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CodeSnip v4.11.1 has been released. This is a minor release that simply fixes a few spelling mistakes in the UI and fixes an incorrect error message that can be displayed by the snippets editor. For a full list of changes see the changelog . Download this new release using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code You can also grab the source from the Subversion repo .

CodeSnip v4.11.0 has been released. The main changes in this release are concerned with the change of licensing used for the online Code Snippets Database: snippets from the database are now MIT licensed. This has necessitated the following changes to CodeSnip. Generated source code now carries the MIT license whenever it contains code from the online database. The Snippet Submission wizard used to submit new snippets for inclusion in the database now requires the user to confirm they have the right to submit the snippet and are prepared to release it under the MIT license. There are a few related changes throughout the program and documentation. There are a couple of internal changes to help with development. For a full list of changes see the changelog . Download this new release using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code You can also grab the source from the Subversion repo .

Just under a year ago I stopped making updates to the Code Snippets Database available to users of CodeSnip 1 & 2 - the download option continues to work, but the version of the database those programs are fed never changes. I'm now giving notice that, at the end of 2014, the same will apply to CodeSnip 3. So, if you are one of the very few remaining users of CodeSnip 3, please update to v4 if you want to keep getting updates to the database. Why am I doing this? Well, I'm making inreasing use of features only supported by CodeSnip 4 and the online Code Snippets Database Take 2 web app. It's becomming more and more time consuming to serve an alternative version to CodeSnip v3. Given there are so few users of CodeSnip 3 I feel the time spent would be better used elsewhere. If you violently object, I may still be persuaded to reconsider. But only if you leave a comment containing a sound argument before the end of October 2014!

CodeSnip v4.10.0 has just been released and adds supports for test compiling snippets with Delphi XE7. The program's Configure Compilers dialogue box should be able to auto-detect XE7 on systems where it is installed. Since I don't have XE7 I'd be grateful if any users who do can let me know if this works: please leave a comment. To configure to CodeSnip to work with XE7, select the Tools | Configure Compilers menu option and in the resulting dialogue box click the Detect Delphi Compilers button. If Delphi XE7 has been detected it will appear in bold in the list of compilers on the left of the dialogue window. Note: Any AppMethod installations are detected and reported as Delphi XE6 (AppMethod 1.4) or XE7 (AppMethod 2). I'm looking into a fix for this. Download this new release using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code

CodeSnip v4.9.0 has just been released. This release adds supports for test compiling snippets with Delphi XE6. The program's Configure Compilers dialogue box should be able to auto-detect XE6 on systems where it is installed. However, I've not been able to test this because I haven't updated to XE6 myself. So I'd be grateful if any users with XE6 can let me know if this works: please leave a comment. To configure to CodeSnip to work with XE6, select the Tools | Configure Compilers menu option and in the resulting dialogue box click the Detect Delphi Compilers button. If Delphi XE6 has been detected it should appear in bold in the list of compilers on the left of the dialogue window. Update: It seems that AppMethod installations are also detected and reported as Delphi XE6. Download this new release using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code

I'm considering a major change to the way CodeSnip handles the online Code Snippets Database and am seeking comments, either here or on CodeSnip's Google+ page . First, a little background CodeSnip v1 was just a read-only viewer for the online database. It simply displayed a searchable snapshot of the database. Users could update the snapshot from time to time as the database changed. Users wanted the ability to store their own snippets alongside those from the database. That was tagged on in CodeSnip 2 and developed in versions 3 and 4, but underneath its still rather a hack. (User snippets are still stored separately the imported database code - the two even use different data formats). The program needs, and is getting, a major overhaul in an attempt to cure its split peronality. Proposed changes in CodeSnip 5 There will be just a single code bank where users will store all snippets, both user-created and imported. Instead of treating the online database a ...

CodeSnip now has a page on Google+ . I'll be using the page to note any periferal issues that have some kind of relevance to CodeSnip. You can also get to the page from the "CodeSnip Google+ Page" gadget on the right of each blog page.

Before this blog got started, I blogged about developments with CodeSnip on my programming blog . There are some posts on that blog that may still be relevant. Rather than re-post them here I've just listed a few links below, most recent post first. Considering changing license of Code Snippets Database snippets CodeSnip v3 Support Ending Soon - support now ended so please update to v4 if you haven't done it yet. Code Snippets Database - Final call for CodeSnip v1 & v2 users Starting Work on CodeSnip 5 - this is the nearest thing you'll find to a road-map for CodeSnip 5. If you've comments on any of these post please add them to the original post, not here.

Hot on the heels of last week's release of v4.8.6, CodeSnip v4.8.7 has just been released. This is a recommended update . It fixes a bug in the code that checks online for program and database updates. The code was ignoring the required update checking frequency and was, much of the time, checking for updates every time the program was started. Download v4.8.7 using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code

Just released CodeSnip v4.8.6 This release makes a few tweaks that makes CodeSnip more friendly towards Windows 8.1. Download the new release: Standard edition Portable edition Source code

Until now CodeSnip has supported all Windows OSs from Windows 2000. It's probable that I'll only be able to support XP and later in CodeSnip 5 when its released later this year. My stats show that no-one who updates CodeSnip is still using Windows 2000, so this shouldn't be a problem. But, if you are still using the OS and this change will cause a problem please leave a comment.

CodeSnip now has its own website at http://codesnip.delphidabbler.com/ . It is a micro-site on the codesnip sub-domain of delphidabbler.com. The site is currently in beta, so please check it out. I'd welcome feedback about the usability and if you find any bugs - just leave a comment on this post. I've tried for a responsive, HTML5 based, design, so the site should adapt to different display resolutions providing JavaScript is enabled. I'm still working on the mobile sized design, but the others seem to be OK. The plan is that the new site will replace the old CodeSnp pages on DelphiDabbler.com. The rationale is that CodeSnip is by far my most popular program, and it is outgrowing the space available within the framework of the main site. (BTW I'm considering a radical overhaul of delphidabbler.com to present all the applications more concisely). Comments please.

Welcome to this new blog for and about the CodeSnip code bank program and related items. Here's the new home for information and news about the program. Until now CodeSnip information has been dominating the DelphiDabbler Programming Blog and kind of subverting its original intention. So it seems to be time to pull the CodeSnip content out into its own blog - and here it is. I'm planning to use this blog for: Announcing new releases and bug fixes. Current developments. Discussing proposed new features. Changes to CodeSnip's web pages. News about the Online Code Snippets database. More soon!