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[BradUffner]

Web Interface. I wasn't trying to save anything, I just clicked the edit button from the token page and got the error
XML that was there:

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<token name="BUILD_LABOR">
<allowedOn type="BUILDING" subType="BUILDING_WORKSHOP" />
<usage type="BUILDING" subType="BUILDING_WORKSHOP" scope="None">
<description></description>
</usage>
</token>
Edit: Also I cant edit anything in the textarea, the cursor shows up but when I type nothing happens

Ahh, I see it now.  You will probably have better luck editing the entry through the Raw Explorer GUI until I get the web site fixed.

[locustgate]

I've come back to DF after a half year hiatus, so I don't know if this is dead or what, but I'm wonder if this will work/when it will be updated for DF2014?

[BradUffner]

It's not quite dead, but my actual job is leaving me feeling a little burned out from the whole programming thing.  I haven't been able to work on it nearly as much as I would like.  I think I have a version I could push out now that fixes several bugs, but doesn't really add anything new.  I DO want to get it updated to support things in the new version, but I don't know how long that will take.

[BradUffner]

Just a quick note about compatibility with 40.01.  Raw Explorer should be able to read the raws and let you edit them just fine, even if they have functionality that Raw Explorer doesn't understand yet.  They editor will just lack any special "magic" in the form of dropdown menus, pickers, and other fancy things.  I'm sure some of the new tokens are supported by the definition editor and will get updated by the community soon.

[locustgate]

It's not quite dead, but my actual job is leaving me feeling a little burned out from the whole programming thing.  I haven't been able to work on it nearly as much as I would like.  I think I have a version I could push out now that fixes several bugs, but doesn't really add anything new.  I DO want to get it updated to support things in the new version, but I don't know how long that will take.

No problem understandable, just glad it should work.
or if that doesn't help you sleep at night:
"HOW DARE YOU BE HUMAN!"

[BradUffner]

I may start working on a new, open source, WPF based version of Raw Explorer.  I want to make sure that the work can continue if I can't keep working on it for whatever reason.  The current UI library I'm using doesn't really mesh well with open source (it costs about $1000 a year).    From what I'm seeing WPF is the only thing that can fairly easily give the kind of flexibility I need for the editors.  I'll still be able to use a lot of the existing code and the community supplied definition will easily be used, which will save a lot of work and time, but I can't give any kind of estimate as to when it will see the light.  WPF is still fairly new to me, so I will be learning a lot of it as I go.

[Aklyon]

That seems rather expensive for just UI.

[Bradley]

That seems rather expensive for just UI.

My company actually owns a copy for the "normal" development work I do. Is not something I could ever afford to buy on my own.

[CLA]

I may start working on [an] open source [...] version of Raw Explorer.  I want to make sure that the work can continue if I can't keep working on it for whatever reason.

That would be really great!

[BradUffner]

For anyone interested, the code for the new project lives on CodePlex at https://rawexplorer.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest.  It currently will not run as I'm still in the process of porting code from the current version to the WPF version.  Feel free to take a glimpse in to my madness if you are curious though.  All of the interesting bits will be in the "TokenLib" project. "RawObject.vb" and "TokenDictionary.vb" are probably the best places to start looking.  The other project contains the UI code, and is VERY incomplete.

I'm releasing the code under the GPL v2.

[BradUffner]

The open source WPF version is coming along nicely.

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[Roses]

Looking good!

[palu]

Nice! When will it be available?

[Bradley]

Nice! When will it be available?

The new version probably won't be available for several weeks yet.  There is a lot of minimum required functionality that hasn't been re-implemented yet.  The first few releases will still probably be missing functions compared to the current WinForms version.

If you are really curious and brave (and know how to compile software) you can grab the source code from http://rawexplorer.codeplex.com; it's updated whenever I make a change.  Depending on when you grab the source it might be horribly broken though.  If anyone is interested in helping out with code just let me know.  The codeplex project is all setup for forks and accepting pull requests.

[BradUffner]

I've been on vacation at the beach since Saturday, but I had some time over a rainy day to get some more things working in the WPF version.  WPF is very different than WinForms, I have to totally change the way I think about things.

Screenshot:

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