What's new in 2010

Liquid XML Studio 2010 - Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Full support for Visual Studio 2010® - over 40 new features and enhancements plus general performance and stability improvements.

After the successful launch of Liquid XML Studio 2010 in January, Liquid Technologies have announced the availability of Service Pack 1 (SP1), which contains over 40 new features and enhancements plus general performance and stability improvements.

Following hot on the heels of the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010® launch, Liquid XML Studio 2010 offers full support for its plug-ins in Visual Studio 2010®. The Graphical XSD Editor, XPath viewer and Web Services Test Client plug-ins take you way beyond what Visual Studio offers XML developers out of the box.

This, combined with the powerful data binding code generator that comes with the Developer Edition of Liquid XML Studio, and which now offers runtime support for the newly released Visual C++ 10.0 and .Net 4.0, means that Liquid XML Studio 2010 SP1, is a “must have”, for all XML developers using Visual Studio 2010®.

Other new features include:-

• Visual Schema Agent - visualises the hierarchical structure of interrelated XML Schema and allows the user to easily navigate between the schema with a single click of the mouse
• XPath - build an XPath expression for any XML element directly from within the XML document by right clicking on the element
• Find in Files – Improved find and replace – search projects, files or folders on your computer that are related by schema inclusion
• Canonical form conversion – all XML documents can be converted to their canonical form which allows documents to be easily compared at their logical level, facilitating the digital signing of documents.

A full list of the new and enhancements can be viewed in the following tables. Liquid XML Studio 2010 SP1 is a free upgrade available to all existing Liquid XML Studio 2010 licence holders or previous version users with a current USPP (Upgrade Support Protection Plan) contract.

New Features

Module	Edition	Feature Description
Visual Studio	Designer Developer	Visual Studio 2010® now supported - Plug-ins for the graphical XSD Editor, XPath viewer and Web Services Test Client
Data Binding /Code Generation	Developer	New Visual C++ 10.0 Liquid Runtimes New .Net 4.0 Liquid Runtimes for C# and VB.Net
XSD Editor	Designer Developer	Visual Schema Agent to visualise the structure of inter dependent XSD files – navigate to a related schema with a single mouse click
XML Editor	All Editions	Build the XPath expression directly from the element within the XML document Convert XML documents to their Canonical form
All Editors	All Editions	Improved Find and replace including find in files - allows searching across folders and multiple files that are related through schema inclusion Bookmarks – add/remove directly from within a document and navigate between them Shell-out to external tools to work with XML documents from within Liquid XML Studio

Enhancements

Module	Edition	Feature Description
XSD Editor	All Editions Starter – read only	XSD files loaded without reformatting – XML can be viewed in its raw original format New search facility within the XSD global component locator to simplify navigation in large and complex Schema New menu option to graphically display XSD cardinalities, making the visualisation more intuitive Resolved Derived By Issue in XSD editor where derived property can now be changed Resolved order that XSD attributes are written out, which caused problems when comparing files created previously Resolved Inconsistent Validation results for XSD when validating via XML
	Designer Developer	XML sample builder now allows namespace mapping giving more control over resulting XML document format Sample XML can now be created directly from an XSD node, simplifying the creation of sample documents New facility to print a single node or selections of XSD nodes from either design or source views Resolved Refactor Rename issue with recursive items which was not working when elements were defined in terms of themselves
XML Editor	All Editions	Many improvements to XML Intellisense - E.g. copes with <any> element and attribute, better support for substitution groups, improved autoclose elements, attribute values New facility to print a selection of an XML document from either design or source views
	Designer Developer	New menu option to go to the XSD definition from an XML element which assists in debugging and validating XML documents
WSDL Editor	Designer Developer	Enhanced to handle external elements such as security attributes, descriptions etc Improved Intellisense bringing it up to the standard already provided in the other Editors Improved context menus improving the ease of use of the graphical editor Resolved WSDL Editor not detecting changes to SOAP1.2 attributes, which were made, but not reflected in the Design or Source view Resolved issue with <any> types Resolved issue in WSDL Editor with property changes not getting set into document
Web Services Test Client	Designer Developer	Now supports xsd:Import and wsdl:import which allows testing of complex web services that import external schemas and WSDL files
All Editors	All Editions	Improved selection of Settings for XML Studio setup options – allows more control over Intellisense, formatting in each editor Error messages re-ordered so errors for the current file are at the top of the error window during validation Updated & Improved “getting started” documentation - speeds the familiarisation process for new users of Liquid XML Studio Fixed selection/highlight issue when code is folded Resolved Printer selection Issue – any installed printer can now be selected Resolved Printer selection Issue Resolved issue with text editors clearing highlights when scrolling Resolved title issue for loading URLs with no filename
XPath	All Editions	Resolved issue in XPath window firing unnecessary events
Visual Studio	Designer Developer	Resolved Memory corruption Issue in Visual Studio plug-in which sometimes caused Visual Studio to fail
Data Binding /Code Generation	Developer	Resolved issue with VB.Net generated code writing http:' instead of http://

 

Liquid XML Studio 2010

Liquid XML Studio 2010 extends and improves on the existing functionality by introducing other new tools and technologies that our users have requested in order to continue to make Liquid XML Studio the best value XML development environment available.

Starter Edition

Entry level IDE that is ideal for the Home or Educational user or light Business user, priced at only £65. Unlike some competing products it is licensed for commercial use.

WSDL Editor

This new feature, available in the Designer & Developer Editions, is a Graphical WSDL (Web Services Description Language) Editor which greatly simplifies the task of designing complex WSDL. Full syntax validation, drag and drop functionality combined with the visual layout makes this an essential tool for facilitating standards based communications.

Editor Views

All Editors now offer 3 windows - design, split and source code views which are synchronised in realtime as you edit and update. Thus making it far easier to edit and design.

Schema Library Agent

Available in all Editions, this new feature gives access to all the Schemas stored in the online Liquid Schema Library. Open the Schema you require and simply select the components you need.  This greatly reduces the time taken to take on board new Schema Standards. The online Schema Library contains over 80 industry schemas and will readily accept new standards for upload.

XHTML Editor

With Liquid XML Studio XHTML Editor you can easily create, edit, test and validate XHTML documents. The editor is included in all editions of Liquid XML Studio.

Visual Studio 2010

The plugins available in the Designer & Developer Editions will also be supported in Visual Studio 2010 after its general release.

KEY & KEYREF Support

All Editions now provide Schema support for KEY & KEYREF elements which greatly assists linking nodes in a single document.

Windows 64 bit Support

For power users all Editions of Liquid XML Studio can now be run under x64 versions of Microsoft Windows.

C# and Visual Basic .NET code generation for the .NET Compact Framework

The Developer Edition provides support for Windows CE devices (Mobile Phones and PDA’s) and is now included with code generation for C# and Visual Basic .NET for the .NET Compact Framework.

Visual C++ 64 bit Runtime

The Developer Edition XML Data Binding wizard now provides additional Project Files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (9.0) 64 bit. This provides Royalty Free distribution of compiled code and the Liquid Runtime to end users on the 64 bit platform.

Improved Docking Support

All the windows can be re-docked and moved  around  giving you great flexibility and maximising the use of  your workspace. They can be set as tabs or as fixed or floating panes.

Supported File Types

The editor has been extended to support additional file types. The full list of supported file types is:

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• DTD Schema (DTD)
• Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
• Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
• Text Files (TXT)
• W3C XML Schema (XSD)
• Web Service Definition Language (WSDL)
• XML Document (XML)
• XML Metadata Interchange (XMI)
• XML-Data Reduced (XDR)
• XQuery (XQUERY)
• XSL Transform (XSLT)

General Improvements

Along with the new features outlined above, existing features have also been enhanced and improved with functionality requested by our users.