In the Articles section, a new article has been added, the third in our "creation" series, detailing the creation process behind xmlHack, the Simple XML Editor.

The article called xml-editor is a self indulgent diary from the creators of xmlHack. It details the genesis of the application, the reasoning for including various features, and explains why the world needs yet another XML editor.

Goto xml-editor for a fun read. Leave any feedback and comments on our xmlHack Web Forums.

The xmlLinguist Translation Engine, or LTE for short, has been updated to version 1.2 and is available for immediate download on our Downloads page. LTE is the automation component of xmlLinguist, our Text-to-XML translator.

• Bug Fix: Memory Leak when running multiple files in LTE.EXE
• New Feature: MapSource property in LTE.DLL, to pass in the xmlLinguist Map as a string instead of a filename.

Download the setup and run it ontop of the old setup (no need to uninstall before reinstalling). Questions and comments are welcomed on our webforums.

The Tutorials section was changed to the Articles section, to allow for a larger level of articles and tutorials to be posted. The second in our series details the creation process behind xmlDraft, the Smart XSD Editor.

This article is called xml-schema-editor is a self indulgent diary from the creators of xmlDraft. It details the genesis of the application, the reasoning for including various features, highlights how xmlDraft shines in xml schema editing, and what the future holds for the application.

Goto xml-schema-editor for a fun read. Leave any feedback and comments on our xmlDraft Web Forums.

A new section to our website: Tutorials. We will be adding new tutorials on a regular basis. These tutorials will cover a myriad of XML topics, and show insights to SysOnyx, Inc. products on how to accomplish day-to-day tasks.

For our first tutorial we have chosen a topic in high demand: xml to edi 850. This tutorial goes into detail how to use xmlLinguist and LTE to translate an XML Purchase Order into the EDI 850 X12 Document. The Purchase Order we are using is a mockup of a PayPal Purchase Order, but the knowledge garnered from the Tutorial can be used for praticually any Tutorial.

Goto xml to edi 850 to view the tutorial. Feel free to leave any comments on our xmlLinguist Web Forum.

Hot on the tails of the release of xmlHack, xmlLinguist is gearing up for it's first official release to the public. As such, the final beta build (ver 0.2.2.23) has been released for free downloading and testing.

A lot of bugs have been reported and fixed within the map editor. This is a much more stable version of xmlLinguist. Download the latest version at http://www.sysonyx.com/downloads. Please leave us feedback and report any bugs either through emailing http://pub41.ezboard.com/fsysonyxfrm15.

As noted above, this will be the last free download of xmlLinguist, the Map Editor. The next version, to follow quickly, will be the full retail version with a suggested retail price of $79.95, so download this version now.

Things have been progressing well for SysOnyx Inc. due to the large number of beta users commenting on our XML development tools. One of these tools, xmlHack, our XML text editor, is nearing completion and we've compiled the last of our free, public betas.

A lot of work has gone into this version, most notably bug fixes with the Preview feature and a completed help file. Download this latest version at http://www.sysonyx.com/downloads. Please leave us feedback and report any bugs either through emailing http://pub41.ezboard.com/fsysonyxfrm12.

As noted above, this will be the last free download of xmlHack. The next version, to follow quickly, will be the full retail version with a suggested retail price of $49.95, so download this version now.

Hot Topics were recently added to the website, a listing of conversations on our webforums that are worth noting and commenting on. These lists will be frequently updated, and eventually added to individual product pages, where topics will be listed for the particular products.

Visit the Hot Topics Overview Page for a current listing of Hot Topics.
Visit the Official SysOnyx Inc. WebForums for a listing of all topics.

SysOnyx Inc. has been dedicated to created simple, useful XML tools as well as Integration Solutions, creating an A2A/B2B EAI system dubbed xmlLynx, and various supporting applications, such as xmlLinguist. This was our initial strategy and seemed to be a good start.

However, as we've neared completion with a lot of our XML tools, we've decided to revisit the overall goal of SysOnyx Inc. Rather than stretching our initial resources to cover many bases, we're tightening down our efforts to focus on developing our XML tools.

Our first movement towards this goal is bringing xmlLinguist from the B2B world into a "normal", simple XML tool. xmlLinguist is currently in private Beta testing right now, and will soon be released for Public testing. Our second move will be a minor rework of the website, focusing all of it on XML tools. xmlLynx will temporarily be put on the back shelf.

The future of xmlLynx is not yet determined though. The idea and skills are still there, however the focus is on the XML tools. This does not mean the end of xmlLynx, simply that it is temporarily shelved. Later, the question will be addressed if we should resurrect xmlLynx or not.

Great work has been done this month on xmlLinguist, SysOnyx Inc.'s Text-to-XML translator, enough so that a private Beta testing has commenced with existing Beta testers (i.e. those who've downloaded xmlArchitect and xmlHack, and are receiving announcements). If interested in participating in this beta, please email info@sysonyx.com requesting more information.

View the xmlLinguist pages for more information, and an updated screenshot.

The white paper for xmlHack is now available for those wanting more information behind the maddness of the edged sword. It is called "Hack 'n Slash" and is in MS Word format.

A new thread for open discussion has been posted on the SysOnyx Web Forums about implementing xsd:choice elements. Currently, it's not implemented inside of xmlArchitect, as it's been a struggle on figuring out how to do it. The thread (http://pub41.ezboard.com/fsysonyxfrm6.showMessage?topicID=4.topic) has been opened asking the community at large to post their opinions on the best way to solve this problem.

View the thread.

A new version of xmlArchitect has been released, build 0.1.0.19. This version came as a result of testing xmlArchitect with the schemas from OAG (www.openapplications.org). See the thread "Speed Optimizations" for more details.

• Added support for xsd:complexContent node
• Added support for xsd:extension
• Added support for Recursive types (child nodes of same type as a parent node)
• Fixed a couple xsd:annotation problems (was reporting illegal when shouldn't have)
• Changed Messages window to not repeat messages
• Optimized XML Tree View to not update XSD text if node is edited but value not changed

xmlArchitect has been updated (ver. 0.1.0.18), the largest change being added support of constraining facets as columns in the XML Tree View and rows in the XSD Properties window.

• Completed min & max Occur properties of a node
• Added Facet nodes to properties and grid:
  • length
  • minLength
  • maxLength
  • whiteSpace
  • pattern
  • minExclusive
  • maxExclusive
  • minInclusive
  • maxInclusive
  • totalDigits
  • fractionDigits

A new product is in the works at SysOnyx Inc. code named xmlAssimilator, a high level XSL template editor for business users to create rules to be applied to XML documents, the final step of assimilating data into your back-end systems.

Public Alpha is in the works, as well as general opinions from users being requested on the web forums. Click Here to view the current topic on the web forums. Please leave your comments as well.

A user recently tried to utilize Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET's feature of opening an XML file and creating a schema for it, however VS.NET failed due to the existance of child nodes from different parents with the same name. xmlArchitect rose to the challenge and successfully created the XML Schema.

Details of this feat are listed on the General Topics web forum.

View the Web Forum posting

A new build of xmlArchitect has been published, implementing a few new features:

• fixed bug when entering an Invalid XML name into a node on the TreeView, the node did not revert back to it's "original" name.
• fixed bug that when changing Name in XML Tree View, was not synching with the Properties dropdown.

• Editor Font
• Editor Font Size
• Editor Smart Tabs
• Editor Insert Tab As Spaces
• Editor Tab Width
• Right Margin Visible
• Right Margin Position
• Right Margin Color
• Left Gutter Visible
• Left Gutter Width
• Left Gutter Color
• Left Gutter Show Line Numbers

SysOnyx Inc. now has a few Web Forums up for general public usage. In the early days of our company, the majority of our support will be handled via these Web Forums. We will also frequently be asking questions to our users about tell-and-tell feature in the product lines on these Web Forums, so make sure you visit them frequently.

You do not need to create an account with EZBoard to use our Web Forums, you can post annonymously, or even use a user-name with no account, however a lot of nifty features are available if you do create an account, so we highly recommend that you do.

xmlArchitect has gone into a public beta stage. Download it, try it out, and leave feedback. At this point, future development will be driven solely from user feedback. What you say you want and need, we will create and deliver.

Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Rings has pulled in 13 oscar nominations, most notibly for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Ian McKellan for Gandalf), and Best Original Score, among a slew of technical nominations.

Why is this mentioned here? Well, SysOnyx Inc. is full of LotR fans and are estatic that the Academy has also felt that FotR has been a successful and great film. :-)