Stylus Studio XML Professional Suite

What's New in Stylus Studio X14?

XSLT Editor Enhancements

• Saxon 9.3 support
• Support for XSLT 3.0 Draft 11 May 2010
• Syntax coloring and auto-complete
• Support for executing and debugging XSLT 3.0
• Support for XPath 3.0 Draft 14 June 2011
• XSLT mapping tool adds support for XPath 3.0 functions

XSLT-FO Enhancements

• RenderX 4.19
• Support creation of PDF documents with rich media
• Support creation of PDF documents with form fields
• Added missing fo:blocker instruction
• Refresh auto-complete information when the project folder associated schemas are changed

XQuery Editor Enhancements

• Saxon 9.3 support
• Support for executing and debugging XQuery 3.0 Draft June 14 2011
• Do not prompt a message box when an imported module cannot be resolved
• Reset step point marker when debug session is terminated

Framework Enhancements

• WebDav Client now reports last modified date
• Docking windows preserve the state across sessions

Stylus Studio's main design goals were to maximize XML developer productivity, push innovation, and provide unquestioned value, which are the top needs for both software developers and managers alike.

Productivity
Stylus Studio is designed to automate and accelerate the XML development process. XML's verbose self-describing syntax is generally cumbersome to work with manually, and is of course better suited for being developed with Stylus Studio. Stylus Studio consists of powerful XML editors, for example, an XML editor that allows users to work with XML in a variety of different views including text, grid, and tree views.

Complex XML code - for XQuery, XSLT, XML Schema or SQL/XML queries - can be intuitively developed using their respective editors, which support drag-and-drop or visual design operations. Productivity gains are also achieved using Stylus Studio's plentiful XML developer features, including code generators (for XML Schema and DTD, for example) and conversion utilities (import/export data wizards and HTML-to-XSLT conversions, for example) which automate commonly performed developer tasks.

Support for source code integration and a robust project window enable Stylus Studio to be used on large software projects in real-world software development scenarios.

Innovation
The explosive growth of XML standards and their extensive adoption throughout enterprise computing requires an XML IDE that can provide comprehensive and innovative support for the newest XML technologies, and one capable of issuing timely product updates as XML specifications evolve. Stylus Studio has a long history of first-to-market achievements, including the first XSLT debugger, XSLT Mapper, and the new XQuery Mapper. And on startup, Stylus Studio notifies you if an update to your installed version is available, so you are never behind the curve in the rapidly evolving world of XML technology.

Value
Stylus Studio offers unprecedented value as a true enterprise software development tool. But the value of a tool is not solely derived by merely weighing the cost of the software application against the types of productivity gains described earlier. Stylus Studio's vast collection of XML debuggers and testing utilities ensures correct program behavior and eliminates costly software bugs at the outset of the software development cycle, resulting in better quality code. Furthermore, the XML standards-based approach to software application development is fundamentally more cost effective then proprietary alternatives, enabling you to avoid the higher costs associated with single vendor traps and lock-ins. Finally, Stylus Studio product support is offered free of charge and Stylus Studio Developers Network offers numerous free developer resources, eliminating support and maintenance plans.

Stylus Studio Editions

Stylus Studio XML Professional Suite Stylus Studio XML Professional Suite provides a complete set of tools for the XML application developer, including XML Differencing for comparing multiple XML documents and folders. XML Differencing is also included in Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite.

Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite - Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite is Stylus Studio's most comprehensive XML IDE, offering a complete and robust set of tools for writing, testing, debugging, and deploying XML applications. In addition to editors for XML, XML Schema, XQuery, and XSLT, Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite provides the following features exclusive to this edition of Stylus Studio:

• Java and C# for .NET code generation for deployment of XQuery and XSLT
• transformations
• The ability to expose XML Schema to Java bindings
• XQuery and XSLT Profilers to help you gather performance metrics and troubleshoot
• performance bottlenecks
• Custom XML Conversions, a module that allows you to easily convert non-XML files
• like EDI and CSV to XML
• Web Service Call Composer to help you build and test calls to hundreds of industrystandard
• Web services
• Integration with Raining Data Tiger Logic XDMS
• Support for OASIS catalogs, including dozens of catalogs bundled with Stylus Studio

Stylus Studio provides a comprehensive set of XML tools and features for working with XML, XQuery, XSLT, XML Schema/DTD, XPath, SQL/XML, XHTML, and Web services technologies.

Features

• XML Editors - Stylus Studio includes numerous synchronized, visual XML editing views, Sense:X (Intelligent XML Editing), Integrated XML Validator, XML differencing, and much more
• XSL/XSLT Tools - Stylus Studio provides comprehensive XSLT development support, including XSLT debugging, XSLT mapping, XSLT profiling, visual HTML-to-XSLT stylesheet design, XSL:FO, and much more
• XQuery (XML Query) Tools - Stylus Studio is an XML development tool which supports visual XQuery editing, XQuery mapping, and XQuery debugging
• XML Schema Editor- Stylus Studio supports visual XML Schema editing, validation, XSD documentation generation, and other XSD utilities
• Document Type Definition (DTD) Editor - Stylus Studio includes a visual DTD editor, integrated DTD validator, and various DTD generation utilities
• XPath Tools - Stylus Studio includes utilities for XPath 1.0/2.0, including XPath Evaluator, XPath Expression Generator, Sense:X for XPath (Intelligent XPath Editing), and much more
• Web Services Tools - Stylus Studio supports Web Service Development via a Web Service Call Composer, UDDI Registry Browser, and other tools that make it easy to find, test, and use Web services
• XML Mapping Tools - With Stylus Studio you can map data in one format to another using visual drag-and-drop mappers. Stylus Studio's mappers include support for mapping to and from XML documents, Web service data, relational data, flat files, and many more
• Import/Export Utilities for any File, XML and Relational Data - Stylus Studio 6 includes Convert to XML, a visual tool for extracting XML data from any file format including CSV, tab separated, binary data files, EDI, or any other flat format, as well as many other data import/export utilities for RDBMS, XML, ADO, and more
• Relational Database Connectivity Tools - Create XML views of relational databases and render relational data as XML with Stylus Studio's SQL/XML utilities
• Java and XML Tools - Build XML-enabled Java applications using Stylus Studio's JSP Editor, XML-Java debugger, and more
• HTML/XHTML and Web Design Tools - Easily design advanced XML-data driven Web sites with Stylus Studio's handy XML tools for Web Designers
• Microsoft and XML Tools - Use Stylus Studio to build XML-enabled Microsoft applications with MSXML, Microsoft .NET XML (System.XML), SQL Server 2000, and other XML-enabled products and APIs
• Support for DataDirect XQuery 2.0
• New XPath Query Editor with multi-line editing; Sense:X auto-completion for syntax, functions, and axis; the ability to create namespace prefixes; and more
• Support for the RenderX XSL:FO processor (Personal Edition) for developing XML publishing applications
• New Java APIs for the Stylus Studio XML Deployment Components for accessing EDI / X12 / EDIFACT and other legacy data formats
• Support for the Saxon 8.7.1 XSLT and XQuery Processor
• Support for DataDirect Connect for JDBC 3.6 for faster relational database access
• Executing and debugging support for System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Enhanced relational database access in XQuery Editor and XQuery Mapper
• Web service tools now supports additional legacy SOAP encoding styles (RPC/Literal, RPC/Encoded) and the ability to introspect XML schema types either embedded in the WSDL or included/imported from external schemas
• Support for Window Themes, docking bar auto-hide (like Visual Studio 2005), and other usability enhancements

Software Updates
The Stylus Studio team makes periodic updates to Stylus Studio to correct errors, make enhancements, or improve performance. A software update is defined as a minor release to the current version of the product that results in a patch, bug fix, updated documentation, or improved performance.

If you are a registered Stylus Studio user, you are entitled to any and all updates to the version of Stylus Studio you have purchased. For example, if you purchased Stylus Studio 6, release 1, you will be able to download subsequent minor releases (e.g., Stylus Studio 6, release 2) for free.

Software Upgrades
A software upgrade is defined as a major change to Stylus Studio that substantially enhances the functionality of the product and/or results in a change to the version number of the product (e.g., Stylus Studio 5 to Stylus Studio 6). You are required to purchase an upgrade license in order to upgrade to a newer version of Stylus Studio.

Optional Annual Upgrade Protection (AUP) coverage is offered that allows you to upgrade to any new version of Stylus Studio released during the coverage period without paying an additional upgrade license fee.

AUP coverage is for one year and must be renewed annually in order to stay in effect. Additional years of AUP can be purchased at anytime during the coverage period.