Announcing Liquid XML Studio 2011

Liquid Technologies are pleased to announce the release of Liquid XML Studio 2011.

Includes New XQuery and XSLT step through debuggers - many other new features and enhancements plus general performance and stability improvements...all for the same great value 2010 prices!

Liquid Technologies have announced the availability of Liquid XML Studio 2011, which contains many new features and enhancements plus general performance and stability improvements. Liquid XML Studio 2011 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.

NEW XSLT Editor and Debugger for XSLT 1.0 and XSLT 2.0 W3C Standards

New powerful XSLT Debugger that makes it possible to step through an XSLT stylesheet. The XSLT engines available are the Saxon HE engine and the Microsoft .Net XSLT engine. Using the debugger it is possible to set breakpoints within the XSLT source. When the execution gets to these break points the execution is paused and the environment can be examined. The call stack, local variables and current context are shown when the debugger is paused. It is also possible to set up watch expressions.

The XSLT editor also supports intellisense, validation, auto complete, outlining (code folding) and may other features making it quicker and easier to author XSLT stylesheets.

NEW XQuery Editor and Debugger for XQuery 1.0 W3C Standard

New powerful XQuery Debugger that makes it possible to step through an XQuery module or library fie. Using the debugger it is possible to set breakpoints within the XQuery source. When the execution gets to these break points the, its paused and the environment can be examined. The call stack, local variables and current context are shown when the debugger is paused. It is also possible to set up watch expressions.

The XQuery editor also supports intellisense, validation, auto complete and may other features making it quicker and easier to author XQuery expressions.

NEW Large File Editor

The Liquid Large file editor makes it possible to open and edit extremely large file (> 4GB). Files are opened instantly regardless of the size, and the memory footprint for the application is tiny. Changes to the document are also instant, so no delays while you type. The editor also supports extremely long lines, so unformatted XML files are no problems. This is a great tool for examining and correcting huge files, data feeds, log files etc.

NEW Template Based XML Schema Documentation Generator

The XSD documentation tool creates HTML or Asp.Net documentation from an XML Schema (XSD) and includes a Searchable Index. The HTML or asp.net site can be customized using your own XSLT templates, making it easy to integrate with your own web site.

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WANTED Liquid XML Studio 2011 BETA Testers

It's that time of year again when we are getting ready for the new major release of Liquid XML Studio.

The new version for 2011 contains many exciting new features that have been requested by our users including an all new step through XSLT debugger.

If you are interested in becoming a BETA tester, please register your interest by filling in the online form:
http://www.liquid-technologies.com/Forms/BetaEnrolmentForm.aspx

Time to upgrade your XML editor?

If you are looking to upgrade your XML editor, you could save a money by taking advantage of a competitive upgrade to Liquid XML Studio.

Qualifying Products include Altova XML Spy, Stylus Studio, and Oxygen XML. Discounts of up to 50% are available depending on the edition you own.

If you have a different XML editor to upgrade, just contact the Liquid sales team and ask for a quote.

How can I get an XML Schema (XSD) from SQL Server?

This question has come up a few times, so here is the answer...

Example: To retrieve the XSD for the 'Order' table you can run:
Select * from [order] where ID < 0 FOR XML AUTO, XMLSCHEMA

This will just return the XSD (as the where clause will not return any order records).

Liquid XML Knowledge Base Articles

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Liquid XML Data Binder

Liquid XML Studio

XML Nillable (and xs:nil) Support in C++, C#, VB.Net, Java and Visual Basic 6 XML Data Binding

Liquid XML Studio 2010 XML Data Binding now supports XML Nillable (and xs:nil) in all languages (C++, C#, VB.Net, Java and Visual Basic 6).

This is good news for those of you using our XML Code Generator with an XML standard that uses the Nillable attribute in its XML Schema.

This has been an outstanding request for some time and we are now happy to say we support this feature in Liquid XML studio 2010.

Visual Studio 2010® plug-in supported in Service Pack 1 (SP1) - available now

Liquid XML 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) with Visual Studio 2010® plug-in supported in - available now.

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 on the what's new page. 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 Liquid XML Online Demos

This new series of new online demos have been designed to make it even easier to understand the powerful features contained within Liquid XML Studio 2010.

Liquid XML Studio Overview

XML Data Binding / Code Generation

Graphical XSD Schema Editor

Graphical WSDL Editor

Liquid Technologies announced today that is has become a VSIP (Visual Studio Industry Partner) Technology Partner

Liquid Technologies announced today that is has become a VSIP (Visual Studio Industry Partner) Technology Partner.

Membership of this programme gives Liquid Technologies developers access to the Visual Studio source code as well as early access to upcoming Microsoft development and product technologies.

Andrew Farrell, Development Director says “ We are very pleased to have been accepted as a VSIP Partner. We already offer integrated plugins for Visual Studio for our XML Schema Editor, XPath Viewer and Web Services Test Client. The early support we will receive from Microsoft , will enable us to enhance our plugin offerings and ensure that Liquid XML Studio is seamlessly integrated with the new release of Visual Studio 2010.”

Liquid XML Studio 2010 launched

Liquid XML Studio 2010 is building on the success of the 2009 release by introducing a new entry level Starter Edition and adding new features or enhancements to the existing product line.

As well as many enhancements to the look and feel, major improvements have been made to the docking facilities of the windows, with improved multi monitor support making the IDE much easier to use.

All the Editors now support design, split and source code views which syncronise in real-time.

The new WSDL Graphical Editor greatly simplifies the task of designing complex WSDL.

As well as adding 64 bit support for Windows and Visual C++, 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.

You can view what's new in the 2010 version by clicking here.