Version 2010 Released

[Karlis]

Today I have the pleasure to announce version 2010 of WeBuilder, Rapid PHP, HTMLPad and Rapid CSS code editors.

Whats New?

Major news are available on our website:
WeBuilder - http://www.blumentals.net/webuilder/whatsnew.php
Rapid PHP - http://www.blumentals.net/rapidphp/whatsnew.php
HTMLPad - http://www.blumentals.net/htmlpad/whatsnew.php
Rapid CSS - http://www.blumentals.net/rapidcss/whatsnew.php

Detailed list from development log:

+ Improved: Find in files result list works even if file has been changed (inaccuracy warning is shown)
+ Improved: Wrap at end setting is remembered in Find dialog
+ Improved: Replace All in selection now keeps selection
+ Added: PHP autocomplete now supports Class A extends Class B
+ Added: You can now hide preview tabs
+ Added: Find in files results are now counted
+ Added: Code Explorer now displays IDs and Classes
+ Added: Code Explorer now displays form elements
+ Added: Color coding for status bar messages
+ Fixed: PHP code explorer no longer misbehaves if string contains more than 2 \\s
+ Added: Filter in code explorer
+ Fixed: Find bug: When a project is changed, look in should change automatically
+ Added: If no text selected in Find box, use the last (not empty)
+ Added: Now you can copy search and validation results
+ Fixed: Some bugs on Vista
+ Added: Preferences window remembers last opened page
+ Fixed: When using "Find All" with "Wrap at end" and "Entire Scope" checked and cursor is in the middle of the document, entries are found twice
+ Added: [BIG] CSS definitions for CSS3, iPhone2, IE8, FF3, Saf3, new icons
+ Bug: HTML code explorer wrongly displays categorize by type and list local variables
+ Bug: Duplicate line Ctrl+D does not work for the last line if after it no empty lines
+ Improve: Auto replace now inserts space
+ Added: Document/Project colors
+ Added: Flexible localization system - users can add languages
+ Added: Support for IE8 preview
+ Fixed: FTP browser does not accept Enter for folders
+ Fixed: Snippet auto indent does not respect tabs
+ Fixed: CSS auto indent does not respect tabs
+ Added: PHP static members are now marked in code exporer
+ Added: FTP upload overwrite prompt now shows file dates
+ Added: [BIG] Project publishing - easily upload only changed files
+ Improved: Restore window if it is activated and currently minimized
+ Added: [BIG] Docummentation for customizing syntax highlighters
+ Added: Several cusrom syntax highlighters included (highlight php variables in strings, highlight special tags)
+ Improved: MDI document window behavior (to some extent)
+ Improved: Some improved, more understandable icons

How to upgrade and who is eligible for a free upgrade?

You can upgrade from our website.
Upgrade to WeBuilder 2010
Upgrade to Rapid PHP 2010
Upgrade to HTMLPad 2010
Upgrade to Rapid CSS 2010

Customers who ordered previous version within May 2009 - Sept 2009 are eligible for a free upgrade. Use our online Lost Key Recovery form to retrieve your key.

Keeping your old settings.

To keep your old settings, there are two ways:

1) Simply do not uninstall version 2008. Leave it installed and almost all of your settings (except the default layout) will be kept automatically. Both version 2008 and 2010 use same settings storage.

2) If you want to uninstall version 2008. First backup version 2008 settings, then uninstall it, then install version 2010 and after that import the backed up settings.

To keep your layouts, it is recommended to save your layout as "My Layout" or something other than default, you will have to manually locate the appropriate My Layout.lay/.dok files, back them up and after installation of the new version, put them with the newly installed layout files.

Your comments are welcome

Your feature suggestions and support requests are very welcome (please post them in appropriate forums, this one is for announcements).

Roadmap for the future

We shall keep updating the product, fixing bugs and adding new features. Some of the major features we plan to add in the future:
* Improve FTP/SFTP and publishing further
* Explore innovative usability improvements
* Improve text searching furthermore
* Improve multi-monitor support
* Add support for new languages and libraries (e.g. Smarty etc.) OR include possibility for users to add support for their own languages
* Plugin system

We still have a huge list of suggestions and feature requests to be done.

[syrupcore]

man! that's a lot of new stuff. go blumentals.

hope you get to ski soon. :)

[srdjan]

Hi

Where I can find the link to upgrade the purchased copy of WeBuilder?
On the site is says: "If you want to download or update purchased copy of the software, do not download this trial version. Please use replacement request form instead."
I did it but I just received SN - not download link

Regards

[Karlis]

On the site is says: "If you want to download or update purchased copy of the software, do not download this trial version. Please use replacement request form instead."

This is wrong. With version 2010 trial CAN be activated. I hope you can forgive the confusion. This system is new to us too

[jbrunton]

I've been waiting for this!

Has there been any change in the way debugging is done? I.E. debugger setup?

[ajmaske]

Nice, Nice, Nice!

At first glance great job guys! Upgraded for the 3 year updates, installed it, activated it, got it configured all in under a few minutes... Very, Very, Very pleased... keep it up!

Looking forward to the SFTP updates.... :)

[Boofo]

+ Improved: Wrap at end setting is remembered in Find dialog

Finally! ;-)

[blepore]

I'm a little confused. You list improved multi-monitor support on your roadmap here, and don't mention it as being improved in your list of changes but on the what's new page for webuilder it says you have improved it. Is it improved and you'd like to do more? What is the difference?

Do Auto Complete or Code Explorer understand JSON notation yet? If so that is a must-update for me. Probably a #1 reason for me. #2 would be a warning on close all!!!! #3 would be if WeBuilder would now show up on the right taskbar for me when using MultiMon for my multiple monitor support. #4 would be if it didn't crash like 2009 did (not very often, but it did happen about once a month or so. oddly enough it'd ask if I wanted to restart, cancel, continue or whatever and if I just hit continue I could keep working perfectly fine). #5 would be the plug-in system described earlier. I'd love to have Code Explorer work for Perl, and to have the Auto Complete/color commentator understand Smarty.

[Karlis]

Thank you for your comment!

Multi-monitor support is improved gradually. We have done improvements but more must be done. JSON is partially supported. Some things that might have been probable causes of crashes have been fixed, 2010 is more stable than 2008.

p.s. Please follow the forum gudelines and post your suggestions to the suggestions forum (by replying to existing topics or by creating new for newly suggested features), otherwise they will be missed.