |
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Italian |
Italiano |
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Japanese |
日本語 |
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Korean |
한국어 |
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Norwegian (Bokmål) |
Norsk (Bokmål) |
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Polish |
Polski |
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Portuguese |
Português |
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Portuguese (Brazil) |
Português (Brasil) |
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Russian |
Русский |
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Spanish |
Español |
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Swedish |
Svensk |
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Turkish| |
Türkçe |
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| • | Import CSV files. |
| • | Import Excel files. |
XMLBlueprint 7.3
Maintenance release.
XMLBlueprint 7.2
Improvements:
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| • | Preview in default browser. |
| • | Windows 7-style combo boxes and dialogs. |
| • | Save All Files dialog. |
| • | Faster XPath. |
| • | Faster Replace All Text. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | Option "Show block indicator" (Options>Editor...) not stored properly. |
| • | Drag & Drop errors under Windows 7. |
| • | Outline and Editor are not synchronized when xml contains xml:space="preserve". |
| • | Data in Alternate Data Streams (ADS) is not preserved. |
| • | Switching between users may cause an Access Violation. |
| • | Accelerators should only be visible when ALT key is pressed (Vista or higher). |
| • | Typing / should close the element (</element>) if possible. |
| • | Wrong caption in some dialogs. |
| • | License Key is only valid for 'current user'. |
| • | Some font problems. |
| • | Replace Text is always case sensitive for non-English text. |
XMLBlueprint 7.1
New features:
Improvements:
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| • | XML Completion (/ and >). |
| • | XSLT Completion (HTML and other namespaces). |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Windows 7. |
| • | Folding. |
| • | MSXML 6. |
| • | ISO Schematron (Syntax Coloring, Validation and Easy XML Completion). |
Improvements:
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| • | 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. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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 fixes.
Bug fixes:
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| • | (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 fixes.
Improvements:
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Caret doesn't move after operations such as 'Format Document'. |
| • | Shift+Ctrl is now Ctrl+Shift. |
| • | Disabled icons are improved. |
Changes
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| • | '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:
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| • | 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. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Text wrapping (optional). |
| • | OASIS XML Catalogs. |
| • | Libxml2 and Libxslt. |
| • | XSLT 2.0. |
Improvements:
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| • | 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. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Typing <element> will automatically add the close tag, </element>. |
| • | Correct indentation after pressing [enter]. |
| • | When whitespace is visible, TABs are displayed as | instead of ». |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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 disappear 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.
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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 fixes.
Improvements:
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| • | 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. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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. |
Improvements
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| • | Shortcuts for user tools. |
XMLBlueprint 4.1
New features:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Validate XML Documents without saving. |
| • | Auto-detect file type of tool output. |
Bug fixes:
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| • | 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. |
| • | Explorer is slow when viewing large documents. |
XMLBlueprint 4.0
New features:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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 bug fixes:
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| • | 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:
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| • | 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:
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| • | Welcome Screen. |
| • | Task-based Help manual. |
| • | Tip of the Day. |
XMLBlueprint 3.6.0512
The following bugs were fixes:
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| • | Error messages are not modal. |
| • | Sometimes a "Garbage Collection Failed!" message is displayed when XMLBlueprint is closed. |
XMLBlueprint 3.6.0422
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| • | 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
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| • | 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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