New in this Release

Since the release of Xill IDE 3.0 we have been continuously receiving feedback and we have used this to create a new and improved version. Focus for this version was improvement of user experience and beter support for building fast connectors. The main new features are:

New Features

  • Better binary support with the Stream plugin package.  
  • All new extensible plugins for databases which also supports binaries.  
  • All new XURL package (replaces REST) for HTTP requests with multipart support and support for binaries.  
  • Use of pipeline syntax (map/reduce/filter) to write more effective code.   
  • Context sensitive help by pressing F1 directly in the code.   
  • New constructs:  
    • String.byteLength() 
    • String.regexEscape() 
    • Hash.toSHA1() 
    • Hash.toSHA256() 
    • Collection.containsKey() 
    • Mongo.listCollections() 
    • Excel.setCellValue() 
    • Excel.setCellFormula() 
    • Web.tidy()
  • Deprecated constructs:
    • Excel.setCell()
    • REST package


And many more small improvements and bugfixes that make your life easier. See the complete list in the change logs below.

Add-on Features for 3.1

  • Support for MySQL using an external plugin (available separately) 
  • Support for a lightning fast File Share Analysis using the FSA plugin (available separately) 
  • Support for concurrency for better resource usage using the Concurrency plugin (available separately) 
  • Support for the Xillio Deduplicator plugin (available separately) 

Upgrading from Xill IDE 3.0

If you are upgrading from the previous major release (3.0.x) then be advised that you have to change your robots to work with Xill IDE 3.1 (it is a major update after all).

  • To enable support for (large) binaries and streaming of files, we created the Stream package and changed the way that loading and writing of files works.
    This makes working with files faster, but you may have to change your bots that use the old File package or the preview version of the Stream package that was included in 3.0.1.  
  • To enable support for the separate MySQL plugin we needed to change the way that database drivers are loaded. This leads to new plugin names (one per database), which replace Database and a different way of connecting (using JDBC connection strings).
    The advantage is that this simplifies adding new database drivers at a later time. Also, using the new connection strings, you have more options available for databases like Oracle.  
  • To enable better authentication and multipart posts (including binaries) with web services, we built the all new XURL package, which replaces REST. 

See the Xill IDE 3.0 to 3.1 Upgrade Guide for concrete steps you have to take to upgrade your bots.

Known Issues

  • Web currently supports no more than 10 open pages at any given time. 
  • You cannot currently use the comparison operators <, >, <= and >= on strings.  
  • Breakpoints may move when pressing ENTER or DELETE on the same line. 
  • Some help examples may not work without modification. 
  • When previewing huge XML files (>120MB) you may run out of memory. 
  • On a Mac, some keyboard-shortcuts may not work, because they are used to type special characters. 
  • When using MariaDB, multiple queries may lead to a crash in the special case that one query (except the first) raises a constraint violation. 
  • When using MariaDB, a query-result with zero results will cause an error when iterating over it. 
  • When using MariaDB in an external bot using callbot() an exception may be thrown. 
  • A robot tab may freeze when trying to overwrite a file that is locked by the system (using File.copy()).  

Change Logs

Xill IDE - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

 [3.1.0] - 19-04-2016

Add


    • Creation of robots from templates [CTC-380]
    • Validate robots when opening [CTC-1349]
    • F1 provides context sensitive help [CTC-1393]
    • Ability to copy/paste text from preview panel OBJECT/LIST fields by double clicking [CTC-1150]
    • Automatic backup for settings file [CTC-1464]
    • Code highlighting for pipeline keywords [CTC-1490]

Change


    • Remove Database plugin and replace it by extensible JDBC plugin version 1.0.1 (built-in support for MSSQL, Oracle, SQLite, MariaDB) [CTC-1390]
    • Deprecate REST plugin and replace it by XURL plugin version 1.0.5
    • Update Xill API to 3.3.14
    • Update exiftool plugin to 1.1.1
    • Update XML plugin to 1.1.3
    • Update web plugin to 1.1.4
    • Update document plugin to 1.2.3
    • Update Excel plugin to 1.1.4
    • Improve keyboard shortcuts for find and replace bar [CTC-1346]
    • Improve deleting of files and folders in project pane [CTC-1342]
    • Improve user experience when closing the application with running robots [CTC-1361]
    • Remove any token that starts with a numeric character from the auto completion [CTC-1339]
    • Filter strings and comments from code completion [CTC-1340]

Fix


    • Issue where the project tree would collapse when changes were made to it [CTC-880]
    • Text in license dialog should wrap [CTC-1435]
    • Cannot create new robot after deleting robot or folder [CTC-1436]
    • Cannot create a new robot in samples project [CTC-1333]
    • Cannot open bots when multiple instances of Xill IDE are running [CTC-1216]
    • Xill IDE does not start maximized [CTC-1335]
    • Copy/Paste behaviour mixed up [CTC-1398]
    • Auto-save while paused [CTC-1437]
    • Debugger issue with error in included bot [CTC-1481]
    • Scrolling with mouse wheel in help pane [CTC-1262]
    • Search in preview pane [CTC-1451]
    • Old packages are not removed from help index [CTC-1498]

[3.0.1] - 12-02-2016

Add


    • More descriptive information in the robot status bar
    • Auto save functionality that saves after 2 seconds of inactivity

Change


    • Improved performance of the LIST and OBJECT preview pane [CTC-1218][CTC-1314]
    • Moved create folder and create file buttons to a drop-down menu in the project view [CTC-1300]
    • Update Document plugin to version 1.0.3
    • Update Web plugin to version 1.0.3
    • Update Database plugin to version 1.0.2

Fix


    • Display of changelog [CTC-1189]
    • Issue where focus would be lost on the project view [CTC-1254]
    • Issue where robot control buttons would get stuck [CTC-1336]
    • Issue where error in included robots would only display for two seconds [CTC-1341]
    • Display a link to EULA [CTC-809]
    • Issue where a dialog keeps popping up for robots that have not been changed [CTC-1354]

[3.0.0]


Initial release

Xill Core, Codec, Collection, Date, File, Math, Stream, String, System plugins - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[3.3.14] - 19-04-2016

Fix


    • Date package help files [CTC-1474]

[3.3.13] - 14-04-2016

Add


    • String.regexEscape() construct to escape strings that will be part of a regular expression [CTC-1406]

Change


    • Move Concurrency plugin package to separate repository [CTC-1519]

[3.3.12] - 12-04-2016

Change


    • Errors from external programs run using System.exec() are not logged as Xill errors anymore [CTC-1465]

Other


    • Various maintenance tasks [CTC-1496][CTC-1414][CTC-1470]

[3.3.11] - 30-03-2016

Fix


    • Variables are not disposed leading to write lock on files [CTC-1503]

[3.3.10] - 30-03-2016

Fix


    • Foreach loop fails with inline Stream.iterate() [CTC-1438]
    • Memory leak when using MySQL JDBC plugin [CTC-1500]

[3.3.9] - 24-03-2016

Add


    • Concurrency package and pipeline processing [CTC-1454][CTC-1455][CTC-1456][CTC-1458][CTC-1459][CTC-1460]

[3.3.8] - 23-03-2016

Fix


    • Line with a breakpoint is executed on stop [CTC-1409]

[3.3.7] - 23-03-2016

Change


    • Check naming conventions [CTC-1396]
    • Update xill language definition to version 3.1.3

[3.3.6] - 22-3-2016

Fix


    • Remove BOM characters [CTC-1365]

[3.3.5] - 22-3-2016

Add


    • String.byteLength() construct to determine length of a string in bytes [CTC-1279]

[3.3.4] - 3-3-2016

Add


    • possibility to deprecate constructs [CTC-1297]

[3.3.3] - 25-02-2016

Fix


    • List append operator not working [CTC-1417]
    • Collection size wrong in debugger pane [CTC-1418]
    • Unclear error message when variable used in function is declared after function call [CTC-1388]

[3.3.2] - 24-02-2016

Change


    • For ATOMIC variables for all the basic operators (+, -, *, /, ^, %, ++, --, +=, -=, *=, /=):
      if one of them (or both) is NOT a number return NaN. [CTC-1368]
    • LIST and OBJECT variables also return NaN [CTC-1411]

[3.1.2] - 24-02-2016

Fix


    • Issue where File.getLastModifiedDate returns the creation date

[3.1.1] 11-02-2016

[3.3.1] - 19-02-2016

Add


    • Hash.toSHA1 and Hash.toSHA256 constructs [CTC-1332]
    • Collection.containsKey construct [CTC-1230]
    • Extensions for xill bots and xill templates [CTC-380]

Change


    • Add a new stream api for data streaming [CTC-1373]
    • Refactor Encode.toBase64, Decode.fromBase6, Hash.toMD5 to work with streams [CTC-1332]
    • Refactor logging [CTC-1196]

[3.1.1] - 11-02-2016

Fix


    • Disappearing variables in variable pane when debugging [CTC-1292]
    • Implement the new file api with stream support [CTC-1327]

[3.1.0] - 08-02-2016

Add


    • Error handling construction
    • The runBulk expression to run parallel robots

Fix


    • Issue where lists would always evaluate to false [CTC-1315]
    • Issue where circular references would cause a robot to crash [CTC-1166]

Change


    • Update xill_language to 3.1.1

[3.0.0] - 28-01-2016


    • Initial release

Xill - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[3.1.4] - 24-03-2016

Add


    • Keywords for pipeline processing (map, filter, peek, collect, consume, reduce, foreach) [CTC-1454][CTC-1455][CTC-1456][CTC-1458][CTC-1459]

[3.1.3] - 23-03-2016

Change


    • Terminal id for tokens, to fix exponential operator (^) [CTC-1316]

[3.1.2] - 10-02-2016

Change


    • The syntax of the argument keyword

[3.1.1] - 08-02-2016

Fix


    • No error on declaring variable that already existed as parameter [CTC-1238]

[3.1.0] - 28-01-2016

Add


    • do/fail/success/finally blocks for error handling [CTC-1209]
    • runBulk command for parallel robot calls [CTC-1273]

[3.0.43] - 07-01-2016

Fix


    • Issue where having two compilers at the same time would cause unexpected behavior regarding project folders

[3.0.42] - 23-12-2015

Add


    • Option to use multiple packages on a single declaration: use System, String;

Xill Document, ContentType, Mongo Plugins - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.2.2] - 12-04-2016

Add


    • Mongo.listCollections() construct to show the available collections in a database [CTC-1471]

[1.2.1] - 30-03-2016

Fix


    • Xill IDE throws a MongoCursorNotFoundException instead of logging an error [CTC-1391]
    • Handling of BigInteger and BigDecimal values by UDM [CTC-1480]

[1.2.0] - 23-03-2016

Change


    • Update UDM to version 1.2.0
    • Use lowerCamelCase for all collection and field names [CTC-1396]

[1.1.3] - 22-03-2016

Change


    • UDM functions support user specified database [CTC-1423]
    • Standard Mongo connect timeout changed from 30s to 3s to keep robots from freezing on stop [CTC-1432]

Fix


    • Save numeric string into UDM as number [CTC-1306]

[1.1.2] - 14-03-2016

Add


    • Options to Mongo.find() construct [CTC-1363]

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update Xill API to version 3.3.3

[1.1.0] - 23-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api 3.3.1

[1.0.3] - 10-02-2016

Add


    • Options parameter to the aggregate construct [CTC-1308]

[1.0.2] - 08-02-2016

Add


    • Include sort functionality in Document.find [CTC-1231]

[1.0.1] - 26-01-2016

Fix


    • Complete Mongo help files [CTC-1250]

[1.0.0] - 19-01-2016


    • Moved from xill core repository to dedicated repository

Xill Document, ContentType, Mongo Plugins - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.2.1] - 12-04-2016

Fix


    • Handling of failed Mongo connections [CTC-1478]

[1.2.1] - 30-03-2016

Fix


    • Handling of BigInteger and BigDecimal values by UDM [CTC-1480]

[1.2.0] - 23-03-2016

Change


    • Use lowerCamelCase for all collection and field names [CTC-1396]

Fix


    • Saving numeric string in database as number [CTC-1306]

[1.1.0] - 27-01-2016

[1.0.0] - 03-10-2016


    • Initial release

Xill Excel Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.1.4] - 19-04-2016

Fix


    • Update xill API to enable deprecation

[1.1.3] - 11-04-2016

Fix


    • Excel.getCell incorrectly retrieves numbers without decimals [CTC-1522]

[1.1.2] - 22-03-2016

Change


    • Deprecate Excel.setCell() construct and replace it by Excel.setCellValue() and Excel.setCellFormula() [CTC-1298]

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update Xill API to version 3.3.3

[1.1.0] - 23-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api version 3.3.1

[1.0.2] - 26-01-2016

Fix


    • Excel.setCell should not treat values as formulas CTC-1274

[1.0.1] - 19-01-2016

Change


    • Remove integration test

[1.0.0] - 19-01-2016


    • Moved from xill core repository to dedicated repository

Xill XURL Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.0.4] - 12-04-2016

Fix


    • XURL.post() multipart messages behave unexpectedly [CTC-1524]

[1.0.3] - 30-03-2016

Add


    • Add file import to XURL.post() [CTC-1475]

[1.0.2] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api version 3.3.3

[1.0.1] - 24-02-2016

Change


    • Improve help files

[1.0.0] - 23-02-2016


    • Initial release

Xill Exiftool Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api version 3.3.3

[1.1.0] - 23-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api version 3.3.1

[1.0.0] - 19-01-2016


    • Move from xill core repository to dedicated repository

Xill JDBC Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.0.1] - 30-03-2016

Change


    • Fix potential memory leak [CTC-1500]

[1.0.0] - 22-03-2016


Initial release

Xill Web Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.1.4] - unreleased

Change


    • Check naming conventions [CTC-1396]

[1.1.3] - 22-03-2016

Add


    • Web.tidy() construct [CTC-1190]

[1.1.2] - 11-03-2016

Fix


    • Download certificate error [CTC-1424]
    • Help files [CTC-1426][CTC-1429]

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update Xill API to version 3.3.3

[1.1.0] - 23-02-2016

Change


    • Update Xill API to version 3.3.1

Fix


    • Issue where resources were not released when Web.loadPage failed [CTC-1347][CTC-1366]

[1.0.3] - 10-02-2016

Fix


    • Web.loadPage returns last loaded page instead of current URL [CTC-1347]
    • PhantomJS.exe not included in Windows build [CTC-1343]

[1.0.2] - 08-02-2016

Fix


    • Provide a more descriptive error message for unsupported xpath constructions [CTC-1302]
    • Provide a more descriptive error message when no more processes are available [CTC-1318]
    • Web.xPath doesn't return result for certain patterns [CTC-1304]

[1.0.1] - 26-01-2016

Fix


    • Add helpful message about PhantomJS installation on Mac and Linux to help files [CTC-714]

[1.0.0] - 19-01-2016


    • Moved from xill core repository to dedicated repository

Xill Rest Plugin - Change Log


All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file

[1.1.2] - 19-04-2016

Change


    • Deprecate all constructs (REST package replaced by XURL)[CTC-1577]

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Check naming conventions [CTC-1396]

[1.1.1] - 25-02-2016

Change


    • Update Xill API to version 3.3.3

[1.1.0] - 23-02-2016

Change


    • Update to xill api version 3.3.1

[1.0.1] - 26-01-2016

Add


    • Option for insecure SSL-connections and transfers [CTC-1310]

[1.0.0] - 19-1-2016


    • Moved from xill core repository to dedicated repository