Main enhancements
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Support for Visual Studio 2022.
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.NET 6 support for all component libraries, including WinForms Form Designer and TypeScript Scripter/Parser.
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Scripting and Debugging for Python 3, based on Python.NET
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C++ and Python Debugging based on Debug Adapter Protocol.
Read highlights of version 8 here.
Below is a list of changes in this release:
Installation
+ AlterNET Studio now supports Visual Studio 2022.
+ ALTERNET_STUDIO_LICENSE_DIRECTORY environment variable can now be specified to change the directory where AlterNET Studio looks for the licenses. Required for some scenarios of running builds on Azure infrastructure.
Documentation
+ Documentation is now moved online, some user guides have been reworked, and more content has been added for the core components.
Code Editor
+ Vertical margin line at the specified column can now be displayed in WPF TextEditor.
+ Intellisense for C#/Visual Basic parsers is now invoked as soon as the user starts typing, similar to how it’s done in Microsoft Visual Studio.
+ Roslyn parsers now use the most recent version of Microsoft CodeAnalysis APIs.
+ Code completion was improved for XAML.
+ Advanced C# parser now supports most of C# 7 features.
- The bug with handling dynamic types in the advanced C# parser is now fixed.
- Minor issues with code completion and smart formatting in the advanced parsers have been fixed.
- Minor issues with the search/replace dialog have been resolved.
- Minor issues with hidden lines have been resolved.
- The bug with Visual Basic code snippets in the Visual Basic parser has been fixed.
- The bug with the Code completion box incorrect positioning has been fixed.
- The bug with the description hint overlapping the Code completion box has been fixed.
- The bug with highlighting the outline section when the cursor was moved outside the editor’s text is now fixed.
- The bug with escaping string literals in the MSSQL parser has been fixed.
- The bug with expression parsing in the SQL parser has been fixed.
Scripter/Debugger
+ .NET Script Debugger can now debug externally compiled assemblies.
+ Script Debugger now supports debugging based on Debug Adapter Protocol and provides debuggers for C++ and Python.
+ user can specify which commands are displayed in Debug Menu and Debugger Toolbar.
+ Scripter can be configured to compile sources coming from in-memory files.
- Evaluation of multidimensional arrays during C#/Visual Basic debugging has been fixed.
- The issue with the evaluation of ScriptGlobalClass fields is now resolved.
Form Designer
+ WinForms Form Designer now works in .NET 6.0 applications.
+ WinForms Form Designer can now serialize its content to IronPython files.
- The bug with the toolbox crashing when adding a library is now fixed.
- The bug with the toolbox crashing when the section collapses is now fixed.
LangServer(LSP) Parsers
- Performance-related issues with LSP-parsers are now resolved.
- Issue with some features, like code outlining, not working correctly if there is no workspace specified has been resolved.
TypeScript
+ TypeScript parser, Scripter, and Script Debugger can now be used in .NET core applications.
+ TypeScript parser uses from the referenced assemblies documentation files to be used in code completion and signature help.
- The issue with re-generating .d.ts files for third-party DLLs is now resolved.
Python/IronPython
+ Scripter and Script Debugger now supports Python 3 (based on Python.NET)
+ Python parser now creates an outline section for multi-line comments.
Demo projects
+ MemoryAssembly demo added showing how to reference in-memory assemblies in C# and Visual Basic scripts.
- The issue with displaying solution folders in the Solution explorer has been fixed.
- The issue with the exception when closing AlterNET Studio demos while debugging is still running has been addressed.