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Key text editing features

  • Code Folding
  • Supports 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later)
  • Unicode support
  • "Open as" box for binary, UTF-8 files, and other Unicode-based files
  • Disk based text editing and large file handling - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
  • Multiline find and replace dialogs for all searches (Find, Replace, Find in Files, Replace in Files)
  • 100,000 word spell checker, with foreign languages support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
  • Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, with special options for FORTRAN and LaTex. Multiple wordfiles available for download
  • FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2)
  • SSH/Telnet window
  • Project/workspace support
  • TaskMatchTM Environment Selector - Provides predefined or user-created editing "environments" that remember the state of all of UltraEdit's dockable windows, toolbars and more for user convenience.
  • Integrated scripting language to automate tasks
  • Configurable keyboard mapping
  • Column/block mode editing
  • Hexadecimal editor allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
  • Named templates
  • HTML toolbar preconfigured for popular HTML functions
  • WebSearch Toolbar: highlight text and click a websearch toolbar button to search for highlighted term from within the editor; Google search, Yahoo search, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, Whois, Network Solutions Whois, PHP.net search, cplusplus.com search, MSDN online search
  • File encryption / decryption; Encrypt your sensitive source code files using your own key, Integrates with UltraSentry to (optionally) securely destroy original, unencrypted file, Decrypt files in UltraEdit only
  • Integration with UltraSentry to securely delete UltraEdit temporary files
  • Multi-byte support with integrated IME support

Programmer's features

  • Code Folding; Fold any function or structure (C/C++), "Collapse All" and "Expand All" folded nodes, Support for ignore strings and comment strings
  • Syntax highlighting (user configurable); Pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, Special options for FORTRAN and LaTex, Support for up to 20 languages, Multiple wordfiles for download, Support for ASP, Allows different background colours, Support to highlight words beginning with a specified sub-string, Support for syntax highlighting based on file name/extension, Colour sections may be named, Font styles available
  • Ctags support*; Project specific Ctag file with option to create automatically when opened, Configurable parameters and tag file for use outside of projects, "Find Symbol" command will locate symbol in ctag file of selected item or item under cursor and position it in appropriate file, *Requires the use of third party CTag EXE for tag file generation (links provided)
  • Comprehensive macro support, including saving and loading, multiple complex macros with hot keys
  • Integrated scripting language (based on javascript engine) to automate tasks
  • Artistic style formatter (visually beautifies source code)
  • Number convertor (selected number to binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal)
  • Auto-correction of keywords based on definitions in wordfile
  • Character properties popup dialog shows; Value of character in decimal/hex and display, Offset of character from start of file in decimal/hex
  • Duplicate line
  • New line/insert line
  • Auto-completion; When invoked all the keywords from syntax highlighting will be available in the list (if the file uses syntax highlighting), A user-specified file may be used to provide the strings for auto-completion, UltraEdit will search back 50K in the file for words that match a partially typed word and show these
  • FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save (32-Bit only). Includes support for SFTP (SSH2).
  • Regular expression searches - Perl-style, Unix-style, or UltraEdit legacy expressions supported
  • Automatic highlighting of matching brackets/braces as typing or cursor positioning occurs; Highlight based on line/column Background, User configurable match strings, Includes < and > for HTML
  • Hexadecimal editor - allows hex editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
  • Project/workspace support - allows user to group files and define multiple workspace configurations
  • Project can use separate wordfile for syntax highlighting
  • ASCII table - allows viewing and insertion of ASCII characters
  • Add/Remove line comments to selected lines
  • Support of line comments up to 5 characters
  • Configurable tool support (run compiler, run a batch file, etc.) used via command-line interaction
  • Function list shows functions in active file (with up to 6 function strings per language)
  • Reformatting of existing code to indent/unindent based on language

    • Database handling features

    • Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
    • Insert string at every increment (ideal for formatting database records and inserting hard returns)
    • Column/block editing - allows insertion/removal of columns of data
    • Insert/fill columns
    • Insert line numbers
    • Sum columns/selection
    • Convert records to fixed column width or convert to character-delimited

    File management features

    • File tree view (tabbed interface) includes: List of files on drive (open selected files, file properties), List of open files (close/save/tile/print selected files), List of project files (open selected files), "Lists" tab for user favorites and user-created file groups/lists, Filter for file tree view, Filter for explorer tab, File find for open files tab, FTP/SFTP account access in file tree view, Right click compare from explorer view.
    • Tree view function to change view to drive/path of active file
    • Open multiple files at once from the file open dialog and command line
    • "Quick Open" option to open all matching files recursively through sub directories
    • Option to open file without temp file (with threshold size to allow only large files to use this option)
    • Close one or all files
    • FTP: FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save (32-Bit only). Includes support for SFTP (SSH2), FTP open, FTP save as, Asynchronous save/open of FTP/SFTP Files, Date-based synchronization of FTP-linked project folders, Allows multiple selection of files, Supports filenames with spaces, Setting for ASCII / binary / passive transfers, Specific support for AIX / AS400 / BS2000 / MVS / OS9000 / Stratus VOS / UNIX / VAX/VMS Servers, SFTP allows public/private key encryption, SFTP supports PuTTY key format, Store FTP accounts and settings in a user-definable file, Ability to link local folder and remote folder and upload/download files between remote server and local system.
    • File revert to saved
    • Save, Save As, Save All, Save Selection As file
    • ASCII/binary file compare (saving and or printing of difference summary)
    • Sort support for up to 4 sort keys with option for alphanumeric or numeric sort
    • Support for setting code page and locale: Locale used (optionally) for sort, Code page used for Unicode conversions.
    • Unix/Mac file conversions (to/from DOS), EBCDIC file conversions (to/from ASCII), OEM conversions (to/from ANSI)
    • EBCDIC/HEX combined view without conversion
    • Auto detect Unix, Mac and binary/hex files when loaded
    • Unicode support on all Win32 platforms
    • Unicode Big-Endian support for editing
    • Conversion between Big-Endian and Little-Endian formats
    • Support for UTF-8 and conversions to/from UTF-8
    • Support for direct editing of ASCII-escaped Unicode
    • Support for the new WM_UNICHAR message
    • Edit Unix/Mac files without any conversion required (^n/^r used in find/replace for lf/cr)
    • Insert file into an existing document at cursor position
    • Support for renaming of files
    • Reload changed files without files becoming active
    • Option to automatically reload changed files
    • Delete active file
    • Insert string at every increment
    • Favorite files list stores up to 50 files
    • Functions strings can recognize multiple lines
    • Recent files submenu stores up to 16 files
    • Recent projects/workspace submenu stores up to 8 different projects/workspaces
    • "Send Mail" - sends the active file as an email attachment - (selected programs only)
    • Minimize all >/li>
    • Support for alternate data streams on NTFS operating systems
    • Sort file tabs
    • Right click on file and open
    • Right click URL and open
    • Open from Unicode paths via drag-and-drop from Explorer
    • Configuration options: Default file type for new files (DOS, Unix, Mac), Show filename only in title (not path), Make file that changed and is reloaded the active file, Delete existing file before saving, Edit files containing nulls (hex 00) in text mode, Cache INI file for quicker load/shutdown, Setting for file compare EXE to use in place of UltraEdit's compare, Setting to disable left cursor from going to end of previous line.

    Printing features

    • Print preview
    • Print line numbers
    • Print command doesn't print hidden lines
    • Headers/footers (with alignment commands), margins and page breaks
    • Printing of syntax highlighting in color
    • Print 2 pages on one sheet in landscape or portrait modes
    • Separate font selection for display and printer (supports all fonts installed including True Type fonts)
    • Print all open files

    Text editing features

    • Automatic XHTML detection, code folding, and indentation
    • HTML toolbar preconfigured for popular functions and HTML tags
    • Customize tags in HTML toolbar or create new tags and buttons
    • CSS style builder
    • Multi-level undo and redo
    • Multiple tab positions
    • Cut, copy and paste
    • "Paste special" command: paste RTF and HTML source into UltraEdit directly from browser
    • Copy-append and cut-append allow the user to copy the selection and append it to clipboard
    • Clipboard history
    • Insert/overstrike mode with cursor and status bar indication
    • Select all, select line, select word, delete, delete line
    • Delete to end of line or start of line from cursor position
    • Insert date and time
    • Hex editing with: Hex cut, copy and paste support , Hex insert and delete of characters, Hex find, replace and replace all, Hex mode ruler shows offset, Hex mode copy function to copy hex view of text to clipboard.
    • 100,000 word spell checker, with foreign language support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
    • Spell check while typing
    • Read only default option and edit menu item
    • Ability to move current line up or down in file with click of a button
    • Drag-and-drop editing
    • Word wrap support
    • Auto-indent wrapped lines
    • Automatic word wrap at specified column with hard return
    • Auto-indentation
    • Line length of up to 9k allowed
    • Home key positions at first non-space, then first character
    • Function to copy active file path/name to clipboard
    • Triple click selects a line
    • Clicking a line number in the margin selects a line
    • Persistent selection

    Search and replace features

    • Find, find next, find previous, replace and replace all; Find "entry" box/dropdown on toolbar for quick finds, Allows selection of text between caret and find target when shift key is pressed, Search and replace will (optionally) step through all open files, Save, name, and edit favorite search and replace expressions for later use, Replace where defaults to selected text if you selected text (see help files for further information on enabling this feature)
    • "List Lines Containing String" opens non-modal find dialog; double-click an entry to jump to the line
    • Highlight all found occurrences of string
    • Count number of occurrences of string
    • Find in files/replace in files support for all open files or project files
    • Separate threading for Find/replace in files (allows you to continue working while searching files)
    • Find in files/replace in files option for Unicode searches
    • Find in files allows ignoring of directories in search and replace
    • Find in files for any files not containing search string (optional)
    • Find in files with an empty find string will create listing of all files matching directory/name specification
    • Exclude file/folder names and/or file extensions from find/replace in files
    • Find in files search in your "favorite files"
    • Multiple search paths allowed with find/replace in files
    • Replace in files (including option to list changed files and number of occurrences)
    • User customizable format of Search in Files result/output
    • Regular expression support with tagged expressions for find/replace
    • Perl-style regular expressions
    • Unix-style regular expressions
    • Hex find, replace and replace All
    • Find matching braces
    • Goto line number or page
    • Bookmarks; Dynamically named bookmarks include line #, col #, text from file, filepath, Bookmark viewere with ability to sort on any parameter, Go to next/previous bookmark, Clear all bookmarks
    • Word count will count only selected text if selection exists (includes line count)
    • Dockable function list shows all the functions in a file in a list box and supports function searches in all project files
    • Regular expression support for 0 or more occurrences using ++
    • Option (default) to automatically find selected text with find next/previous
    • Commands for going to end of next or previous word
    • Option (default) for find dialog to use word under cursor
    • Configurable '^' character for find/replace (via INI setting)
    • Back/forward functions take you to the previous place you edited, scrolled from, or jumped to a tag from etc. and works across multiple files
    • Preserve case option to preserve the case of a word when being replaced
    • Incremental search
    • Dialogs have full Unicode support

    Project/workspace features

    • Separate project file for user-specific and workspace information
    • Open multiple files as a single project/workspace
    • Delete files from project
    • Recent project list showing up to eight of the last projects opened
    • Automatic detection of UltraEdit project file when loaded or dropped onto UltraEdit
    • Capable of having separate wordfile
    • Project specific user tools (in addition to standard set)
    • User bitmap icons and project tools for user
    • User/project tools supports having output go directly to the active document
    • Group support for projects, allowing files to be grouped together
    • Project/favorites - add files/add all open files dialog allows multiple file selection
    • Support for nested groups with no limit on depth
    • Directories allowed as a group
    • Directory groups dynamically updated
    • Direct addition/removal of files from File Tree View
    • Recursive addition of files/folders

    Editor display and customization features

    • TaskMatchTM Environment Selector - Provides predefined or user-created editing "environments" that remember the state of all of UltraEdit's dockable windows, toolbars and more for user convenience.
    • User configurable toolbars - save multiple configurations
    • User configurable right-click context menu for main edit windows and file tabs
    • View/hide toolbar and/or status bar
    • Configurable default edit window size
    • File tabs to select between open files
    • file tab color highlighting on a per file extension basis (optional)
    • Multiple files open and displayed at the same time
    • View/hide output window
    • View menu includes option to show page breaks as line across the screen
    • Ability to hide and unhide selected portions of text
    • File tree view includes; List of files on drive (open selected files, file properties), List of open files (close/save/tile/print selected files), List of project files (open selected files)
    • Set display and/or printer fonts independently, or use display font for printing, reset default fonts
    • View menu items (and toolbar support) to zoom in/out by increasing/decreasing font size
    • Separate font for hex/column mode
    • Selectable OEM character set - option for fonts that support it
    • Color selection for background, normal/selected text, bookmarks, line/column numbers
    • Color selector allows user to select a color and insert the value into a file
    • Line numbers based on real lines (not wrapped lines)
    • Show spaces, tabs and new lines
    • Column markers to display vertical line at specified columns
    • Optional fixed non-scrollable area (columns left of the first column marker)
    • Ruler for column numbers
    • Viewing with line numbers on left side of window
    • Dockable ASCII table - with ability to insert directly from table
    • Codepage conversion support
    • Status bar line with line/column number display
    • Popup menus with right mouse button
    • Dockable "Tag List" allows definition of a set of "tags" that can automatically be inserted into a file. Designed in part for HTML, it allows text to be selected for automatic insertion of tags around the selected text
    • Dockable named bookmark list - view all your bookmarks and their names
    • Status bar displays number of bytes selected
    • Color selection for active line (line with cursor)
    • Commands to position active line at top, middle or bottom of screen
    • Color selection for ruler lines and column markers
    • Dockable "Function List" shows all the functions in a file in a list box
    • Macro list for quick access (dockable)
    • Script list for quick access (dockable)
    • Full screen mode
    • Auto-recovery of modified files after system/application crash
    • Option to minimize UltraEdit to system tray