CSE HTML Validator by AI Internet Solutions, the Professional HTML Syntax Checker
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BETA Feature/Bug History


General Notes
  • The validator will only support the English language in the immediate future. Whether other languages will eventually be supported has not yet been decided, however.
  • Documentation will not be fully updated until a release candidate or non-BETA release version is available.
  • Other applications that include integrated support for HTML Validator should work with v4.5 if they have been written correctly.
  • BETA versions of CSE HTML Validator Professional will expire on a certain date.
  • All v4.5 BETA versions will accept the same v4.5 BETA key, and v4.5 BETA versions will not accept v4.0 or earlier registration keys. The non-BETA release version will require another new and different registration key than the v4.5 BETA versions. These keys will be available to qualified registered users from the automatic registration key sender. You will have to request that your new key be sent from the CSE HTML Validator Registration Key Request page.
  • Information in the history below for versions that have not yet been made available is tentative.

Program History
Version 4.50 (released September 11, 2000)
  • More minor bug fixes.
  • Find/Replace Dialog Box help added.
  • Can now sort by the Message column of the Messages tab.
Version 4.50 RC1 (released September 4, 2000)
  • Fixed editor crash bug that occasionally caused HTML Validator to crash when closing a document.
  • Miscellaneous enhancements, updates, bug fixes, and a minor help system update.
  • This version does not expire and requires a new key to use. Will not accept v4.50 BETA keys.
  • This version is not available for trial use. It is only available to registered users who qualify to use v4.50.
Version 4.50 BETA 3A (released August 24, 2000)
  • Added option to disable email address syntax checking for users who do not use standard Internet formatted email addresses. This option is in the Network tab of the Validator Engine Options.
  • Added option to never display the progress bar. This option is in the General tab of the Validator Engine Options.
  • Added Insert Color option to the Tags menu.
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.
  • Expires October 1st, 2000.
Version 4.50 BETA 2A (released August 10, 2000)
  • Added a validation progress bar.
  • Crash bug in syntax highlighter fixed.
Version 4.50 BETA 2 (released July 26, 2000)
  • Improved syntax checking.
  • Significant update to the configuration to update messages and add more messages (such as deprecation messages and compatibility messages).
  • New tag name program functions: checkTagUsed(), convertString(), MessageEx()
  • New Grouped Messages tab that groups related messages together. Helps to remove less important messages from the Messages tab so you can first concentrate on the more important messages which are usually displayed in the Messages tab. Also added a new editor option so that the grouped messages can also be displayed in the Messages tab so that all messages can be displayed in the same tab.
  • New editor option to sort the messages in the Messages tab by message type (errors, then warnings, then messages, then comments).
  • Began changing tags and attributes to lowercase in the configuration and validator messages partly due to the increasing popularity of XHTML.
  • The Opened tab in the Resource Window has been renamed to Open and now displays the number of open documents in parenthesis.
  • Specific error messages for the common problems of forgetting to include a '#' character or using the letter O instead of the number 0 in a hexadecimal color value.
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
  • Expires September 1st, 2000.
Version 4.50 BETA 1C (released June 30, 2000)
  • Added new editor option to automatically check links in the background. Checking this options will automatically check any links listed in the Links tab. Great for constantly checking links to make sure your links remain valid.
  • Added tab graphics to the Messages and Links tab that turn red for error messages or for bad links and turn other colors (yellow, green, blue, and gray) for other status information.
  • Improved Tag Inserter functionality and added more tags.
  • Added option to require attribute values (Validator 2 tab of the Validator Engine Options).
  • Bug fixes and GUI improvements.
Version 4.50 BETA 1B (released June 25, 2000)
  • Fixed bug with Tag Inserter where it would appear when it shouldn't and wouldn't go away when it should.
Version 4.50 BETA 1A (released June 25, 2000)
  • Added option to automatically refresh the web browser when in preview mode and the document is saved.
  • Added some user interface enhancements.
  • New user configurable Tag Inserter to quickly insert tags or other text.
  • Improved CFML syntax checking.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Expires August 15th, 2000.
Version 4.50 BETA 1 (released June 19, 2000)
  • Compiled with a new generation compiler - Borland C++Builder v5 as compared to Borland C++Builder v4 for CSE v4.0.
  • New tag name program function: runProgram()
  • Performance increase to validator engine when used with included configuration file (which is almost always).
  • Built with updated components including an updated editor component:
    • Editor now allows regular expression searches.
    • Split Editor tab into two tabs: Editor 1 and Editor 2 tabs.
    • Added new editor options: persistent blocks, overwrite blocks, and wrap at margin.
    • Can now change the font color when syntax highlighting is turned off or not available.
    • Can now change the line number color.
    • Cascading style sheet (CSS) syntax highlighting added (CSS2).
    • Added option to display special symbols that show end of line, file, and tab locations so these are no longer invisible.
  • New support for up to 180 tag name program flags. Version v4.0 only supported 60.
  • The HTML Configuration Editor has been renamed to the Configuration Editor.
  • Batch Wizard improvements and new features:
    • Rearranged the options dialog box and added a Reporting tab.
    • Added an option to be verbose or not for the batch progress messages.
    • Added an option to specify how many reports per page to place on each page of a multiple page report.
    • Added an option to limit the maximum number of targets processed.
    • Added a properties dialog box to view/edit a target's properties.
    • Improved link checking speed; extracts all links and then checks them all at the end of the processing.
    • New Link Check tool (available only through the Batch Wizard) to quickly check a site's link integrity without having to validate the documents (saves time and extracts links that might be missed when extracting during a validation that terminates before checking the whole document).
    • Can now follow links:
      • Can limit followed links by beginning text, file extension, or depth.
      • Works with all target types.
  • New Validator Engine Options:
    • In the network tab, can specify a timeout value for HTTP link checking and the maximum number of simultaneous HTTP operations (mainly for link checking).
  • Added the ability to copy validator messages to the clipboard in the context menu of the results window.
  • Integrated web browser:
    • Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer v4 or greater.
    • Preview the documents that you are working on with the integrated web browser.
    • Browse the web with the integrated web browser, validating the documents as you go along. Great for ASP, PHP, CFML, etc. authors to check the output of their scripts.
    • The HTML source of the document being viewed in the web browser is available in the "WB Source" editor tab.
    • Two new options in the General Tab of the Editor Options:
      • Option to let HTML Validator automatically refresh the web browser when in preview mode so that you can see how your documents looks in the browser as you work on them and change them.
      • Option to automatically validate the documents that you navigate to (when not using the web browser in preview mode).
  • Improved syntax checking. BETA 1 includes some changes and additions to the configuration file.
  • Can now click on a line in the structure memo (that contains an opening or closing tag) and HTML Validator will take you to the location in the document where the tag appears.

Configuration File History
A few minor corrections, additions, and updates have been made for v4.5 over v4.05. The HTML Configuration for v4.5 is not backward compatible with v4.05 or earlier.
  • RC2: Checks for spaces and improper URL encoding in URLs.
  • BETA 1A: Improved CFML syntax checking; added CFSWITCH, CFCASE, and CFDEFAULTCASE elements
  • BETA 1: Added flags 40, 41, and 42
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