Main enhancements
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Performance improvements of code completion invocation.
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Bug fixes related to Roslyn-based text parsing.
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Supporting silent mode for the installation.
Below is a full list of changes in this release:
Installation
+ The installation now clearly indicates where program files and demo projects are to be installed.
+ Silent installation mode is supported with the “-silent” command-line parameter.
- LicenseActivation utility now takes the information of the proxy server from the Internet Options.
- The License Activation frame is not displayed at the end of installation if there is a license with a compatible version already activated on the target PC.
Editor
+ Navigations, selection, and separator options can now be configured at design time for WPF Editor.
+ Code Editor source code can be recompiled to work with the latest Roslyn version (2.8.2) supporting C# 7 features.
+ Performance of wrapping long text lines for WPF Editor has been improved.
- Performance of the Code Completion list box for WinForms Editor has been improved.
- Descriptions of parameters are now displayed in the method parameters tooltip.
- Descriptions of types, properties, and methods are now loaded correctly for documentation XML files containing redirects.
- The bug with the horizontal scrollbar being smaller than the text content in WPF Editor has been fixed.
- The bug with the wrong indentation level inside interfaces has been fixed.
- The bug with highlighting multiple occurrences of the word in the same line has been fixed.
- The bug with incorrect single-line characters for commenting selection for the Visual Basic parser has been fixed.
- Roslyn Parser no longer locks if the ForceReparse method is called.
- The bug with an incorrect preselecting item in the code completion Listbox for the Visual Basic parser has been fixed.
- The bug with the C# parser hanging in case of lambda expression in field definition has been fixed.
Scripter/Script Debugger
- Code completion Listbox in Evaluation Dialog now accepts selecting by mouse.
Form Designer
+ Appearance of the loading error screen has been changed to match the Visual Studio style.
Demo projects
+ Extensibility Studio demo can now open arbitrary files (i.e., text files).