ALTERNET EXTENSIBILITY STUDIO 5.0

AlterNET Extensibility Studio 5.0 is a major release focusing on installation improvements, Code Editor new features, and TypeScript/JavaScript support for Form Designer.

Main enhancements include:

• Support for Visual Studio 2019 and distribution of individual libraries via NuGet packages.

• TypeScript/JavaScript support for Form Designer.

• New Search/Replace docked dialog and Code Completion searching and filtering enhancements for Code Editor.

Read highlights of version 5 here.

Below is a full list of changes in this release:

Code Editor 

    + Appearance of Search/Replace dialog boxes matches the latest Visual Studio.

    + Improved search highlighting for Code Completion Listbox.

    + Category Filtering added to Code Completion Listbox. 

    + Adde Support for .NET 4.6 / Roslyn 2.10, allowing using C# 7 features (available via NuGet)

    + Dark color theme is now supported (via Customize quick start project).

    + Types and reserved words are highlighted in Quick Info tips. 

    - Fixed a few issues related to the multiple-documents search.

    - Fixed bug with not showing localized descriptions in Code Completion windows.

    - Fixed bug with disposing Code Editor in split mode.

    - Fixed bug with caret misalignment in WPF Code Editor

Scripter/Debugger

    + Improved look and feel of Debugger UI widgets

    - Issue with expression evaluation during debugging when the mouse pointer is over commented text.

Form Designer 

    + Custom menu actions for Windows Forms Designer controls are now supported.

    + Property filtering is now available for the Windows Forms Designer toolbox.

    - Fixed bug related to adding duplicate items and tabs to the Form Designer toolbox.

    - Fixed bug with dragging the same control multiple files to WPF Form Designer.

    - Fixed bug with disabled popup menus for WPF Form Designer.

    - Fixed bug with Form Designer toolbox appearance when the large font is used.

    - Fixed bug with the serialization of special characters like < and > in WPF Form Designer.

Installation

    + Added support for Visual Studio 2019.

    + Core libraries are distributed via NuGet packages.

    + Design-time extensions can now be configured for individual versions of Visual Studio.

TypeScript

    + Typedef definition files for .NET assemblies (clr.d.ts) are generated on the fly based on host configuration.

    + Windows Forms Designer now supports saving/loading content to TypeScript/JavaScript files.

    + Added demo projects for WPF.

    - Fixed issues with incorrect code completion for .NET types.