ALTERNET STUDIO 9.5

AlterNET Studio 9.5 is another mid-cycle release focusing on .NET 8 support and improvements for all our core libraries: Code Editor, Scripter, and Form Designer.

Main enhancements include:

• Support for .NET 8 across all our component libraries.

• New LSP parser for R statistical language and improved syntax highlighting for all LSP-based parsers.

• Component Designers for FlowLayoutPanel, TableLayoutPanel, SplitPanel, TabControl, and DataGridView under .NET 6/7/8.

Read highlights of version 9.5 here.

Below is a list of changes in this release:

+ NET 8  is now supported for all AlterNET Studio’s core libraries and demo projects.

Code Editor   

- The bug with the incorrect display of separate instances of SyntaxEditor using different visual themes has been fixed.

- A minor issue with drawing selection when line style and whitespaces are on in the WPF code editor has been fixed.

- The bug with the black line displayed next to the left edge of the Syntax Edit control, in case Gutter is not visible, has been fixed.

Parsers

+ Roslyn parsers updated to the latest Microsoft CodeAnailsys API (4.8.0)

+ LSP parsers now use Text-Mate syntax highlighting.

+ LSP parser for R scientific language has been added.

+ Embedded LSP Python parser now works in 32-bit Windows.

Scripter and Script Debugger

+ Scripter can now be configured to use a minimal set of .NET Core assembly references.

+ The assembly version is now included in the scripter-generated assemblies.

- Building of XAML projects now uses the correct version of MSBuild.

Form Designer

+ Missing Control Designers for FlowLayoutPanel, TableLayoutPanel, SplitPanel, TabControl, and DataGridView have been added under .NET 6/7/8

- The bug with Form Designer not opening the form in case Dot net core SDK is not installed has been fixed.

- The bug with the Form Designer error when opening the form in case no dot net core SDK is installed has been fixed.

Installation

+ License activation utility UI has been updated to show already installed licenses.

Demo Projects

+ Code Explorer now shows distinct images for public/protected/private members.

- Snippet parsers no longer show types from unimported namespaces in the code completion.