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Welcome to the Multi Edit Software Newsletter...
Another INFO packed Newsletter...
- Chad W. Williams
Welcome to September's edition of The Developer News!
Multi Edit Software, Inc, is proud to announce our latest editions:
See the article from Dan Hughes for complete information on what to expect with these new releases, product updates and more. As with any new product release, users may have questions or comments about it, and need a place where they can share those thoughts with the MESI development staff. The Multi-Edit support forums are just such a place. Voice your thoughts/ideas/comments and make your opinions or requests count! If you haven't already signed up: http://www.multieditsoftware.com/forums/, you'll need to so that you can submit a post. Then take a moment tell us what you think, post us your feature requests or support questions, and become directly involved with the developers of Multi-Edit! Make a difference in your editor of choice and submit: http://www.multieditsoftware.com/forums/ your thoughts today!
Multi-Edit 2006 is now compatible with and supports Borland's Turbo Professional products. Utilize the full power of Multi-Edit 2006 with the all new Borland® Turbo C++, Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET and Turbo C# and dramatically reduce your development time! Visit our home page or the ad space above & click any one of the Borland® Turbo products images for more information!
What is the CMac Reference Guide 2006 and is it something you are missing out on? Take a look at our latest build of the CMac Reference Guide in it's new SAMPLE format and see how powerful Multi-Edit can be when using the built in macro source code!
Visit http://www.multieditsoftware.com/downloads.php and download your sample today!
This month we are taking a closer look at what a VCS package is and focus in on TLIB® by Burton Systems, an affordable, fast and flexible VCS Package. Take a look at TLIB® and see for yourself how using TLIB® in your development environment can dramatically reduce your development challenges.
Are you unfamiliar with what a Vcs package is or why you would need to use one? Take a moment to review Sean's latest support article on "What is Vcs" and see how using a VCS package with Multi-Edit can dramatically reduce your developing mistakes by utilizing options like rollback, revision comparing, checkin commenting and more.
Finally, I'd like to request that you take a moment to help us in welcoming MESI's newest developer of Multi-Edit, Stephen Wiebelhaus(StephenW@multieditsoftware.com). Stephen has provided us with an informative article on who he is, where he's coming from and what it means to you, our users to have him onboard with MESI. Welcome aboard Stephen!!!
Chad Williams, CEO
Multi Edit Software, Inc.
Chad Williams: chadw@multieditsoftware.com
Development Updates from the VP
- L. Dan Hughes
Well, it has been a very busy month for all of us and especially the Development staff. We are doing something a little new and that is to try and release four updates at the same time.
Drum roll please...
We are proud to announce the major releases of Multi-Edit Lite 2006 and Multi-Edit Lite 2006 for SAS®. These releases bring the MeLite and MeLS products up to the same code level as the Multi-Edit 2006 release. Along with the major releases, we are also releasing an update of Multi-Edit 2006 to fix additional issues our users have reported. This brings all of our Multi-Edit based products to version 10.03.00. All users that have purchased Multi-Edit Lite v9.10 and Multi-Edit Lite for SAS 9.10 can update to the 2006 versions for a discounted upgrade rate.
We would also like to announce an update to the CMac User Guide. This update is free for all who purchased a copy of the Guide. To obtain your copy, visit our download page(http://www.multieditsoftware.com/downloads.php) and install using your previously issued CMac User Guide serial number and release code. If you have lost your codes please send an email to sales@multieditsoftware.com and provide your complete registration information. Once validated, the serial number and release code will be emailed to you.
We have more things in store for you in the future so stay tuned and as always keep reporting any and all bugs you find as well as any new features you would like to see added to Multi-Edit. All bug reports, questions and feature requests should be posted to our support forums at http://www.multieditsoftware.com/forums/.
Until Next Time; Happy Coding!
Dan Hughes, VP
Multi Edit Software, Inc.
Dan Hughes: danh@multieditsoftware.com
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Bug fixes that were made in the old release need to be migrated into the new release
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Introducing our newest Programmer: Stephen Wiebelhaus
I'm Stephen Wiebelhaus and I'm a new developer here at MESI. I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself to everyone and tell you a little bit about myself, what I do here and what I can offer you as a Multi-Edit user.
In 2005 I met a wonderful, beautiful young woman Sharon. We spent hours talking to each other every night and developed a very strong connection. We got married in 2006, and have a 3-year-old daughter who spends most of the day being cute as can be.
I've been into computers for a long time. My first was a Commodore 64, back when I was six or seven. I began learning Commodore BASIC 2.0 by typing in example programs and soon found myself able to write my own. Once I was in college I got to learn real programming. In my first semester at ASU, I learned Java. During my second semester at Arizona State University (ASU), I helped a couple students transition from C++ to Java. I tutored them, helping explain some of the concepts of Java (objects, encapsulation, variable access) that were different from C++. They nicknamed me "javaman". I liked the name, and it has stuck with me as a part of my screenname and email address every since. I've made several pet programs in Java and Visual Basic. Some are games and others are utilities. Once I'm happy with the results of my concentration program, I intend to release it as shareware for educational use.
The first time I used Multi-Edit was when I was applying for the job here. ME2006 is rather simple for the beginner to use, but there are many features and options available for the hardcore programmer. After weeks of using it, I'm still finding new capabilities. The designers did a great job creating the interface and now ME is my favorite editor. I have a few features that I'm used to, that I'd like to build into it and promise to keep you informed as I do. I must also note that I was pleasantly surprised at the CMac language. It is used to define much of the Multi-Edit program and it's quite versatile and powerful.
MESI is a great company for me, I enjoy working with the people here and I am looking forward to many years of service to Multi-Edit and it's users. Aside from working to assist with normal development duties, I'm also here to assist with bugs, feature requests and of course day to day Multi-Edit questions. Please take a moment to visit our online support forums which I closely monitor daily and post your thoughts or questions. I look forward to working with all our users to help make Multi-Edit your ONLY IDE!
See you in the Forums!
Stephen WiebelhausAs always, any suggestions for a future programming article are always welcome at the following email address: stephenw@multieditsoftware.com
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Using a Version Control System with Multi-Edit
- Written by Sean Hughes
What is VCS? The management of source code, documents, graphics and related files in a large software project. Version-control software provides a database that is used to keep track of the revisions made to a program by all the programmers and developers involved in it.
Why would you want to use a VCS? One of the major reasons you would want to is the purpose of helping you maintain and track versions or revisions of a set of files.
To setup up a VCS package within Multi-Edit you'll need to follow the steps noted below.
1. Open Multi-Edit
2. Go to the Vcs | Configue... menu.
3. Check the Enabled checkbox.
4. Click the Vcs Package button which by default is set to None.
5. Within this dialog select which Version Control System you plan to use.
Example: SVN
6. Once the Package is selected, click the Edit button.
7. You'll only need to add or change the Base Dir to reflect the Bin Directory of the Version Control System you've selected. as shown in the example below.
Example: Change Base Dir to reflect the Bin Directory
You are now complete with setting up your Multi-Edit installation to use your preferred Vcs package and can begin with checking a file out of the repository. To do this, open up one of these files within Multi-Edit and begin editing. When editing of the file or files is complete, select any one or more of the commands below to Update, Checkout, Compare, Commit or pull a History on the file being edited.
The Vcs | Put (Update) current file command is used to put your changes you made to the file into your repository. When you click the Vcs | Put (Update) current file command it will present a pop-up dialog where you can note any revisions made to the file for others to view what changes were made to the file.
The Vcs | Extract (Checkout) current file command is used to get the latest changes made to the currently opened file from the repository.
The Vcs | Visual Compare current file command brings up the compare utility to compare the current file to the file in the repository.
The Vcs | History (List) current file command will provide you with the history of the currently opened file.
Sean Hughes
Member of ME Support
As always, any suggestions for a future tech article are always welcome at the following email address: support@multieditsoftware.com
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