New In HotDog Professional 6

 Introduction

HotDog Professional is a Text Based Web Authoring tool primarily used by High End Web Professionals or what we at Sausage refer to as "Gun Coders". With this in mind the simple mission of HotDog Pro 6 was to create "The Gun Coders tool of choice".

List of Improvements and Fixes in HotDog Professional 6.0

List of Improvements and Fixes in HotDog Professional 6.1

List of Improvements and Fixes in HotDog Professional 6.2

List of Improvements and Fixes in HotDog Professional 6.5

Top New Additions in HotDog Professional 6 Include...

> Performance

Number one priority for HotDog Pro 6 was to make it the optimal productivity tool for Gun Web Coders.

• Lower Resource Usage.

HotDog 6 uses approximately 12% - 18% of system resources compared to HotDog 5.5, which used a minimum of 35% and potentially up to 100%.

• Faster Loading Time.

HotDog 6 loading times range between 3 – 8 seconds, depending on system configuration, which is on average 4 times faster than HotDog 5.5.

• Faster Document opening time.

HotDog 6 average document loading time is under one second, which is approximately 5 to 10 times faster than HotDog 5.5.

• SDI (Single Document Interface).

The new HotDog 6 Document Interface allows you to open hundreds of documents with negligible use of resources.

> Enhanced Editor Support for Web Coding Languages

Gun Web Coders don’t just use HTML these days. As such, HotDog Pro 6 provides native text editing support for the most popularly used languages in modern Web Design.

• Syntax Highlighting for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Ability to create separate Syntax coloring schemes for individual language types.

• Property Sheet Support for HTML, CSS.

Edit embedded Cascading Style Sheet properties just like HTML using the new Property Sheet.

• Code Completion Support for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Full Code Completion for all supported languages.

• On the fly Syntax Validation for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Full error checking for all supported languages during editing.

 > Document Navigation

 High-end HTML documents often contain thousands of lines of code. Gun Coders need ways to quickly open large text documents and quickly locate the code they want to edit.

•  New HTML Navigation View Resource Panel.

The HTML Navigation View distills a HTML file into a structured tree view, which can be filtered to show all tags, specific tag types or just major HTML objects.

•  Synchronized Tree/Document Tag navigation.

Navigation of tree view is tracked on the fly in the current document (and vice versa), selecting an item in the tree view will place the cursor in the corresponding tag in the current document.

•  Select/Collapse and Edit Tag in Document.

Right clicking any tree item will offer options to select or collapse the current tag in the Document. Double clicking an item in the tree view will open its corresponding dialog (if one is available) populated with the current attributes ready for quick editing.

 > Cascade Style Sheet Authoring

 Cascading Style Sheets are now used extensively in High End Web sites to provide complete control over look and feel from one single point.

•  New CSS Resource Panel.

To house all your CSS style sheets there is a new Resource panel, complete with a few of our own. This Resource panel is the focal point for all new CSS functionality.

•  New Create Style Sheet and Create Style functions.

HotDog Pro 6 has a completely revamped set of interfaces for Importing, Creating and Editing CSS style sheets and then applying them to your web pages. All CSS functionality is available through an intuitive and easy to use set of Wizards and point and click dialogs.

•  New Font / Paragraph Dialog.

Apply in-line styles to individual Font and Paragraph Tags using new easy to use point and click dialogs.

> Script Authoring

Scripting is another area widely used in High End Web sites. HotDog Pro 6 provides an easy to use interface to add scripting functionality to elements in your Web pages.

• New Scripting Resource Panel.

The Scripting Resource Panel provides an interface to Add, Edit and Delete HotDog "ScriptBits" to the currently selected element in your HTML document.

•  Use HotDog "ScriptBits" to easily add scripting functionality to objects in your Web pages.

HotDog "ScriptBits" are pre-configured Java Script functions that can be manipulated, combined and configured via an easy to use point and click interface.

 > W3C Accessibility Initiative

Accessibility is a vital aspect of good Web site design. The recently released W3C Accessibility Guidelines outline a set of recommendations on how to make web pages more accessible for people who are physically or mentally impaired or who simply wish to perform non-visual browsing.

HotDog Pro 6 comprises a number of new functions to help you quickly and easily make your new and existing Web Pages more accessible:

• New accessibility dialog to list/edit all Accessibility errors in current document.

The new Accessibility Check dialog will check your current HTML page and provide a list of Accessibility Errors. Double clicking any error will open the appropriate HotDog dialog to allow you to quickly and easily add accessibility options to the selected HTML element.

• On the fly Accessibility checking in HTML Navigation View.

All Accessibility errors are displayed at a glance in the HTML Navigation view. Double-clicking any item in the tree view will open the appropriate HotDog dialog to add accessibility options.

• All relevant Dialogs have Accessibility options.

Every relevant HotDog dialog now contains an Accessibility button. Toggling this option will open an extra set of Accessibility fields for easy editing.

Using these accessibility options in HotDog Pro will assists viewers:

• Without graphic display terminals.

• Whose browsers don't support forms or applets.

• Who are visually impaired.

• Who use speech synthesizers.

• Who have configured their graphical user agents not to display images.

To view the W3C Accessibility Guidelines simply point your browser to the following URL:

http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG10/

Improvements and Fixes in HotDog Professional 6.0

Text Editing Improvements

• Split Document View mode.
  
• Document Drop Down list of all open files.
  
• New syntax filtering options.
  
• Gutter re-sizable with mouse.
  
• Hidden Fields shows Spaces.
  
• Dim hidden Fields option.
  
• Intellimouse/mousewheel support.
  
• New Calculate Image Dimensions for document function.
  
• New Right Click Re-Calculate selected image function.
  
• Convert Selection to "title case" function.
  
• Can use mouse with Code Completion.
  
• Code Completion highlights likely closing tag.
  
• Select and Collapse HTML elements function.

FTP Improvements

• Uploading a directory to the Internet Files panel no longer creates an extra blank directory in the panel.
  
• Problems uploading to servers that specify that new directories don't exist have been fixed.

Websites Improvements

• Opening and Closing Website files same speed as normal files operation.
  
• Collapsible ranges remembered for all Website files between sessions.
  
• Specify a Backup directory for a Website.
  
• New Backup Website function on Website panel.
  
• Uploading Multiple Website files uses the one connection, can specify "yes to all" when replacing files.
  
• Website Wide Find and Replace Fix.
  
• Website uploading progress bar does not sit in front of other applications.
  
• Website external resource collection fixes.
  
• HotDog preview file ~HDprev.htm will not be uploaded if it is in a Website that is being uploaded.

Macro Improvements

• Add Macro from Font Dialog fixes - creates macro panel properly - inserts into proper position.
  
• Deleting/Renaming macros fix.

Extended Character Improvements

• Can Add/Edit/Delete Extended Characters.
  
• Extended Character case sensitivity bug fixed.

Bookmarks Improvements

• Improved Netscape bookmarks reading.

Local Files Improvements

• Local Files panel has directory drop down box.

Internet Files Improvements

• Can sort files in the Internet Files panel by the date modified.

General Application Fixes and Improvements

• Running multiple instances of HotDog doesn't cause crash dialog to appear.
  
• Added parameter to stop HotDog reopening files on startup - /nf.
  
• New multiple instances checking code.
  
• OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) Drag from resource panels.
  
• OLE Drag and Drop for Multi-Line Clipboard.
  
• Removed incorrect List Heading tag from Bulleted lists.
  
• Resource panel drop down list of all open panels on that side.
  
• Selected Resource Panel tabs stored between sessions.
  
• Registered Company removed from publishing, email address added.
  
• Publish function converts auto fields even if the file isn't open.
  
• Spell checker checks selected text without checking tags.
  
• Link Wizard inserts </a> tag.
  
• New Tag Coloring options in Preference dialog.
  
• New Syntax Filtering rules in Preferences dialog.
  
• New Specify a Backup Directory in Preferences dialog.
  
• New separate Syntax Coloring options for all different syntax in Preferences dialog.
  
• Drop Down template menu for New Document toolbar button.
  
• Checks if a file is read only when trying to save.
  
• Document Tabs have save icons.
  
• Right Click popup menu for document tabs.
  
• Document Tabs show full file path as hint.
  
• New "View" Toolbar - Resource Panel, Rover and Rover Ruler Buttons.
  
• New buttons in "File" Toolbar - Import Text document, Close, Close All.
  
• Added File Form Element.
  
• Added Push Button Form Element.
  
• Right click edit option for form elements.
  
• Can specify which syntax manager to use for particular file extensions by default e.g. Use ASP highlighting for ASP files.
  
• File Dialogs have an "Open File As" combo box, to specify syntax to use, e.g. ASP.
  
• Can preview externally and locally through a local web server
  
• Web browser search includes Opera
  
• Preview uses file extension of current document, not .htm
  
• Can insert tabs as spaces.
  
• Can open files by dragging them onto the main HotDog form.
  
• Local server previews includes the subdirectories of specified local drives.
  
• Can view hexadecimal values in code completion.
  
• Code Completion allows selection from Color Dialog and File Dialog for URLs.
  
• Code Completion can display colors in hexadecimal.
  
• MultiLine Find-and-Replace is included in Website.
  
• File Dialogs remembers selected file filter.
  
• Document restores position scrolled to, when switching documents.
  
• Can use Bookmarks:

Ctrl + Shift + 0-9 to add new bookmark.

Ctrl + 0-9 to jump to a bookmark in the document.

• Bookmarks are saved between sessions, if the document is part of an open Website.
  
• Pressing <Alt> + <Shift> + any number from <0>-<9> inserts highlighted text into MultiLine Clipboard.
  
• Pressing <Alt> + any number from <0>-<9> to insert text from MultiLine Clipboard to document.
  
• Pressing <Alt> + <Enter> inserts <P> tag.
  
• HTML Property Sheet Help synchronized with Property Sheet.
  
• Can create backups to the directory of the current document.
  
• Save As will use current directory if the file is already saved.
  
• Code Completion "More Colors" and "More URLs" options.
  
• Code Completion Uppercase/Lowercase preference.
  
• Code Completion Hexadecimal/Color Names preference.
  
• Code Completion Match case of attributes preference.
  
• Syntax Coloring can be turned off.
  
• Tag Coloring colors entire tag.
  
• Syntax Highlighting fixes.
  
• Colors and Images as Tooltips.
  
• HTML Tag Coloring for ASP files.
  
• Ctrl + double-click will select a tag.
  
• WebSite Checks Tab allows for proxy settings.
  
• Document Tooltips in HTML specific preferences.

... And a whole heap of other stuff that we just can’t think of now :o)

Fixes and Improvements in Version 6.1

Application Shell Functionality

• No Delete Key problem when renaming files in the Local Files Panel.
  
• Drag file to highlighted text going between tags and after tags.
  
• Un-splitting a screen.
  
• Document lists windows now changes size.
  
• External preview window refreshes.
  
• Help button in ImageLab fixed.
  
• Dragging Internet files to highlighted text to create links.
  
• Closes correct file when multiple files are open.
  
• Local Files resource panel displays all files even if extensions hidden in Explorer.
  
• In New File dialog box updated.

Cascading Style Sheet

• Correct slashes used in CSS documents

FTP

• Correct files displayed in Internet Files resource panel.

Navigation View

• Viewer refreshes.

Resource Panels

• Local Files panel refreshes correctly.

Rover

• Rover can refresh automatically.
  
• Rover remembers previous state.

Spell Checking

• Spell check highlights misspelled words.

Syntax Files / Error highlighting

• Frameset syntax correctly implemented.
  
• ASP script attribute RUNAT recognized.
  
• All attributes appear in IE extensions.

Text Document Editor Interface

• Calculation of Image dimensions no longer removes Syntax Highlighting.
  
• Editor windows always update properly.
  
• No backspace problems.
  
• <BR> now consistent with HD5.

Websites / FTP

• Upload newer files only setting available.
  
• Publish function converts auto fields.

Fixes and Improvements in Version 6.2

Application Shell Functionality

Fixed:

• External Preview window not refreshing.
  
• The help button in Image Lab not working.
  
• Delete key not working properly when renaming files in the Local Files panel.
  
• Problems occurring when trying to close files during HotDog startup.
  
• Problem changing from split-screen mode without closing a file.
  
• Feature to link to files, by dragging from Internet Files panel, not working properly.
  
• Filenames on tabs not matching with actual files when multiple files opened.
  
• Netscape 6 not recognized as a browser.
  
• Backup files made for only one file even when editing multiple files.
  
• HotDog 6 doesn't detect HotDog 5 macros.
  
• Supertoolz not detected.
  
• hdprev.html file created even when ROVER is disabled.
  
• .shtml files cannot be previewed.
  
• Save As dialogs do not display the current file name as earlier versions did.
  
• Some hdprev.html files not being deleted automatically.
  
• Previewing using an UNC path doesn't work.
  
• External preview only works for .htm and .html files.

Installation / Registration (DLLs)

Fixed:

• HD6.1 install expects macros to be available for importing.

Resource Panels

Fixed:

• Local Files panel not updating files display.
  
• Incorrect option in right-click menu of SuperToolz Resource panel.

Rover

New:

• Rover remembers its maximized state.

Fixed:

• Rover not remembering state when opening/closing a website.

Syntax Files / Error highlighting

Fixed:

• ASP Script attribute RUNAT not recognized.
  
• Missing attributes from IE4 and IE5 extensions.

Text Document Editor Interface

Fixed:

• Calculating Image Dimensions removes syntax highlighting.
  
• Redraw problems when switching between HotDog and other applications.
  
• Typing [CTRL]+[Enter] stops text selection to the right of the cursor with the mouse.

Websites / FTP

Fixed:

• Website files not opening/closing when opening/closing a website.
  
• hdprev.html file gets uploaded using the Upload Website function.
  
• Publishing incorrectly converts comments tags.

Spell Checking

Fixed:

• Words not selected properly when spell checking.

Fixes and Improvements in Version 6.5

Application Shell Functionality

Fixed:

• Increase in speed when loading files.
  
• Color Palette no longer appears too low on screen in low resolutions, and can be positioned on a second monitor screen when using dual monitor mode.
  
• All URLs in program changed to refer to new SausageTools website.
  
• HotDog will now remember the open files if you close HotDog using the [File][Exit] menu.
  
• Menu Text changed from "Publish All Openning Documents" to "Publish All Open Documents".
  
• Edit Macro help button now points to correct help page.
  
• Windows 98 and Windows 2000 system information are added to the status bar "Easter egg".
  
• Page redirection can now be turned off via the Document Information dialog.
  
• Changes to text in Preferences dialog to make it more concise and accurate.
  
• Can save files with .htm extension by default. Note: In Windows NT - "Hide file extensions for known file types" should be off under Windows Explorer's [View][Options] menu.
  
• Code Completion's automatic tag closing work-around removed (made unnecessary by fixes to text input).
  
• HTML code completion now works in php/asp documents.
  
• Uncheck the redirection checkbox and the appropriate <meta> line will be deleted from the document.
  
• "Buy HotDog" menu options now direct to the appropriate purchase page for users who are upgrading.
  
• A warning message will appear when attempting to save a changed readonly file.
  
• Saving to the directory above a file's current directory now works. (Previously saved to old directory).
  
• Inserting (from the toolbar) then editing a line (using right-click) no longer causes irregularities in code.
  
• When using the document information panel a second set of <Title> tags are no longer added to the document.
  
• File tabs now show the correct file name for the currently open file.
  
• Converting text to upper/lowercase has been streamlined with a "wait" cursor.
  
• Read-only files support corrected.
  
• Screen updating is optimised for speed.
  
• "Save as" without preview's file filter index has been corrected.
  
• Many functions optimized in code.
  
• Empty toolbar text no longer appears in corner of occupied toolbar space when program window is less than maximum screen width.
  
• "Save" icon no longer remains grayed-out after a replace operation.

New:

• Can now specify the encoding of files opened and saved (choose between unicode (UTF-16), unicode (UTF-8), unicode (UTF-8 no signature) and ANSI.
  
• New "Copy File As" function in the File menu allows you to save a copy of a file, and continue working on the new copy while the old copy is still open in the background.
  
• Can open multiple files from the File Open dialog.
  
• Can drag and drop the file tabs to rearrange their order and HotDog will remember their order if you have it set to reopen the files next time HotDog starts.
  
• Now prompted to save if you change file end-of-line type and close.
  
• Button added to Editing Window footer to disable/enable Code Completion.
  
• Php, php3 and phtml extension are all now acceptable.
  
• Warning dialog now displays if you attempt to save a read-only file
  
• PHP file types now default to being editable by HotDog.
  
• If the BODY tag has been removed from a document and you attempt to use [Format][Document Properties] a warning dialog appears to remind you to add a BODY tag to the document.

Text Document Editor Interface

Fixed:

• All new HTML tags from wizards and resource panels are generated in lowercase.
  
• Input of extended characters (international keyboard support) much improved. Now allows Cyrillic, Thai, Chinese and similar languages.
  
• Caret now appears when title bar is clicked in split-screen editing mode.
  
• Editing an existing <image> tag now includes its attributes.

HTML Tags Resource Panel

Fixed:

• Entering tags from the HTML Tags panel no longer changes the case of selected text in the document.
  
• Tags invoked by shortcuts are now entered in lowercase.
  

HTML Property Sheet

Fixed:

• HTML Property Sheet can now be used to edit HTML embedded in PHP and ASP documents.
  
• Property Sheet no longer "attaches" to the wrong document.
  
• Right-click option to sort properties now works.
  
• Using HTML Property Sheet to edit <style> sections doesn't insert extra semicolon characters or spaces anymore.
  
• The RIGHTMARGIN, BOTTOMMARGIN, LEFTMARGIN, TOPMARGIN attributes of the BODY tag are corrected.

Syntax Files / Error highlighting

Fixed:

• Syntax Highlighting optimized. Should be considerably faster, especially on scripting documents with large sections of comments.
  
• "in" no longer identified as an error in VBScript.
  
• Syntax rules/filters specified in preferences now take effect and work correctly.
  
• Syntax Highlighting now works properly on remotely opened ASP, PHP and JavaScript files.

New:

• PHP Keywords and function names are now recognised and highlighted.
  
• Tag coloring (HTML) now works in all scripting languages with embedded HTML tags.

Program Registration Module

Fixed:

• SausReg has been updated to prevent search for an email address. This stops the MAPI and RPC errors.

Websites

Fixed:

• Dragging an image from the WebSites panel will create an IMG tag and not a HREF.
  
• Go forward/backward/clear "WebSites" dockpanel bugs corrected.

New:

• You can now drag and drop files from the WebSite panel to the Internet Files Panel (can also multiselect).
  
• Improved keyboard support. Double clicking/CR will open a marked file. A single Carriage Return will also open multiple selection (Control + Left-Click).

Internet Files

New:

• You can now use CHMOD style numbers to alter file permissions when using Internet Files.
  
• Internet Files file list now updates (refresh) on file saves.
  
• Illegal characters are now not permitted when creating a new server definition.
  
• Improved keyboard support. Double clicking/CR will open a marked file. A single Carriage Return will also open multiple selection (Control + Left-Click).
  
• You can now set Timeout to 0.
  
• It is no longer possible to create a second server profile with the same name as an existing server profile.

Local Files

Fixed:

• Parent and sub folders now get included in the link created from dragging a HTML file onto the document.
  
• The file list mode button now displays the image of the mode that it would switch to if clicked on.

New:

• Improved keyboard support. Double clicking/CR will open a marked file. A single Carriage Return will also open multiple selection (Control + Left-Click).

Publishing

Fixed:

• File Format selected when publishing now really takes effect.
  
• Documents are no longer indicated as "unsaved&q uot; when published.
  
• File end-of-line format selected when publishing now takes effect.

Macros

Fixed:

• Macros are no longer inserted as a single line when using the shortcut key.

Help

New:

• Help added to the HTML Property sheet for all Netscape and Internet Explorer tags listed in the HTML Tags resource panel (e.g. BLINK, BGSOUND, ILAYER etc).

Fixed:

• Scripting errors in the help files fixed.
  
• HTML Property Sheet help revised to remove outdated content.