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XML Notepad
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The original XML Notepad was written in 1998 by Murray Low in C++, but was eventually removed from <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Developer_Network/q2EJdDx2">Microsoft Developer Network</a> (MSDN) due to its lack of support for modern XML standards and no maintenance. However, because of high demand, a replacement was written in C# by Chris Lovett using the System.Xml library of the <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework_2.0/9LBLRl6q">.NET Framework 2.0</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>XML Notepad 2007 was released eight months after the release of XML Notepad 2006. The new version featured several bug fixes, <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a> compatibility and updated <a href="/facts/Windows_Aero/ef0FmLGu">Aero-style</a> <a href="/facts/Computer_icon/habCR8KJ">computer icons</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>XML Notepad 2.6 was released in 2014 containing various bug fixes reported by community on codeplex. It was also updated to use <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework_4.0/9LBLRl6q">.NET Framework 4.0</a>. According to the Codeplex Web site it moved in 2016 to <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/HTML_editor/Tf82QUku">HTML editor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_XML_editors/7j4DJ6Xk">Comparison of XML editors</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/XMLSpy/rbIjhHLz">XMLSpy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Notepad/TCDv4wvX">Microsoft Notepad</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Purdy, Kevin (24 February 2009). <a href="https://lifehacker.com/5159257/xml-notepad-2007-is-a-simple-smart-editor-for-web-code">"XML Notepad 2007 is a Simple, Smart Editor for Web Code"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Lifehacker/ry9fQhw9">Lifehacker</a></i>. <a href="/facts/Gawker_Media/89KGCsK4">Gawker Media</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.techiequest.com/microsoft-xml-notepad-2006/">"Microsoft XML Notepad 2006"</a>. <i>TechieQuest</i>. <a href="https://archive.today/20130204020150/http://www.techiequest.com/microsoft-xml-notepad-2006/">Archived</a> from the original on 4 February 2013.</li> <li><a href="http://www.techiequest.com/download-microsoft-xml-notepad-2007/">"Download Microsoft XML Notepad 2007"</a>. <i>TechieQuest</i>. <a href="https://archive.today/20130203214954/http://www.techiequest.com/download-microsoft-xml-notepad-2007/">Archived</a> from the original on 3 February 2013.</li> <li>Opris, Elena (8 April 2013). <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/Microsoft-XML-Notepad.shtml">"Softpedia Editor's Review for Microsoft XML Notepad"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Softpedia/8u1I4nUj">Softpedia</a></i>. SoftNews.</li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2007/11/16/chris-lovett-interview.aspx">"Chris Lovett Interview"</a>. <i>Microsoft XML Team Blog</i>. <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Lovett, Chris (August 2006). "XML Notepad 2007 Design". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Lovett, Chris (August 2006). "XML Notepad 2007 Design". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"XML Notepad 2007". Microsoft. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Lovett, Chris (August 2006). "XML Notepad 2007 Design". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Lovett, Chris (5 September 2006). "XML Notepad 2006". Microsoft XML Team Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2006/09/05/741251.aspx" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2006/09/05/741251.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Lovett, Chris (20 April 2007). "XML Notepad Source Code on CodePlex". Microsoft XML Team Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2007/04/20/xml-notepad-source-code-on-codeplex.aspx" target="_blank">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmlteam/archive/2007/04/20/xml-notepad-source-code-on-codeplex.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Chris Lovett (2014) "XML Notepad Wiki"". GitHub. Retrieved 12 May 2016. <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad/wiki" target="_blank">https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad/wiki</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Lovett, Chris (August 2006). "XML Notepad 2007 Design". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905339.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Oiaga, Marius (23 November 2006). "Microsoft Unveils XML Notepad 2007". Softpedia. SoftNews. Retrieved 16 July 2010. <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Unveils-XML-Notepad-2007-40839.shtml" target="_blank">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Unveils-XML-Notepad-2007-40839.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Chris Lovett (2014) "XML Notepad Wiki"". GitHub. Retrieved 12 May 2016. <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad/wiki" target="_blank">https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad/wiki</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Microsoft XML Notepad page at github <a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad" target="_blank">https://github.com/Microsoft/XmlNotepad</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>