Woops, thanks Oleg !!

"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <oleg@NO!SPAM!PLEASEtkachenko.com> wrote in message
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> Apparently Chris forgot to post it to this newsgroup.
> Finally XSLT debugger in VS.NET!!!
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ANN] New XML Editor in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 00:23:00 -0700
> From: Chris Lovett <clovett-at-microsoft-dot-com>
> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
> Newsgroups: comp.text.xml,microsoft.public.xml
>
>
>
>      Announcing: New XML Editor in Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
>
> Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1
> <http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/>contains a completely new XML
> Editor, built on top of the core text editor provided by Visual Studio.
> It is entirely written in C# and leverages all the cool stuff provided
> by the System.Xml .NET assembly.  The new XML editor provides support
> for editing XML and DTD content, including special support for XSD and
> XSL.  It contains the following handy features:
>
>      * Full syntax coloring for all XML and DTD syntax.
>      * Well formedness checking while you type, with red squiggles and
>        error list.
>      * Intellisense based on any DTD, XDR and XSD schemas.
>      * Validation-while-you-type with blue squiggles and error list.
>      * Auto-completion of namespace declarations, end tags and attribute
>        value quotes.
>      * Support for xsi:schemaLocation and xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation
>        attributes.
>      * Schema picker dialog for overriding schemas used for validation,
>        which is then remembered as a document property in your solution.
>      * Schema cache for commonly used schemas with standard set provided
>        out of the box.  You can easily add your own schemas here or edit
>        the existing ones to constantly improve your XML editing
experience.
>      * Smart Formatter that is more than a pretty printer.  It honors and
>        formatting of attributes that you may have done by hand and it
>        fixes up the most common mistakes people make in XML, like
>        unquoted attribute values.
>      * Smart indenting based on XML element depth.
>      * Inline expand/collapse support.
>      * Easy navigation between start and end tags using brace matching
>        command (Ctrl+]) .
>      * Brace highlighting so you see which tags are being closed as you
>        type.
>      * Goto Definition command for navigating between elements and their
>        associated DTD, XDR or XSD schema definitions. This command can
>        also navigate from an entity reference to the entity definition in
>        the DTD.
>      * Tool tips that popup showing xsd:annotations for the element or
>        attribute under the mouse.
>      * XSL and XSD compilation errors while you type, providing even more
>        error checking that can be represented in the schemas alone.
>      * Show XSLT Output command available on any XML or XSLT file.
>
>
>        XSD Schema Inference
>
> The editor provides a handy command named "Create Schema" which does one
> of three things:
>
>     1. Convert associated DTD to XSD
>     2. Convert associated XDR schema to XSD
>     3. Infer a schema from the XML
>
> This is by far the easiest way to get started with designing an XSD
schema.
>
>
>        XSLT Debugging
>
> In non-Express SKU's only, this feature gives you a powerful XSLT
> debugger, fully integrated into the overall Visual Studio debugging
> experience so you can step from C# code directly into the XSLT transform
> itself and back out, or from XSLT out to extension objects and back.  It
> also provides a "Debug XSL" command on XML editor toolbar to start
> debugging directly from XML or XSL file.
>
> Once debugging has started the standard Visual Studio debugging menu is
> available including special support for the following:
>
> ·         Setting and clearing breakpoints, at the node level (as
> opposed to line level).
>
> ·         Locals window that shows XSLT variables and parameters that
> are in scope.
>
> ·         Call Stack window that shows XSLT template stack.
>
>
>        Deep VS Integration & Extensibility
>
> All the advanced core text editor commands and configurability is
> available, for example:
>
>            o Fully configurable colors using standard
>              Tools/Options/Environment/Fonts and Colors property page.
>            o Fully integrated text editor settings (Tools/Options/Text
>              Editor/XML) for general, tabs and miscellaneous settings.
>            o Support for the new Visual Studio 2005 "Import/Export
>              Settings" feature.
>
> Support for multiple-views over the same buffer.  In Visual Studio 2003,
> the XSD designer and grid views were only available from a tab at the
> bottom of the document window, which means you could not view both ways
> at the same time. This limitation has been removed, and each different
> view is now a full fledged document window.
>
> Custom XML designers can also be registered per file extension and/or
> XML namespace URI, which is how the Visual Studio XSD designer, DataSet
> designer, and the Grid View are associated with the XML editor.  Anyone
> can now register an XML designer for a given namespace and the XML
> editor will automatically provide a View Designer menu item for invoking
> that designer.  In fact if you are planning a custom XML designer, I'd
> love to chat about integration with this new XML text editor.
>
> All feedback is welcome!
>
> XML Editor team,
> Microsoft.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> -- 
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
> http://blog.tkachenko.com