The third Beta, of the 1.1 release, of the coolest visual software development tool this side of Jupiter has landed!
What’s new in this release, you ask? So, very much.
- A new “Text File” variable type.
- New block: “Open Text File Dialog”
- New block: “Save Text File Dialog”
- New block: “Read All Text From File”
- New block: “Save All Text To File”
- As well as two blocks to Get and Set the text in the new multi-line TextField control.
- A new “Color” variable type. (More on this in the next Beta.)
The net result? You can now read and write text files, and work with multi-line text, within Illumination.
Just to help you get started I’ve put together a (very, very simple) Text Editor example project. That screenshot on the right is the project itself. It’s a thing of beauty. With only adding 7 blocks to a brand new project, you can have a, fully functional, text editor that can save and load text files. Absolutely glorious.
Downloads:
All the cool kids are hanging out over at the Illumination Software Creator official support forums. That’s the place to provide feedback and get help from the community.
On a related note: We’ve added bulk discounts to Illumination purchases. Go to the Radical Breeze Online Store, enter the number if Illumination licenses you need and, presto, the discounts will be automatically applied. (Purchases of more than 15 copies get a 35% discount, etc.)
(And, of course, if you only need one copy of Illumination… that’s okay too. 
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