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Version 1.2.1.0 - September 2013 Update

This is the September 2013 Update of XAML Spy, released on September 11, 2013.

Added support for Windows 8.1 RTM (6.3.9600.0)
Added support for Silverlight 5.1.20513.0
Added support for JetBrains dotPeek 1.1 decompiler.
Fixed a bug where Ctrl+Shift+mousehover didn’t work for popup visuals in WinStore 8.1 apps
Fixed dependency conflicts when referencing async Task lib in a Windows Phone 7 app
Performance improvements when reading attached property values

Version 1.2.0.0 - July 2013 Update

This is the July 2013 Update (2) of XAML Spy, released on July 22, 2013.

Added Visual Studio integration (learn more)
- New XAML Spy Power Tools extension for Visual Studio
- New visual go-to-source when using Visual Studio integration

Version 1.1.10.0 - July 2013 Update

This is the July 2013 Update of XAML Spy, released on July 5, 2013.

Added support for Windows 8.1 Preview
- New XamlSpy.WinRT451.dll client library
- BindingExpressions shown in property grid for Win8.1 apps
- Installed app list now includes Win8.1 apps
Added support for entering bindings and string values for dependency objects in property grid (learn more)
Added GotFocus and LostFocus events for SL and Store apps to event monitor
Fixed empty windows phone device list when WP 7 SDK not installed
Fixed a bug where the store app title could not be read from the AppxManifest.xml

Version 1.1.9.0 - May 2013 Update

This is the May 2013 Update of XAML Spy, released on May 13, 2013.

Added support for inline content editing of text files in storage
Added support for custom attached properties in store apps
Added support for WPF content hosted in WinForm apps using ElementHost
Fixed support for attached properties defined as fields in store apps
Fixed the zoom&pan invalid transform for store apps
Fixed a bug in orientation handling of phone apps
Fixed a NullReferenceException when accessing RootVisual.RenderTransform in phone apps

Version 1.1.8.0 - March 2013 Update

This is the March 2013 Update of XAML Spy, released on March 13, 2013.

Added support for Silverlight 5.1.20125.0
Added support for JetBrains dotPeek decompiler
Added support for Automation attached properties in WP7 and WP8
Added access to remote Windows Store packages
Added find all instances of certain type in statistics
Fixed a lock error when accessing isolated storage
Fixed a bug preventing LightSwitch apps from connecting

Version 1.1.7.0 - January 2013 Update

This is the January 2013 Update of XAML Spy, released on January 14, 2013.

XAML Spy connections are now password protected (learn more)
Added a summary pane to the property grid
Added a new select value source command to jump to the source visual of an inherited property value
Added history navigation back/forward buttons in automation and UI explorer
Added support for CategoryAttribute and DescriptionAttribute in the propertygrid
Added Windows Phone device selection to the add app wizard
Added storage support for remote Windows Store apps
Fixed an unhandled exception where XAML Spy tries to send data to a disconnected client
Fixed a StackOverflowException when reaching the WPF layout nesting limit in TreeView
Fixed a bug where children of non-FrameworkElement visuals (such as ContainerVisual in WPF) are missing
Fixed a FileNotFoundException that may occur when finding running WPF processes
Fixed a bug where the Windows Phone XamlSpyService could not be registered automatically
Attached properties now optional, vastly improving property grid performance
Changed the naming convention; application now app, WinRT now Windows Store

Version 1.1.6.0 - December 2012 Update

This is the December 2012 Update of XAML Spy, released on December 19, 2012.

Added real-time sensor readings from local and remote devices
Improved mouse cursor position visibility when ruler enabled
Improved error messages
Fixed a message serialization bug in the network stack
Fixed a DuplicateKeyException when same name types exist in different namespaces in XAML app
Fixed a bug where Silverlight OOB apps do not launch correctly

Version 1.1.5.0 - October 2012 Update

This is the October 2012 Update of XAML Spy, released on October 30, 2012.

Added support for Windows Phone 8 (learn more)
New real-time performance monitor graphs (learn more)
Added line number for text and folding support for xml content
Added a application list summary tooltip when clicking the ? in the title of the applications pages
Added a ‘select focused’ command to the user interface page
Added support for multiple UI threads in WPF
Fixed a bug where the visual cues (grid, selection shape, etc) in a XAML app are hidden by other popup elements
Fixed a bug where the XAML view chokes on illegal XML characters
Various minor UI tweaks and fixes

Version 1.1.4.0 - September 2012 Refresh

This is the September 2012 Refresh release of XAML Spy, released on September 28, 2012. This is an out-of-band release fixing two critical issues

fix: InvalidOperationException when opening AddAppWizard multiple times on Win7 without .NET 4.5
fix: SL out-of-browser launch may fail with incorrect parameters error message

Version 1.1.3.0 - September 2012 Update

This is the September 2012 Update of XAML Spy, released on September 24, 2012

New remote debugging of XAML apps on remote devices (learn more)
New Add Application wizard makes connecting XAML apps to XAML Spy super easy
Added support for Windows Phone devices
Added automatic Windows Firewall configuration to installer
Fixed a bug where the installer uses the default install folder instead of the actual install folder when upgrading
Fixed a bug where phone apps did not automatically reconnect after activation
Properties of type FrameworkTemplate now available in the property grid
Other minor fixes

Version 1.1.2.0 - August 2012 Refresh

This is the August 2012 Refresh release of XAML Spy, released on August 29, 2012

Fixes a bug where apps fail to start in the Windows Phone emulator (WPTool error)
Fixes a bug where SL3 inbrowser apps fail to connect
Fixes a setup bug where XamlSpySvc fails to install on some non-US OS’s
Fixes a bug that prevents desktop deployed LightSwitch apps to connect in certain scenarios
Theme accent colors updated

Version 1.1.0.0 - August 2012 Update

This is the August 2012 Update of XAML Spy, released on August 21, 2012

New WPF application manager with support for attaching to running WPF apps (learn more)
New dark theme and small font support
Adds support for Windows 8 RTM
Adds support for all attached properties available in AppDomain
Adds architecture and platform version info to apps
Adds word wrap and ‘newline on attributes’ support to text and xml content
Adds TargetType and x:Key properties to Style objects in property grid
New XAML Spy setup including ‘Launch XAML Spy’ option
XAML Spy is now a 64bit process
Numerous bug fixes

Version 1.0.5.0 - July 2012 Update

This is the July 2012 update of XAML Spy, released on July 17, 2012.

Added support for WPF 4 applications (learn more)
XAML Spy client menu updated with new ruler and show/hide selection support (learn more)
Apps in the application manager can be renamed
New bring XAML spy to front button in XAML Spy Browser
Fixes for various unhandled exceptions

Version 1.0.4.0 - RTM

This is the RTM release of XAML Spy, released on June 15, 2012.

New decompilation services using ILSpy, JustDecompile and Reflector (learn more)
New UI explorer features; datacontext scope visualizer and explore-from-here and collapse-all-but-this commands (learn more)
Fixed a deadlock issue in XamlSpyService.StartService while accessing files in package (WinRT)
Silverlight browser viewport resize options
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