Qlik Web Syntax Highlighter v2.0

This is a major new release, adding lots of changes, new features and bug fixes.

Changes

• Added Qlik Sense connection string support
• Added the missing keywords DERIVE and FLUSHLOG
• Added support for DIRECT QUERY statements
• Fixed issue with REM comments not supporting whitespace before them
• Fixed issue with clicking cancel on shortcode prompts results in shortcode still being entered
• Fixed issue with variable declarations containing a full stop (AKA period) not highlighting correctly
• Fixed issue with backslash incorrectly operating as an escape character in strings
• Other minor highlighting improvements
• Significant speed improvements
• Added custom vector font to allow insertion of some Qlik icons
• Added the LUIicons vector font from LeonardoUI to allow insertion of all Qlik Sense UI icons
• Added optional extra line numbers to code block (should be used with caution as can prevent correct highlighting of code than spans multiple lines eg. /* */ block comments)
• Changes specific to Qlik for Wordpress Plugin:
  • Changed [qlikview] shortcode to [qlik-code] to better represent Qlik Sense support. The old shortcode is still supported for backwards compatibility
  • Button "Qlik Code" added to text editor to insert shortcode
  • Visual editor button updated
  • Corrected issue with plugin clashing with some other shortcodes resulting in incorrect display. Some Google Maps plugins were amongst those affected.
  • Rewritten core code to prevent code being loaded on all pages of a site irrespective of whether or not the shortcode is present
  • Added admin settings page allowing turning on/off features and detailing icon codes
  • Ability to load CSS and JS files from the a CDN instead of the local webserver
  • Added new shortcode [qlik-icon] to allow insertion of new vector font icons.

Downloads

• QlikView Web Syntax Highlighter
  • File: qvhighlight_v2.0.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-web-highlight.html
• QlikView for WordPress
  • File: Qlik_for_Wordpress_v2.0.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-wordpress-plugin.html

Qlik Web Syntax Highlighter v1.2

Changes

• Updated Highlight.js core to correct known issue

Downloads

• QlikView Web Syntax Highlighter
  • File: qvhighlight_v1.2.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-web-highlight.html
• QlikView for WordPress
  • File: QlikView_for_Wordpress_v1.2.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-wordpress-plugin.html

QlikView Web Syntax Highlighter v1.0

Changes

First formal release of QlikView Web Syntax Highlighting. Changes in pre-release v0.2 include:

• General code performance improvements.
• Corrected issue with $() variable use within a load statement not being highlighted correctly.
• Corrected issue with nesting of interpretation functions (those ending with a #) and those functions for which a keyword exists with the same name.
• Added field name highlighting within expressions.
• Added field name highlighting within most places within script
• Added identification of total modifiers, set analysis elements and load statement sources to improve nesting control.

Downloads

• QlikView Web Syntax Highlighter
  • File: qvhighlight_v1.0.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-web-highlight.html
• QlikView for WordPress
  • File: QlikView_for_Wordpress_v1.0.zip
  • Installation instructions: http://www.qlikviewaddict.com/p/qlikview-web-highlight.html