XML Notepad explained

XML Notepad
Author:	Chris Lovett, Michael Corning, Dan Doris
Developer:	Microsoft
Latest Release Version:	2.9.0.7^[1]
Programming Language:	C#
Operating System:	Windows 2000 and later^[2] ^[3]
Platform:	.NET Framework
Language:	English
Genre:	XML editor
License:	MIT License^[4]

XML Notepad is an open-source XML editor written by Chris Lovett and published by Microsoft. The editor features incremental search in both tree and text views, drag/drop support, IntelliSense, find/replace with regular expressions and XPath expressions, and support for XInclude. The editor has good performance on large XML documents and has real time XML schema validation. The editor also features an HTML viewer for displaying XSLT transformation results and a built-in XML comparison tool.^[5]

The program's source code was made available on CodePlex on 20 April 2007, and moved to GitHub in April 2016.^[6]

History

The original XML Notepad was written in 1998 by Murray Low in C++, but was eventually removed from Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) due to its lack of support for modern XML standards and no maintenance. However, because of high demand, a replacement was written in C# by Chris Lovett using the System.Xml library of the .NET Framework 2.0.^[7]

XML Notepad 2007 was released eight months after the release of XML Notepad 2006. The new version featured several bug fixes, Windows Vista compatibility and updated Aero-style computer icons.^[8]

XML Notepad 2.6 was released in 2014 containing various bug fixes reported by community on codeplex. It was also updated to use .NET Framework 4.0. According to the Codeplex Web site it moved in 2016 to GitHub.^{[9] [10]}

See also

• HTML editor
• Comparison of XML editors
• XMLSpy
• Microsoft Notepad

Further reading

• Web site: XML Notepad 2007 is a Simple, Smart Editor for Web Code . . . 24 February 2009 . Kevin . Purdy.
• Web site: Microsoft XML Notepad 2006 . TechieQuest . https://archive.today/20130204020150/http://www.techiequest.com/microsoft-xml-notepad-2006/ . 4 February 2013 . live.
• Web site: Download Microsoft XML Notepad 2007 . TechieQuest . https://archive.today/20130203214954/http://www.techiequest.com/download-microsoft-xml-notepad-2007/ . 3 February 2013 . live.
• Web site: Softpedia Editor's Review for Microsoft XML Notepad . . SoftNews . 8 April 2013 . Elena . Opris.
• Web site: Chris Lovett Interview . Microsoft XML Team Blog . . 16 November 2007 . 16 July 2010.

Notes and References

1. https://github.com/microsoft/XmlNotepad/tags Tags · microsoft/XmlNotepad · GitHub
2. Web site: XML Notepad 2007 . Download Center . . 5 September 2007 . 16 July 2010 .
3. Web site: XML Notepad 2007 2.5 . . . 18 September 2007 . 16 July 2010 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://download.cnet.com/XML-Notepad-2007/3000-10248_4-428209.html . dead .
4. Web site: XmlNotepad/LICENSE at master · microsoft/XmlNotepad · GitHub. .
5. Web site: XML Notepad 2006. Microsoft XML Team Blog. Microsoft. 5 September 2006. 16 July 2010. Chris . Lovett.
6. Web site: XML Notepad Source Code on CodePlex. Microsoft XML Team Blog. Microsoft. 20 April 2007. 16 July 2010. Chris . Lovett.
7. Web site: XML Notepad 2007 Design. Lovett. Chris. MSDN. Microsoft. 16 July 2010. August 2006.
8. Web site: Microsoft Unveils XML Notepad 2007 . Softpedia. SoftNews. Oiaga. Marius. 23 November 2006. 16 July 2010.
9. Web site: Chris Lovett (2014) "XML Notepad Wiki". . 12 May 2016.
10. https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad Microsoft XML Notepad page at github