New features in 4.5 SR1 (since initial 4.5 release)

Metamodeling

• New: New intuitive UI for Metamodeling Tools, with toolbars and menu bars
• New: Graph Tool satellite windows integrated as tabs in Graph Tool
• New: Icon Editor to give types custom icons to override default scaled symbol
• Correction: Consistent sort order for bindings improves version comparisons

Generators

• New: Iterate over variables and strings: do $var, do 'foo bar'%spaces
• New: Specify encoding for files: filename...encoding...write/read
• New: Short syntax for simple variable assignments, $abc='foo'
• New: Better parse error reporting for regex, and math and translate streams
• New: Generator Editor remembers graph to run on

API

• New: Command-line argument document:into: to document metamodel
• New: Command-line argument stopAPI

Modeling

• New: Diagram Editor intelligently updates whole view after operations
• New: Roots Browser operations moved to Startup Launcher
• New: Show type symbols in binding creation list dialog, Help | Graph Type etc.

Multi-user

• New: Multi-user server runs as a service
• New: Server administration UI integrated in MetaEdit+ clients
• New: SOAP interface to automate server administration
• New: Run servers for multiple repositories simultaneously from one installation
• New: Significant speed improvements on Windows XP SP2

System

• New: Support for multiple monitors is now handled automatically
• New: Cope with screen depth changes and timezone changes on the fly

For more details, please see the full change list