Hi Everyone,

Stylus Studio 2006 Release 3 is now available. The release includes new XML tools, enhancements to Stylus Studio XML Deployment Components, and support for many data processing components for working with XQuery, XSL:FO, EDI and XSLT technologies.

The following are some of the highlights of the new features included in Stylus Studio 2006 Release 3 XML Enterprise Edition:

- Support for DataDirect XQuery 2.0, an implementation of XQuery that can query XML, relational data, SOAP messages, EDI, or a combination of data sources, creating XML as the result of queries.
- Bundling of the RenderX Personal Edition XSL:FO processor for developing XML Publishing Applications including transforming XML to PDF.
- New XPath Query Editor, a new feature that provides multi-line editing; Sense:X auto-completion for syntax, functions, and axis; support for user-defined namespace prefixes.
- New Java APIs for the Stylus Studio XML Deployment Components that simplify and accelerate programmatic access to EDI / X12 / EDIFACT and other legacy data formats.
- Support for the Saxon 8.7.1 XSLT and XQuery Processor
- Support for DataDirect Connect for JDBC 3.6 for relational database access
- Executing and debugging support for System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.
- Support for Window Themes and Docking window auto-hide like Visual Studio 2005
- Enhanced relational database access in XQuery Editor and XQuery Mapper through seamless integration with DataDirect XQuery 2.0.
- Web service tools now supports additional legacy SOAP encoding styles (RPC/Literal, RPC/Encoded) and the ability to introspect XML schema types either embedded in the WSDL or included/imported from external schemas.


You can download a trial of this new release here: http://www.stylusstudio.com/xml_download.html


Sincerely,
The Stylus Studio Team
http://www.stylusstudio.com