Bill Henning (Actipro)
We just published new maintenance release of both the WPF and Silverlight controls. These new builds fix a SyntaxEditor problem that we introduced in the previous maintenance release, and also have several other minor SyntaxEditor tweaks and fixes in them.
Update details are described here:
We recommend that you get these latest v2012.2 maintenance releases.
A new theme has been added the is inspired by the classic Obsidian theme.
An option has been added to the Editor settings flyout, allowing you to specify a desired file encoding to use when saving files. By default it will use logic that attempts to match the file's existing Unicode format (if present), and fall back to saving in UTF-8.
Middle mouse button clicks on the document tabs now close the document.
Color previews now work for rgb() and rgba() syntax.
Use trackpads and advanced mice to horizontally scroll documents.
A new duplicate line operation can be executed from the Advanced Editing Operations gallery or via Ctrl+D.
A new Editor settings flyout option allows the soft keyboard to be disabled from showing when the editor has focus. This is ideal for touch-based reviewing of code.
New chord hotkeys have been added to some of the Advanced Editing Operations gallery items that didn't already have hotkeys. For instance, pressing Ctrl+E then C will execute the comment selection operation.
We've completely rebuilt our icons used for file associations in the desktop side, such as:
Now file type icons all have high-resolution support and have a modern look with the Code Writer logo, and the same color associated with each file type.
Current line highlight now remains visible when focus is moved to other UI elements, such as the find/replace flyout, etc.
This new version adds some very nice enhancements to the app. Go to the Windows Store to download it, and help us by tweeting about the app!
Bill Henning (Actipro)
We're working on new features for our 2013.1 control releases and today I'd like to show off a new feature coming to the WPF and Silverlight .NET Languages Add-on in that version.
As seen in the screenshot below, hovering over var keywords will now show the resolved type.
In this case, the resolved type for the randomNumbers variable is List<int>, which we aliased to Int32List above in the usings.
Similar features have been added for the Dim keyword in VB.
In this screenshot, the j variable is being assigned an Int32.
These features will be in the 2013.1 versions of the WPF and Silverlight SyntaxEditor .NET Languages Add-on.
In this quarter we added some huge new features to our WPF control products, such as new Metro themes, a window chrome implementation that works on any Window, Office 2013-like Ribbon Backstage, a reimplementation of RibbonWindow, and a lot more. WinRT/XAML (Windows 8), Silverlight, and WinForms products also saw updates.
We have been working on features for 2013.1 versions of our products and should have some more details on what is coming soon.
We also released our Code Writer app for Windows 8, which is a free text and code editor application with lots of customization features and tabbed MDI support. This app allows us to test out the port of SyntaxEditor to WinRT/XAML that we are working on. It also helps us connect more directly with end users to learn more about what features end users are looking for in apps that use SyntaxEditor.
We are currently working on prepping a new product for several platforms as well as new features for existing controls that will appear in the 2013.1 versions of our controls. We are continuing to enhance the Code Writer app as well, and are working on the SyntaxEditor port to WinRT/XAML.
Here is a quick categorized list of useful blog postings made in this quarter.
Bill Henning (Actipro)
Today we just published new maintenance releases of all our control products. These maintenance releases contain a lot of minor updates and bug fixes. For more details, see the related announcement post:
We highly recommend that if you are on the latest major versions, you upgrade to these maintenance releases.
We want to wish you all a very happy holiday season and new year. We value our customers and your support for our products. You allow us to continue doing what we love, and that is crafting great software. We are excited to bring you more new products and features in 2013. See you on the flip side!