UltraEdit is a commercial

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for

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and

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created in 1994 by the founder of IDM Computer Solutions Inc., Ian D. Mead, and owned by Idera, Inc. since August 2021. The editor contains tools for

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, including macros, configurable

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, file type conversions,

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s for search-and-replace, a column-edit mode, remote editing of files via

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, interfaces for

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s or

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s of choice, and more. Files can be browsed and edited in tabs, and it also supports

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and hex editing mode. Originally called MEDIT, it was designed to run in

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. A version called UltraEdit-32 was later created to run in

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and

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. The last 16-bit UltraEdit program was 6.20b. Beginning with version 11, the Wintertree

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engine was replaced by

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. In version 13 (2007),

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was added to the existing Macro facility for automation tasks. UltraEdit's JavaScript uses JavaScript 1.7. UltraEdit-32 was renamed to UltraEdit in version 14.00. Version 22.2 was the first native 64-bit version of the text editor. An installation of UltraEdit takes about 100 MB of disk space. HTML editing features include: * Integration with

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for offline HTML, XHTML, and CSS checking. * HTML toolbar preconfigured for popular functions and HTML tags. * Customize tags in the HTML toolbar or create new tags and buttons. UltraEdit is

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: It can be evaluated for free for 30 or 15 days, depending on usage. After the expiration of this period, the application will work only with a regular license key. UltraEdit also includes UltraCompare Professional. UltraEdit is CA Veracode Verified.

Key Features

* Facilitates the opening and editing of large files, up to 4GB and greater in size * Native 64-bit architecture * Multi-caret editing and multi-select * Document map navigation * Column (block) mode editing * Regular expression find and replace * Find/Replace in Files * Extensible code highlighting, with 'wordfiles' already available for many languages * Code folding and hierarchical function listing * Beautify and reformat source code * XML editing features, such as XML tree view, reformatting, and validation * Auto-closing XML and HTML tags * Smart templates for

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* Editor themes * Integrated FTP, SSH, telnet * Hex editing * Log file polling * File/data sorting * File encryption and decryption * Project management * Bookmarking * Automation via macros and scripts * Integrated file compare

UltraCompare

File, Folder, Excel, PDF, Zip, Rar, Jar Compare. Features include: Compare, Merge, Sync, UltraEdit integration, Source Control Integration, handles large files

UEStudio

It is a variant with additional support for IDE editing. It also enhances file handling, file editing, and HTML editing over UltraEdit. IDE features include: Workspace Manager, project builder (interactive and batch), resource editor, project converter, class viewer, native compiler support, and debugger with integrated debugging (via

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). File handling features include: Project Manager, Git/SVN/CVS version control. File editing features include: Tabbed Output Window for script commands, an intelligent auto-complete tooltip. HTML editing features include: Integrated PHP, and Ruby support.

UltraFinder

Finds text in files Features: Search capability of 2,000,000+ files in minutes, duplicate identification Searches: Files, PC, Network, Servers

UltraFTP

UltraFTP a program help the website owner and server administrator to manage the files on the server, and also gave a handy

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to the user. FTP client features: Commercially supported, 64-bit FTP client, Native Unicode, fast upload/download, multi connections.

Reception

In a review published on June 4, 2004 ''

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'', the author said that UltraEdit v10.0 is the editor's favorite text editor. In a review published on July 9, 2006

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wrote UltraEdit contains plenty of features useful for all types of users and that it considered the program "excellent". CNET/Download.com says about UltraEdit: "With its clear layout and powerful project and work-space features, it can handle complex and sophisticated software-development projects. But despite its vast range of features, UltraEdit never feels overwhelming. It's flexible and easy to customize, and the polished user interface provides easy access to the most important options..."

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