ALTERNET EXTENSIBILITY STUDIO 3.1

Written By Andrew Medvedev

AlterNET Extensibility Studio 3.1 is a minor update focusing on minor improvements and bug fixes.

Main enhancements include:

  • Performance improvements of code completion invocation.

  • Bug fixes related to Roslyn-based text parsing.

  • Supporting silent mode for the installation.

Below is a full list of changes in this release: 

Installation 

  + The installation now clearly indicates where program files and demo projects are to be installed. 

  + Silent installation mode is supported with the "-silent" command-line parameter.

  - LicenseActivation utility now takes the information of the proxy server from the Internet Options.

  - The License Activation frame is not displayed at the end of installation if there is a license with a compatible version already activated on the target PC.

Editor 

  + Navigations, selection, and separator options can now be configured at design time for WPF Editor.

  + Code Editor source code can be recompiled to work with the latest Roslyn version (2.8.2) supporting C# 7 features.

  + Performance of wrapping long text lines for WPF Editor has been improved.

  - Performance of the Code Completion list box for WinForms Editor has been improved. 

  - Descriptions of parameters are now displayed in the method parameters tooltip.

  - Descriptions of types, properties, and methods are now loaded correctly for documentation XML files containing redirects.

  - The bug with the horizontal scrollbar being smaller than the text content in WPF Editor has been fixed.

  - The bug with the wrong indentation level inside interfaces has been fixed.

  - The bug with highlighting multiple occurrences of the word in the same line has been fixed.

  - The bug with incorrect single-line characters for commenting selection for the Visual Basic parser has been fixed.

  - Roslyn Parser no longer locks if the ForceReparse method is called.

  - The bug with an incorrect preselecting item in the code completion Listbox for the Visual Basic parser has been fixed.

  - The bug with the C# parser hanging in case of lambda expression in field definition has been fixed.

Scripter/Script Debugger 

  - Code completion Listbox in Evaluation Dialog now accepts selecting by mouse.

Form Designer 

  + Appearance of the loading error screen has been changed to match the Visual Studio style.

Demo projects 

  + Extensibility Studio demo can now open arbitrary files (i.e., text files).

Andrew Medvedev
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