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Liquid XML Studio - Version Comparison

Community Edition

Designer Edition

Developer Edition

The Community Edition is a fully functional product, complete with:

It does not expire and contains no adware etc. It does however have the following limitations:

  • Graphical XSD Editor is read only
  • XML Schema documentation generation is limited to smaller schemas
  • Generated output is branded
  • Projects can not be saved
  • No support is provided for this version

The Designer Edition removes all the limitations described in the Community Edition, and adds the following features:

The Developer Edition has everything from the Designer Edition, and adds XML Data Binding (XML Code Generator) for:

  • Cross platform C++
  • C# 2003, 2005, 2008
  • Java
  • Silverlight 2.0 (C# 2008 & VB .Net 2008)
  • VB.Net 2003, 2005, 2008
  • Visual Basic 6.0

Royalty Free distribution of your compiled code and the Liquid Runtime to your end users*.

Other features include Fast Infoset Support in C++, C# and VB .Net and HTML Documentation Generation for the Generated Code Library.

Note: After a 30 day trial of the Designer or Developer Edition, the product defaults to the Community Edition functionality.

Developer Pro Edition

Includes all the source code for the C++ Runtime, allowing it to be compiled on most systems - see Licensing the Source Code.

Features
Community Edition
(100% FREE)
Designer Edition
Developer Edition

12 Months Email Support

Graphical XML Schema Editor

  Split screen Diagram & Code views
  Graphical View Image contains Liquid Technologies branding.1
    In-place editing of properties
    Properties window
    Context menus
    Advanced Printing & Preview scaling options
    Find & Replace
    Zoom scaling
    Drag and Drop Nodes
    Cut & Paste Nodes
    Multi-step undo / redo
  Code View
    Auto complete
    Colour coded text
    Outline (collapsible sections)
    Multi-step undo / redo
  Refactoring
    Rename
    Convert to global element
    Convert to global complexType
  Validation based on W3C XML Schema Standard
  Component locator
  Save Diagram as image (png, gif, bmp etc) Image contains Liquid Technologies branding.2
  Included / Imported Schema
  Include / Import Wizard

Graphical XML Editor

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  Diagram View, Split screen Diagram & Code views
  Graphical View
    Tree view with nested tabular child grids
    Context menus
    Multi-step undo / redo
  Code View
    Auto complete based on associated XML Schema
    Colour coded text
    Outline (collapsible sections)
  Infer an XML Schema from an XML document
  Validation based on selectable or associated XML Schema
  Import & Export XML documents as compressed Fast Infoset files
  Import & Export XML documents as JSON files

Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 & 2008

  XSD Editor Visual Studio Plugin
  XPath Expression Builder Visual Studio Plugin
  Web Service Call Composer Visual Studio Plugin

HTML Documentation Generation for XML Schema

Documentation contains Branding and is limited to 200 items.4
  Hyperlinked Images
  Full detail of each schema item, including original code
  Can be run from the Command Line

Generate XML Documents from XML Schemas

  Generate valid data values for the elements and attributes
  Options for controlling size and complexity XML Document

Liquid XML Studio stand alone IDE

Projects can not be saved.
  Printing
  Projects Projects can not be saved.5
  Source control integration
  File change notification

Web Service Call Composer

Projects can not be saved.
  Browser Web Services Descriptor (WSDL) Graphically
  Generate SOAP request message (including the message contents)
  Execute web methods & view the results
  Seamless Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 & 2008

XPath Expression Builder

Projects can not be saved.
  Show results of XPath Expression in any XML window
  Updated in real time as the XML or XPath expression change
  Auto complete on XPath Expression
  Create Code samples for C++, C#, VB.Net, Java, XLST
  Seamless Integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 & 2008

XSLT Editor

Projects can not be saved.
  Execute the XSL transform and view results
  Auto complete
  Colour coded text
  Outline (collapsible sections)
  Validation

DTD Editor

  Colour coded text
  Validation

XDR Editor

  Auto complete
  Colour coded text
  Outline (collapsible sections)
  Validation

CSS Editor

  Colour coded text
  Validation
  Royalty Free distribution of all documents you create*

XML Differencing Tool

  XML Aware Differencing Engine
  Optionally ignore whitespace, comments, and processing instructions

XML Data Binding (XML Code Generation)

  XML Data Binding Wizard
  Command Line Exe
  Supported Languages
    C++ Code Generation
  • Project Files for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
  • Project Files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2003 (7.1)
  • Project Files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 (8.0)
  • Project Files for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (9.0)
  • Linux Makefile
  • Cross platform source files
    C# Code Generation
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual C# 2003 for.Net 1.1
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual C# 2005 for .Net 2.0
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual C# 2008 for .Net 3.5
  • Source files
    Java Code Generation

  • Source files
    VB .Net Code Generation
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual Basic 2003 for.Net 1.1
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for .Net 2.0
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 for .Net 3.5
  • Source files
    Visual Basic 6 Code Generation
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
  • Source files
   

Silverlight 2 Code Generation

  • Project files for Microsoft Visual C# 2008 for .Net 3.5
  • Project files for Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 for .Net 3.5
  • Source files
  Fast Infoset Support in C++, C# and VB .Net
  HTML Documentation Generation for Generated Code Library
  Sample Application Generation
  Royalty Free distribution of compiled code with your product*
  Royalty Free distribution of the Liquid Runtime with your product*
  C++ Runtimes for Windows 32 bit
  C++ Runtimes for Linux 32 bit and 64 bit
 

C++ Runtime Source Code
Available at an additional cost see Licensing Source Code
(This allows the runtime code to be compiled on other platforms like Solaris and support less common combinations of compilers and libraries).

C++ Source Code can be purchased separately.6
 

License Agreements

Freeware EULA EULA

    * subject to appropriate EULA

  1. Graphical XML Schema Editor is Read Only.
  2. Image contains Liquid Technologies branding.
  3. Text based XML Editor only.
  4. Documentation contains Branding and is limited to 500 items.
  5. Projects can not be saved.
  6. C++ Source Code can be purchased separately.