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xmlBlueprint Changelog

What's new in xmlBlueprint 21.2023.11.17

Nov 17, 2023
  • XPath Completion in XPath Viewer.
  • XPath Completion in Schematron.
  • XPath Completion in XProc 3.0.
  • XPath Completion in XSLT.
  • Security levels in Schematron.

New in xmlBlueprint 20.2023.06.20 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • More accurate Schematron errors.
  • JSON files are now accepted as input for XSLT transformations.
  • Saxon 12-2J (XSLT).

New in xmlBlueprint 20.2023.01.26 (Jan 26, 2023)

  • 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 XSD
  • Automatic validation of DTD
  • Automatic validation of Relax NG Schema
  • Automatic validation of Schematron
  • Automatic validation of XSD
  • Automatic validation of XSLT

New in xmlBlueprint 19.2022.06.13 (Jun 14, 2022)

  • All dialogs now support dark themes.
  • FTPS protocol is supported.
  • Added support for Simplified Chinese encodings GB18030 and GBK.
  • XPath view supports JSON.
  • XPath view now automatically executes XPath expressions.
  • Saxon 11-3J (XSLT).
  • SchXslt 1.9 (Schematron).
  • Java 18.

New in xmlBlueprint 18.2021.08.04 (Aug 4, 2021)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 18.2021.05.19 (May 20, 2021)

  • 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.
  • Saxon-HE 10-5J.
  • SchXslt 1.7.2.
  • Java 18.

New in xmlBlueprint 17.20201109 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 17.200702 (Jul 2, 2020)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 17.2006010 (Jun 10, 2020)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 16.191127 (Nov 28, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Projects.
  • Dark Mode.
  • Saxon-EE XML Schema validator.
  • Improvements:
  • Many smaller UI improvements.
  • Many small bugs solved.
  • Java 13.

New in xmlBlueprint 16.190719 (Jul 19, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Dark Mode

New in xmlBlueprint 16.190605 (Jun 6, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Projects.
  • Saxon-EE XML Schema validator.
  • Improvements:
  • Many smaller UI improvements.
  • Many small bugs solved.
  • Java 12 (Windows 64-bits).
  • Dark Theme.

New in xmlBlueprint 15.180612 (Jun 13, 2018)

  • New features:
  • 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.
  • Java 10 (Windows 64-bits).
  • Improvements:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 14.180220 (Feb 21, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Run XSLT Transformations from the Command Prompt.

New in xmlBlueprint 14.170912 (Sep 12, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • 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:
  • Saxon 6 is no longer supported.

New in xmlBlueprint 14.170830 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Run XSLT Transformations from the Command Prompt.

New in xmlBlueprint 13.170705 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Up to three editors side by side.
  • Always on Top.
  • Full Screen.
  • Go To Definition.
  • Improvements:
  • Many smaller tweaks.
  • Faster startup.

New in xmlBlueprint 11.160104 (Jan 14, 2016)

  • New features:
  • Regular expressions are supported in all searches.
  • Improvements:
  • 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:
  • Format \uHHHH is not longer supported, instead use \x{HHHH} or \xHH.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.9.0926 (Sep 26, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Error message: "Cannot create backup".
  • Error message: "Invalid URL".
  • Error message: "The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it."
  • New features:
  • New script: ReplaceText.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.8.0903 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Call XMLBlueprint from the command line.
  • Improvements:
  • CSV to XML dialogs.
  • Excel to XML dialogs.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Sometimes Sample XML Generator produces XML containing "Access violation ...".
  • Cannot save files on some WebDAV servers (error message: "Cannot create backup").

New in xmlBlueprint 10.5.0714 (Aug 1, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • ComplexType with SimpleContent.
  • Schematron support.
  • XML Generator.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Various bug fixes.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.3.0612 (Aug 1, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Supports the processing instruction to associate an XML Document with one or more schemas.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.2.0515 (May 22, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Validate all open documents.
  • XML Completion while deleting text.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Some WebDAV servers are not accessible.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.1.0430 (May 1, 2014)

  • Improvements:
  • Faster scrolling in large documents.
  • Faster synchronization from Outline to Editor.
  • Overlay icons.
  • Hyperlinks in Updates dialog.
  • Bug fixes:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 10.0.0403 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • New features:
  • XMLBlueprint 64-bit.
  • Color Schemes.
  • Schema Viewer.
  • Improvements:
  • Underlining of current element.
  • Underlining of all errors.
  • Annotations of elements and errors.
  • Indentation indicators.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.14 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • Bug solved: Cannot save file on WebDAV server.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.11 (Mar 14, 2014)

  • Bugs solved:
  • XMLSchema's Substitution Groups are not supported.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.7.0605 (Jun 8, 2013)

  • Bugs solved:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.5.0515 (May 18, 2013)

  • New features:
  • 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)
  • Bugs solved:
  • Error message: "GetXSLTProcessor". (again)
  • xsl:result-document has same URL as application, should be URL of active XSLT Stylesheet

New in xmlBlueprint 9.4.0321 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Bugs solved:
  • 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".

New in xmlBlueprint 9.3.0305 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • New features:
  • 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.
  • Bugs solved:
  • Automatic detection of indentation is sometimes wrong.
  • Some templates have underscores instead of spaces.
  • Copy XPath ignores attributes.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.2.0221 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • 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.
  • Bugs solved:
  • Error message "DT_DECL_ENTITY :STRING1_N_OPEN".

New in xmlBlueprint 9.1.0214 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Color Preferences dialog.
  • Bugs solved:
  • Problems with Excel numbers.
  • Small memory problem may cause an Access Violation.

New in xmlBlueprint 9.0.0123 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • New features:
  • XPath 2.0 (when using Saxon-HE 9).
  • XSLT 2.0 (when using Saxon-HE 9).
  • Schematron Schemas with XPath 2.0 expressions.
  • Built-in Relax NG Schema support.
  • Built-in Schematron Schema 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:
  • Java: Syntax Coloring, Easy Completion.
  • No longer supported:
  • MSXML4.
  • Xalan.
  • Windows '98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT.
  • Vietnamese.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.9.0701 (Jul 10, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Output Window is compatible with Internet Explorer 9.
  • You can run multiple instances of XMLBlueprint.
  • Bugs solved:
  • A few bugs in Output Window were solved.
  • A few WebDAV bugs were solved.
  • A few username/password bugs were solved.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.8.0505 (Apr 20, 2012)

  • A few bugs in Help were solved.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.7.0202 (Feb 6, 2012)

  • Bugs solved:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.6.1122 (Nov 25, 2011)

  • New features:
  • XML Element Inspector.
  • XML Entities Inspector.
  • XML Model Inspector.
  • Dialog to associate XML Document with DTD, Relax NG Schema, or XML Schema.
  • Improvements:
  • XPath syntax coloring.
  • Faster synchronization.
  • Import now supports XML CData Sections and XML Comments.
  • The following translations have been improved: Chinese (Traditional), Russian.
  • Bugs solved:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.5.0901 (Aug 25, 2011)

  • Improvements:
  • 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).
  • Bugs solved:
  • 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 ?.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.4.0715 (Aug 25, 2011)

  • New features:
  • SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) - more secure and faster than FTP.
  • Improvements:
  • 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.
  • Bugs solved:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.3.0516 (May 13, 2011)

  • The following translations have been improved: Italian, Portuguese, Russian.

New in xmlBlueprint 8.0.0110 (Jan 8, 2011)

  • New features:
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • Bugs solved:
  • 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).

New in xmlBlueprint 7.5.0321 (Mar 24, 2010)

  • New features:
  • Generate sample XML from DTD.
  • Generate sample XML from Relax NG Schema.
  • Generate sample XML from XML Schema.
  • Improvements:
  • 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.
  • Bugs solved:
  • Find Text dialog, Replace Text dialog, and Open URL dialog do not accept characters from a non-English keyboard.

New in xmlBlueprint 7.4.0123 (Jan 22, 2010)

  • The user interface has been translated into: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
  • Import CSV files.
  • Import Excel files.

New in xmlBlueprint 7.3.1111 (Dec 4, 2009)

  • Maintenance release

New in xmlBlueprint 7.2.1022 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Improvements:
  • Preview in default browser.
  • Windows 7-style combo boxes and dialogs.
  • Save All Files dialog.
  • Bugs solved:
  • 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 () if possible.
  • Wrong caption in some dialogs.
  • License Key is only valid for 'current user'.
  • Some font problems.

New in xmlBlueprint 7.1.0616 (Jun 26, 2009)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 7.0.0509 (May 16, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 6.3.0209 (Feb 11, 2009)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 6.2.1111 (Nov 8, 2008)

  • (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 press Enter. The newly created line does not indent correctly.

New in xmlBlueprint 6.1.0924 (Oct 1, 2008)

  • 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 5.0.1018 (Oct 21, 2007)

  • XML Completion:- Much improved context-sensibility.- Font in drop down is now the same as editor's font.- Automatically add closing tag ( or />).- Automatically add mandatory attributes and elements.- Select item by pressing ">".- Home, End, PgUp, PgDown.- 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.

New in xmlBlueprint 4.6.0728 (Jul 26, 2007)

  • 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.