This release completes removal of the branding transformations and implements the new VS2013 presentation style that utilizes the new lightweight website format. Several breaking changes had to be made in order to support it properly. You will need to rebuild any custom plug-ins, components, and presentation styles against the latest version of the Sandcastle and Help File Builder assemblies.

Important
If switching to the new VS2013 presentation style, there are a few issues to be aware of. Most notable is that existing links to topics from external sites will not work unless updated to use the direct URL to the topic. See the Lightweight Website Style Plug-In topic for details.

• Moved the web content from the standalone GUI to the presentation style project. It is now in a presentation style folder called .\LegacyWeb. If you have custom presentation styles that use the prior web content, update them to use the new folder location.

• Updated the build engine to support the presentation style plug-in dependency list.

• The Syntax Component now supports configuring the order of the syntax generators. This only has an effect in presentation styles that support code snippet grouping (currently only the VS2010 and VS2013 styles).

• The default language for the VS2010 and VS2013 presentation styles can be set using the new defaultLanguage transform argument found on the Transform Args property page. This can be used in conjunction with the Syntax Component configuration to match the default language to the first language in the syntax language sort order.

• Added an IsHidden property to the HelpFileBuilderPlugInExportAttribute. The Plug-Ins property page uses this to hide presentation style dependency plug-ins that do not have any configurable settings.

• Added support for Windows Phone 8.1 (Silverlight and Windows Store Apps) frameworks. Thanks to Morten Nielsen for the configuration settings.

• Updated the presentation style and syntax generator project templates to reflect recent changes in the API.

• Updated the topic previewer tool window to use a VS2013-like presentation style.

• Made the VS2013 style the default presentation style for new projects.

• Renamed the View Website (ASP.NET) and View Website (HTML) options to View Website (Local Web Dev Server) and View Website (Local File System) to reflect their more general use now since the VS2013 presentation style does not contain an Index.aspx page and no longer requires ASP.NET to be viewed with the local web development server.

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