TechWriter 2012 Release 2.9 Now Available
June 27, 2015
We are pleased to announce the 2.8 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.8 Now Available
April 1, 2015
We are pleased to announce the 2.8 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.7 Now Available
January 11, 2015
We are pleased to announce the 2.7 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.6 Now Available
September 22, 2014
We are pleased to announce the 2.6 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.5 Now Available
May 19, 2014
We are pleased to announce the 2.5 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.4 Now Available
January 1, 2014
We are pleased to announce the 2.4 release of TechWriter 2012. A complete list of changes in this release can be found here.
TechWriter 2012 awarded "Compatible with Windows 8" Logo
November 18, 2013
As part of our efforts to ensure full support of Windows 8, TechWriter 2012 has earned the "Compatible with Windows 8" Logo
award from Microsoft. The requirements for certification ensure that TechWriter customers can expect a smooth transition
to TechWriter 2012 and Windows 8.
The TechWriter 2012 family of documentation generators is helping IT professionals world wide to automate
their documentation. The latest release includes a WYSIWYG editor for editing annotations, a rich text content
model for formatting paragraphs, font styles, lists, hyperlinks and more.
TechWriter 2012 R2 Now Available
August 8, 2013
TechWriter 2012 Release 2.0 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- 64-bit version of TechWriter
- Web Site output format enhanced to include expandable/collapsible Table of Contents
- Support for user-defined annotations embedded in source comments
- Support for using relative URLs as external links
- Support for SQL Server 2012
- Support for Access 2013
- Support for documenting materialized views in Oracle
- Improved support for documenting references to database views and tables
This release also includes changes to address the following product stability issues:
- Column width options not displaying
- Table definitions missing computed columns in SQL Server
- XML schema attributes not documented for elements defined by a complex type
- User-defined column not rendered properly in parameter detail content model
- XML schema option for grouping local attributes caused TechWriter to crash
- Copy/paste operation can cause font styling and table borders disappear from annotation editor until TechWriter is restarted
- Selecting a topic node when the Annotation tab is still initializing can cause TechWriter to crash
- Performing a Save or Build from the Annotation tab can cause subsequent edits to the current topic to be lost
- Renaming a user-defined topic source and topic item at the same time can cause TechWriter to crash
- Images in embedded comments do not render in PDF if missing alignment attribute
- Various formatting issues related to bulleted, numbered and indented lists
- Web Service method parameters showing up multiple times when working offline
- Adding more than one JSON source to the same project can cause TechWriter to crash
- Adding more than one XSD that has no target namespace to the same project can cause TechWriter to crash
- Opening a TechWriter 2009 project that contains more than one XSD that has no target namespace can cause TechWriter to crash
TechWriter 2012 Now Available
December 29, 2012
TechWriter 2012 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Unified Application and Project Format
- New Layout Engine
- User-defined Annotations
- User-defined Topics
- Customizable Layout of Generated Topics
- New Import and Export Wizards
- Filtering Improvements
- New Build Dialog
- Support for Character Styles
- Global Find Function
- Support for PostgreSQL and DB2
- Improved Microsoft Access Support
- Improved Oracle Package Support
- Improved SQL Server Support
- Colorize options for Database definitions
- Support for nesting Local Element and Attribute Topics
- Colorize options for XML Schema definitions
- Support for WADL
- Improved REST support
- Web Service Method Parameter Handling Improvements
- New Web Service Method Parameter Options
- Web Service can reference XML Schema Sources
TechWriter 2012 Beta Release Now Available
November 19, 2012
We are pleased to announce the Beta program for our next major release, TechWriter 2012. A complete list of the new capabilities in
TechWriter 2012 can be found here.
The TechWriter 2012 Beta Program will run from November 19 through December 20. Please visit our FAQ page for additional information and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
TechWriter 2009 Release 6.0 Now Available
October 10, 2011
Release 6 of TechWriter 2009 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- New 'Select All' and 'Clear All' buttons on the Options tab. (All Editions)
- New Build Menu option for opening the output folder after the build. (All Editions)
- Improved compatibility with MySQL. (Database Edition)
- Support for setting HTTP headers added to REST web service settings. (Web Services Edition)
- New option for including local sub-elements in content model. (Web Services Edition)
- Ability to merge topics across multiple services. (Web Services Edition)
- Ability to merge your annotations back into your XSDs. (XML Schema and Web Services editions)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2009 customers.
TechWriter 2009 Release 5.0 Now Available
July 22, 2011
Release 5 of TechWriter 2009 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Options for merging topics in order to reduce the overall page count (All Editions)
- Web output now uses friendly names for topic pages (All Editions)
- Ability to create a single set of topics for types shared across multiple web services (Web Services Edition)
- Support for Basic Authentication added to REST web service settings (Web Services Edition)
- Support for maintaining references to XSD and WSDL files that are relative to the project file (XML Schema and Web Service Editions)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2009 customers.
TechWriter 2009 Release 4.0 Now Available
December 8, 2010
Release 4 of TechWriter 2009 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Customizable header, footer and cover page.
- Support for external stylesheet to control font styles for all output types.
- Formatting enhancements including subscripts, superscripts, styles, alignment and number list types.
- Support for field codes including current date, time, page number, page count and document title.
- New page size option for PDF, XPS and RTF/Word output formats.
- Support for encoded JavaDoc tags.
- Support for database, index, foreign key and constraint comments. (Database Edition)
- Support for documenting examples. (Web Service Edition)
- Support for documenting nil attribute on XSDs. (XML Schema and Web Service Editions)
- Support for documenting DTD attribute definitions. (XML Schema Edition)
- Support for basic and forms-based authenticated websites. (Website Edition)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2009 customers.
TechWriter 2009 Release 3.0 Now Available
July 20, 2010
Release 3 of TechWriter 2009 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Image Support
The rich formatting in TechWriter now includes support for images in embedded comments and through the annotation editor.
- REST Services (TechWriter for Web Services)
Support for documenting REST web services is now included.
- MySQL Databases (TechWriter for Databases)
Support for documenting MySQL databases is now included.
- SQL Server Compact Databases (TechWriter for Databases)
Support for documenting SQL Server Compact databases is now included.
- JSON Instances (TechWriter for XML Schemas)
Support for documenting schemas derived from JSON instances is now included.
- XPS Output
In addition to the many different output formats supported by TechWriter, you can now generate XML Paper Specification (XPS) documents.
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2009 customers.
Adivo announces TechWriter 2009 Release 2.0
April 14, 2010
Release 2 of TechWriter 2009 is now available for download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Table Support - The rich formatting in TechWriter now includes support for formatting tables in embedded comments and through the annotation editor.
- XML/DocBook Output - In addition to the many different output formats supported by TechWriter, you can now generate XML that conforms to the DocBook 5.0 standard.
- Internal Links in RTF Output - The RTF output format now includes support for internal links through the use of bookmarks that can be used to navigate between topics.
- Support for documenting faults (TechWriter for Web Services) - Web Service method faults can now be documented using embedded comments or annotations and included in the generated documentation.
- Namespace Prefixes (TechWriter for Web Services) - Namespace prefixes for elements, attributes and types can now be omitted from the generated documentation.
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2009 customers.
Adivo announces TechWriter for Websites
December 31, 2009
We are pleased to announce the latest addition to the TechWriter family of documentation generators, TechWriter for Websites.
Web designers and developers now have a powerful tool for automatically generating documentation for their projects.
TechWriter for Websites generates reference documentation for the pages, images, embedded media, CSS style sheets and Javascript files that
make up a website complete with cross referencing and screenshots of each page.
TechWriter 2009 awarded "Compatible with Windows 7" Logo
November 24, 2009
As part of our efforts to ensure full support of Windows 7, TechWriter 2009 has earned the "Compatible with Windows 7" Logo
award from Microsoft. The requirements for certification ensure that TechWriter customers can expect a smooth transition
to TechWriter 2009 and Windows 7.
The TechWriter 2009 family of documentation generators is helping IT professionals world wide to automate
their documentation. The latest release includes a WYSIWYG editor for editing annotations, a rich text content
model for formatting paragraphs, font styles, lists, hyperlinks and more.
Announcing TechWriter 2009
November 11, 2009
TechWriter 2009 is now available for
download. This major release contains many new features
including:
- WYSIWYG editor for editing annotations.
- Rich text content model that allows formatting of paragraphs, lists, bold and italic font and more.
- Create hyperlinks between topics and to external URLs
- New HTML Page output type.
- Remarks section for more detailed documentation.
- Import/Export annotations to an XML file
- Support for SAS datasets (Database edition)
- Support for deriving XML schema from an XML instance (XML Schema edition)
See these KB articles for more information:
Announcing Beta Release of TechWriter 2009
October 11, 2009
Today marks the start of the public beta for TechWriter 2009 which is now available for
download. This release represents a major step forward for the TechWriter family of products with many new features
including:
- WYSIWYG editor for editing annotations.
- Rich text content model that allows formatting of paragraphs, lists, hyperlinks and more.
- New HTML Page output type.
The beta release is expected to run through November 11, 2009.
Announcing TechWriter 2007 Release 5
December 28, 2008
Release 5 of TechWriter 2007 is now available for
download. This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Refresh menu option and button for refreshing database, XML schema and web service
definitions.
- Support for parsing descriptions from procedure and function comments. (TechWriter
for Databases)
- New option for controlling sorting of columns. (TechWriter for Databases)
- Support for inheriting view column comments from underlying table column. (TechWriter
for Databases)
- Support for exporting Access comments to a VB module. (TechWriter for Databases)
- New option for controlling sorting of elements within content model. (TechWriter
for XML Schemas)
- Support for @return JavaDoc tag. (TechWriter for Web Services)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2007 customers.
Announcing TechWriter 2007 Release 4
July 29, 2008
Release 4 of TechWriter 2007 is now available for download.
This latest release includes the following new capabilities:
- Command line interface for automated builds.
- Language file support for overriding output headings and text that can be used to
support languages other than English or to produce highly customized output.
- Improved support for multi-paragraph descriptions.
- Example section support. (TechWriter for XML Schemas)
- Element defaults. (TechWriter for XML Schemas)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2007 customers.
Announcing TechWriter 2007 Release 3
May 31, 2008
Release 3 of TechWriter 2007 is now available for download.
In addition to quality improvements based on customer feedback, this new release
also includes the following new capabilities:
- Support for Access 2007 databases
- Support for SQL Server 2008 databases
- Export table and column annotations to SQL script
- Table of Contents support for Word/RTF output
- Cross referencing of XML Schema attributes, elements and types
- URLs can now be used to specify the location of XML schemas
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2007 customers.
Announcing TechWriter for Web Services
December 9, 2007
Adivo is proud to announce the latest addition to the TechWriter family,
TechWriter for Web Services. Now you can document your WSDL-based
web services with all of the ease and power of TechWriter.
Visit our download area for a free trial copy.
Announcing TechWriter 2007 Release 2
November 18, 2007
Release 2 of TechWriter 2007 is now available for download.
In addition to quality improvements based on customer feedback, this new release
also includes the following new capabilities:
- Output to a Web Site
- Change the order of Databases and XML Schemas with Move Up/Move Down buttons
- Document Oracle Packages (TechWriter for Databases)
- Document SQL Server and Oracle Functions (TechWriter for Databases)
This release is a free upgrade to existing TechWriter 2007 customers.
Adivo Becomes a Microsoft Certified Partner
November 9, 2007
Adivo has been accepted into the Microsoft Partner program as a Certified Partner
by demonstrating expertise in developing and marketing packaged software solutions
based on Microsoft technologies.
TechWriter Passes Microsoft Platform Tests
November 7, 2007
TechWriter 2007 for XML Schemas has successfully passed Microsoft Windows
Client and Managed Code Platform Tests. These tests demonstrate Adivo's commitment
to building quality software products. Testing was conducted independently
by VeriTest, a testing service of Lionbridge Technologies.
