Download PSPad 4.5.4

PSPad is a text editor mainly aimed at programmers. It includes syntax highlighting, a code explorer, html preview and the ability to exchange files via ftp. For more information, we refer you to this page. The developer released version 4.5.4 a few days ago and provided it with the following patch of changes:

Version 4.5.4:

• added new block comments for CNC machines Okuma and Heller into User highlighter definition
• New SAS parser for Code explorer
• scripting – function selectionMode() without parames returns active selection mode for current editor
• MS SQL highlighter – dblclick selects @ char as part of variable
• PAS highlighter – possibility to set color for data types
• Code Explorer is focused after synchronize with code button (in case if Set cursor after goto is disabled)
• Code explorer – item stays highlighted (not greyed) even Code explorer isn’t focused
• Code explorer – added support for ABB Rapid (ftABB file type). Set it as file type in user highlighter definition
• Statusbar – diskette symol is active with same functionality as Save button
• Lorem Ipsum form remebers last setting over PSpad sessions
• Maximum unnumbered bookmarks stored in project file was extended to 100 for each file
• Included the current TiDy.exe version from 03/2009
• PHP highlighter – document comment, new keywords, …
• Code explorer for PureBasic – added procedures with return codes
• Code explorer for VB – added support for private and public class
• User highlighter – new line comment style
• PSPad supports Drop text from another application, if aplication supports it (IE, Word, …)
• Duplicate lines works for block too – it supplicates block now
• Scripting support – new function logLineIndex([index]): integer – sets or returns current line index in LOG window
• New function New file (Shift+Ctrl+N) – creates new file without dialog
• Project from folder function fills now default folder in project settings
• Program settings / Proram 1 – new option allows you switch off extended mouse support
• Program settings / Direct edit – new variable Code explorer init = 200000. It sets max. file length in bytes. Files over this value sin’t parsed automatically in Code explorer and you need to start parsing with Code explorer Refresh button
• FTP client – added possibility to go to web page with Winsock error explanation after unsucsessfull connection
• Check internet version – new dialog
• FTP – small modifications in interface behavior (step to upper, sort by date include time, moveable columns, …)
• Code explorer for Tcl/Tk – added class methods (public, private…)
• New program action – aScriptRecompile
• Scripting – new function logSetParser(expression) to set Log parser string
• Scripting – new functions projectItemsCount, projectItems(index), projectItemsType(index) for project tree handling. See included readme in Script subfolder
• Swap with line Above/Bellow functions work for selected block too
• Swap block – new function swaps line in selected block
• Program settings / Program – new option to enable/disable Multimedia keys for PSpad
• User highlighter – added Comment style %% (Automaton language)
• LOG – Search results uses common font and background colors
• Code explorer for JScript – public functions
• Line feed in CSS reformating – new parameter in Program settings / Tols
• Added button in the Help / Check version dialog to send you to download page
• In FTP connection settings dialog (bottom) is link for download OpenSSL libraries
• FTP – added TLS/SSL support using OpenSSL (both DLL libraries have to exist in the PSPad folder). Secure connection is indicated with other yellow icons on the FTP panel.
• Update TextDiff component, first version of the line differences in the window bottom. Speed ​​was improved.
• removed project hint length limit
• new Code explorer for psC
• built-in KiXtart highlighter updated to 4.6.0 – new keywords, added reserved words, labels, parameters groups
• Scripts – added function ftpRefresh() – refresh FTP folder. For ftpUploadFile() added 3-rd parameter – refresh folder after file upload
• Scripts – added editor function modified([boolean]), sets or returns modified state
• Code explorer for PureBasic
• Session manager – possibility to set if new session keeps open files
• Cobol higlighter – added JCL keywords, JCL comments are still not supported
• LOG windows – possibility to set (common) font using font button in the LOG window
• FTP connections – import FlashFXP exported accounts
• PSPad remembers right dock panel width
• Program settings / Dialogs – possibility to switch off close all files befre open project
• PSPad now opens UTF-8 even it contains invalid characters
• possibility to integrate PSPad into system via registry (Vista 64), now is possible to choose items in the menu
• file PSPad_registry_clean.reg clears PSPad registry entries
• SQR (Structured Query Reporter) Code explorer
• Session – list of existing sessions on the save dialog
• Project settings – new options for storing project files only and use absolute paths in project file
• Code explorer – added support for Windows PowerShell
• Log type List – added horizontal ScrollBar
• Added support for multimedia keyboards and additional mouse buttons. Supported commands: Next, Previous, Open, Close, Find, Help, New, Open, Save, Print, Undo, Redo, Spell, Cut, Copy, Paste, Record
• Perl highlighter – new keywords
• Script menu – open scrip source with both mouse button click instead Shift+Click
• Copy to Clipboard (Ctrl+C) works in tree items too (Project etc)
• Updated icon files
• added Sessions support – it allows you save/restore open files state (session)
• C# code explorer
• Remove nonexisting recent files (menu Open / Special or menu next open button)
• import FTP settings from FileZilla 3 is now supported
• Command window supports program variables
• scripting interface – you can set LOG window type with commands logSeTypeMemo and logSetTypeList
• C++ highlighter – now is possible to set brackets color
• FTP client – new column file type with sorting possibility
• increased file load speed in case of Go to EOL in option was disabled
• block select with F8 works in HEX editor too
• Open selected file in default application opens file in PSPad if Ctrl is pressed
• go to parent folder with BackSpace key in the FTP window
• Search/Replace with regular expression – number of substitution was increased to 50
• removed limitation to 1024 chars in the MEMO log window style

Corrected:

• open file from FTP if file contains spaces in name
• Open selected file in default application function opens file in PSPad
• dblclick in the LOG window
• button LIST and COPY in th Search dialog doesn’t handle unicode
• C++ code explorer and exception related to compiler conditions
• Indent block function with TAB/Shift+Tab doesn’t use Indent with from program settings
• XML reformat with comments
• Search in files function doesn’t remember used code page selection
• Project from folder doesn’t include files start with “.”
• HTML highlighter and Django templates – in some cases text was invisible
• XML reformat – exception if XML doesn’t start with entity
• File name was changed to LowerCase if file was open as PSPad parameter
• Search and Case Sensitive
• ClipList doesn’t show if program was set to StayOnTop
• New text file save wih forst line longest then 250 chars
• SQL Code explorer – TYPE parsing
• FTP client doesn’t show file size for files over 2.3GB
• Code explorer – comments parsing
• TCL/TK highlighter and escaped strings
• Project statistics / File information – program doesn’t work with current encoding
• Scripting support – openFileFromFTP(), problem with local path after CWD command
• TextDiff exception
• FTP client – problem with date if FTP server doesn’t sent complete file date
• Char fragments in combination with AutoIndent and real tabs
• Code explorer for C#
• Print Preview – file from FTP shows local path in header
• SpellCheck settings – exception if Autocorrect file was locked by external application
• VBScript highlighter – EndIf was highlighted as keyword
• URL click
• Find dialog – Tabs was replaced with spaces in Copy and List functions
• Incremental search and Find Next/Previous works with last Find dialog settings
• HTML reformat
• Multimedia keys support – switched COT and COPY
• Compiler saves file even it wasn’t necessary
• FTP client – exception when CHMOD was call in folder
• FTP client cuts first chars of name on some servers
• multimedia keyboard support – switched CUT and COPY
• compiled file was saved even wasn’t modified
• FTP – exception with CHMOD for folder
• FTP – on some servers PSPad cuts first 2 chars from filename
• email highlighting doesn’ count with ampersand char
• HTML/RTF export doesn’t use font from editor window
• Favorite panel – bad icons if panel was empty
• Print preview – file name instead file path in header
• File tab – hint shows local path for files from FTP
• Code explorer for PHP – public / private icons
• HTML – templates highlight problem if template finishes on new line
• Vista and Program settings related exception
• Session manager with [x]don’t close files… option
• Project – unknown files are sent to associated application
• FTP client with IBM AIX server cuts off first 2 letters from filename
• PHP Code explorer – classes functions
• PHP Code explorer – function in classes
• LOG window – font size
• LOG window – scroll bar autowidth with script and List style
• reformat XML
• Splitted window – width of the gutter in the second window
• TextDiff – goto line in the first window
• Code explorer for pcC
• FixedSys font problem
• Slow file loading problem (return to previous editor component version)
• Edit in split window – missing Save question
• char ‘|’ in FTP server name
• close editor window with active incremental search
• disallowed chars in FTP path cause problem to store local copy
• PSpad can handle now file name as param with normal path delimiters
• Tcl/Tk comments
• User highlighter – SQL comment doesn’t works if “-” char was included in allowed keyword chars
• FTP – IBM AIX server
• Code explorer for psC – component hierarchy
• Autosave doesn’t save file to FTP
• Desktop flash during PSpad start
• Search file result with unicode file names
• FTP sort after column drag/drop
• mischmashed bookmarks after file reload
• Sorting file in tens of MB causes Exception
• handled exception in case there is no access to HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry
• Search in files – program crashes in some specific case
• Search in files doesn’t supports ignore file list in folder names
• handled case, when PSPad window appears outside desktop
• FTP – fixed problem what causes rewrite current file content if you open already open file
• interactive templates – removed main window flickering
• ShortCut for New file for new PSPad installation
• menu File / Open special doesn(t contains recent files after start
• Autocomplete – problems with accented chars
• Email address highlighting with char ‘+’
• FTP – missing confirmation during rename file to existing one
• programm writes registry key PSPadPath each start – it’s necessary for Windows explorer context menu
• PHP highlighter corrections
• program takes SSL libraries from PSpad folder
• VBScript highlighter fix
• Template from block – problem with SQL dialects
• Save to FTP
• Project settings – exception after click in external application list