Register for the Live Documenter v1.2 Beta
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Why should I Register?
By registering (and subsequently being accepted in to the beta) you could bag yourself a free copy of the Live Documenter1.
But more importantly, you get to help drive the development of the Live Documenter forward, to be the first to see the latest improvements and be the envy of your friends.
What's changed in this Version?
Export
That's what everyone has been waiting for. Live Documenter allows you to export your .NET XML comments to a myriad of different formats and allows you to easily customise the output.
Read the preview post on our blog.
Projects
Now you have better control of your documentation with projects. This allows you to manage the libraries in your documentation set.
Read the preview post on our blog.
UI and General Enhancements
We have updates the UI to increase readability and to improve workflow. We have also improved our support of XML comments and fixed niggling issues. The full list of changes is available on this website.
Change List
- Added export functionality, now exports to XML, XHTML, MS HTML Help 1, MS HTML Help 2, MS Help Viewer
- Ability to manage documented libraries via Live Documenter Projects
- System generated namespaces, members and type no longer displayed.
- Visibility filters added to the UI
- Fully supports XML comment <list>
- Top level <example> elements are now displayed correctly
- Fixed issue with display of generic base types in syntax blocks
- Operators now have icons associated with them
- Operators are now correctly displayed in the members lists
- Updated naming for implicit and explicit operators
- Fixed KeyNotFoundException when parsing comments
- Fixed ArgumentOutOfRangeException caused by <code> elements in some circumstances
- NearestNeighbour unknown exception fixed
- Issue with Concatenation operators when viewing in VB syntax
- Fixed error when <para> elements contained block level elements.
- Fixed issue when XML comments contained empty <para> elements
- Code blocks in the UI were not displayed in a fixed width font
- Fixed issue where you could not add a <code> element to a <para> element
- Now displays child classes in the inheritance tree
- Now supports extension methods
- Installer now asks permission before installing shortcuts
- Displays message when there is no associated XML comment file
1 To qualify you need to provide a certain amount of feedback through the beta program, simply signing up is not enough. You will need to complete an initial and final feedback questionnaire and actively participate in the beta program.