Multi-Edit's June Edition of "The Developer News" version 8 issue 3

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June 2011 "The Developer News"
Intro from the CEO: Welcome to our June Edition Support Hub Overlooked Features Tips and Tricks Customer Center Savings continue...30% off and all the scoop on Upgrading	Multi-Edit Partners: Softchoice Answering Your Technology Needs A Domestic Reseller of Multi-Edit TITUS Taking Information Technology Up Stream An International Reseller of Multi-Edit

Introduction from the CEO Welcome once again to Multi Edit Software's, The Developer News! - Chad Williams Hello and once again, welcome to the June edition of the Developer News! Over the past few months, we have received numerous questions from our users via our online forums, private messages, bug reports and direct communications to our sales department in regards to the status of the new Multi-Edit build aka Multi-Edit^X. With that mentioned I figured that I would take a few moments and provide our users with some updates on where we are and when to expect Multi-Edit^X. As many of you know, our original contracted developers bid on a project which was quite honestly more than what they were capable of handling both in sense of the complexity of the project as well as the timeline which we had set. Sadly, they were simply unable to complete the task and MESI was left with an incomplete build and countless hours of development time and investments with nothing to show for it. We've since hired on a new Senior Programmer who has been picking up the pieces so to speak and with great ease! We are now back on track and hope to have a functional Beta release within the coming months, with a final build by end of year. Although we are far beyond any anticipated release dates, we are quite pleased to see the build finally coming together nonetheless. The initial build of Multi-Edit^X will be very much like the current Multi-Edit 2008 release only without the known limitations of the product. In our following patch releases, we will begin addressing the user requested features (once all bugs have been addressed). I would like to encourage everyone who has been looking for a specific feature or sets of features to reach out to us and provide us with your requests to be considered for inclusion in our initial 'feature' builds of Multi-Edit^X. Please send any feature requests onto me directly at chadw@multieditsoftware.com and I personally will ensure they reach the eyes and ears of our developers. To extend our gratitude to our users for the patience and devotion to Multi-Edit during this lengthy development cycle, I've approved an extension to our Spring Savings sale for another 30 days. Michele's article will provide you with the steps on taking advantage of this savings offer as well as information on 'upgrading your current license' and if your existing license is 'eligible for upgrade'. Also in this issue, Clay Martin has provided another great Support Article on Multi-Edit's 'Overlooked Features'. Be sure to review this article for more information on getting the most out of your Multi-Edit! Are you seeking help with Multi-Edit? Looking for some assistance with creating a custom macro to increase your productivity and reduce your time commitments using Multi-Edit? Take a moment and send us an email on what you would like to see included in next month's support article! It only takes and minute to ask and could save you countless hours of time with a little assistance from the MESI Team! Send you support article requests to support@multieditsoftware.com and you could not only see an answer to your question, but it could turn up in our next *Developer News! Finally, I would like to make mention that our office will be closed on Friday July 1st and Monday July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will resume our normal operating hours the following business day and will handle all emails and order requests at that time. Don't forget to send us your opinions and requests, and have a safe and enjoyable Holiday! Until the next edition of the Developer News... Chad Williams, CEO* Multi Edit Software, Inc. chadw@multieditsoftware.com

Customer Service Customer Service Center - Michele Hegwood Welcome to another summer of weather extremes & budget constraints! In an attempt to extend our appreciation & to reward your patience we would like to continue to offer our Summer discount of 30% off any Multi-Edit product purchased (Including: Lite, Lite for SAS, mobileME, & all Suites, Upgrades, & New-User licenses, shipped or download) . Of course the simplest & fastest method to ordering your new or upgrade copy of Multi-Edit is through our secure online ordering page however, if you are ordering an upgrade there are a couple of things to keep in mind: Online upgrade orders Be sure to have your Multi-Edit v9.10 and v2006 serial number handy when ordering as you will have to enter it into the ordering page before proceeding to check-out. If you do not have your ME910 or ME2k6 serial or do not know how to find it, No Worries!, please forward an email to sales@multieditsoftware.com & we will locate it for you. If you're not sure what version you are currently running or don't remember if you have already upgraded, please forward an email to sales@multieditsoftware.com & we will try to locate your purchase history. - Coupon Code ME2k830 - Save 30% Off Multi-Edit using Promotional Code ME2k830 Multi-User (Network) licenses must be purchased through the sales department directly. For estimates & orders please email sales@multieditsoftware.com or send a fax to 480.610.2714. Net terms will not be given, please be sure to include payment information along with your purchase order. We will accept a company purchase order but please note that all PO's are to be submitted via email to sales@multieditsoftware.com or by fax to 480.610.2714, & we do not extend payment terms, payment must be made in full prior to software delivery. For more information regarding purchase orders please forward all questions to sales@multieditsoftware.com. Don't forget to insert Promotional Code ME2k830* at the bottom of your ordering page & the discount will automatically be applied. - Coupon Code ME2k830 - Support Hub: Please be sure to browse our Support Hub for links to our Support Dept, Support Forum, & online Wiki which contains our complete User-Guide for Multi-Edit 2008 @ http://multiedit.com/support.php. Ordering Questions: The quickest & by far the easiest way to order an upgrade or a new-user license is through our online ordering page @ https://www.multieditsoftware.com/meorder/index.php however, if you encounter any challenges w/ the ordering page, or are in need of a Network (Multi-User or Concurrent) license, you will need to email sales@multieditsoftware.com, as those particular orders are handled manually to ensure they are configured properly for your use. Shipped Product: All shipped orders come standard w/ a download/installation link for your newly purchased ME product(s) so that you may begin using the program(s) immediately. We always get our shipped products out to our customers within 1-2 business days. We thank you for your understanding & patience! Michele Hegwood Multi Edit Software, Inc. Michele Hegwood: sales@multieditsoftware.com

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Support Services Customer Support Center - Clay Martin Overlooked Feature, Tips and Tricks Selecting Stuff Multi Edit lets you select blocks of code three ways, Line, Column and Stream. While you can select which form you want by checking the menu choice under Edit, there is another way. Begin a selection by clicking and dragging over a letter or two. Then while still pressing the left mouse button, click the right mouse button. This will toggle between the 3 modes. Highlight Conditional Compilation Declarations Let's say we have a language that has conditional compilation declarations, that begin with %ifd and end with %endifd. Since these can span many lines, we would like the change the text color so that they stand out. Here is how we can do that. First go to Tools-Customize-Language, select your language and press the Edit button. Then, on the lower left locate the Block Comments area. Most languages only have one set, like /* and /. So use the second set, in the Open 2* enter %ifd and in Close 2 enter %endifd. Next go to Tools-Customize-Extensions, select your extension and press the Edit button. Here we want to note, or select a color pallet using the … button in the Colors area. And last, we go to Tools-Customize-Colors, select the correct color pallet, and scroll down to Open/Close2 and select it. Now we can change the color, background, boldness or Italic for our conditional compilation declarations. Remember to hit the Save button (upper left) before exiting or the color changes will just apply to this session and not be permanent. If you use Multi-Edit as a non programming text editor, think of this as a way to mark areas that need to be fixed/added to before the document is finished. You can come up with any fairly unique character sequence, like /* and /, and have those fix it later items stand out. As an Example: ...* we talked to */ get his name /* Captain about the incident.... Need to Use a DOS Command Shell Regularly? Would it not be great to have it as a button on your tool bar. Here is how to do it. You go to Tools-Customize-Toolbars/Toolboxes, select the bar you want to add it to (like Main) select Edit. Then position the highlight near where you want the button and press Insert. Then, in the dialog to select a command, do a search for Command Shell. You can then add that to your tool bar by pressing the Select button , then Ok/Close back out. The button does not have an icon, but small text that says Command shell. Of course, you can use this method to add any command usually found on a menu or just as a key combination to a tool bar. I found that I use Select All enough it was worth adding to the main tool bar. If you have lots of space, get creative. Dual Monitor Problems If you use a dual monitor, and then go back to a single monitor sometimes you can lose a dialog or two. This is because the position Multi-Edit remembered for the dialog is no longer in the visible range of the one monitor. The fix is easy. Go to Macro-Run, then type ResetDialogPos and press the OK button. Auto Save is Driving Me Crazy Sometimes the auto save can be a pest, and save files you are not ready to save. How can you disable to auto save? Go to Tools- Customize- Files- Auto save. Then to disable Autosave, set Seconds of keyboard inactivity and Absolute interval in seconds to 0. Multi-Edit will also save all files when you switch to another program, if Save files when switching tasks is checked. So if you worry your email client might grab focus and force a save, uncheck this option. Lining stuff up Let's say you have a few lines of code (legacy of course, you would never do this) that looks like the code below. Pretty sloppy isn't it? What if it was 30 lines? TStr1 = "One" + "Alpha"; TStr2 = "Two" + "Beta"; TStr3 = "Three" + "Charlie"; TStr4 = "Four" + "Delta"; Well we can clean this up quick. Just select the block of lines and then select Edit-Block Operations-Align Operators. That would give us the following: TStr1 = "One" + "Alpha"; TStr2 = "Two" + "Beta"; TStr3 = "Three" + "Charlie"; TStr4 = "Four" + "Delta"; Note the equal signs were aligned and the positions of the equal characters are set to the column of the rightmost. Now if we want to align the plus-signs, or if we did not want the equal signs aligned we can switch the select method into column mode, and select enough columns over all four lines to encompass the plus signs and any other characters that get in the way. Then execute the align operators again and we get this: TStr1 = "One" + "Alpha"; TStr2 = "Two" + "Beta"; TStr3 = "Three" + "Charlie"; TStr4 = "Four" + "Delta"; Clay Martin, Technical Support Multi Edit Software, Inc. support@multieditsoftware.com Input Your Suggestions in the Forum: http://www.multiedit.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=7 **Please note that you can review/search through all forum topics, but to submit a post you must register on the forums.


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