*Unofficial* list of changes in MPLAB IDE 7.52

I compiled a list of MPLAB IDE 7.52 changes that may be of interest to forum.microchip.com members. Please remember that this list is unofficial and incomplete. Let me know if this is useful to you or not.

*Unofficial* list of changes in MPLAB IDE 7.52

Simulator

• Added Code Coverage feature to most engines.

REAL ICE

• Added "Program After Successful Build"
• Added "Run After Successful Program"
  

MPLAB IDE

• Added folder-history widget to File Open and File Save dialogs

Editor

• Added "Include File Open" from context menu. Right click on an include file to open it in the editor.
  

• Added optional checking and repair of line terminators on File Save.

• Added feature to optionally highlight an entire line for the current Program Counter.
  

• Added "Close" to the context menu.

• Reorganized editor property pages

Project Manager

• Added new multiple-path selection widget
  [http://forum.microchip.com/fb.aspx?m=220387]

• Enhanced Project Wizard to allow reconfiguration of currently active project. Quickly create a new project based on the current project.

• Enhanced Project Wizard to add files in Auto, User, System, or Copy mode.

• Duplicated Debug/Release selection under Project menu for users with the project toolbar disabled. [http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=193983 ]

• Improved "The project is out of date, would you like to build now?" dialog to use Make instead of Build All. [http://forum.microchip.com/m.aspx?m=169973]
  

MPLAB C30 Toolsuite

• Enhanced toolsuite to send .s ASM30 to the C preprocessor (only when C30 toolsuite is selected)
• Added C30 "Use 64-bit double" checkbox. [http://forum.microchip.com/fb.aspx?m=217124]

• Enabled C30 "Additional Warnings" by default [http://forum.microchip.com/fb.aspx?m=218293]

• Enabled LINK30 memory-usage report by default [http://forum.microchip.com/fb.aspx?m=87629]
  

MPLAB C18/MPASM Toolsuite

• Enabled MPLINK "Suppress COD file" option by default to help avoid file-path length limitation problems for new users. [http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=179374]

• Added C18 --verbose option checkbox.
  

Data Monitor and Control Interface (DMCI)

• Added hot-tracking feature to slider controls. The Slider controls can now be configured to apply run-time position changes in the following automated sequence steps: [Halt, Reset, Write, Run] or [Halt, Write, Run].

• Graphs can now be generated from MPLAB REAL ICE real-time data acquisition.
  

• Added a new resizeable tiled view.
• Added project-scope persistence of last-loaded DMCI profile

Plus... numerous other miscellaneous bug fixes. For Tool-Specific New-Device support, please see the tool's readme file.