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A system and method that allows developers to debug a component while it is restricted by any arbitrary set of specific permissions, or restricted by an existing permission set associated with a security 'zone.' A security sandbox is mimicked within the development environment so that developers can study how applications perform inside the sandbox. Developers are able create any sandbox and debug inside it, where violating any bound of the artificial sandbox will throw a security exception and drop the user out on the exact line of code which generated the error, as well as provide helpful information about how to correct the error.

Debugging applications under different permissions

A custom assembly is registered and supported for extending a wizard, such as a template wizard, to perform custom actions. A data file is provided to a wizard. The wizard generates project files, which are then adjusted based on an assembly with custom code. The assembly with custom code may provide a user-created custom interface that receives user input and adjusts the project files accordingly. These project files may be associated with the template.

Custom assembly to extend a wizard

Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file are provided. The user can package one or more file(s) into a group and specify that the group is to be converted into a template. An IDE process can automatically index the content of the group and create a metadata file to represent the indexed content. The IDE process may employ a set of standard inference rules to index the content. The indexed file group and metadata can serve as a template for creating new files with properties of the original file(s). Additionally, templates can be provided with a set of default properties when no specific template properties are specified by a user. Completed templates can be added to a User Interface (UI) accessible location, such as a collection of templates accessible to UI dialog processes for opening new files.

Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file

A user can package one or more file(s) into a group and specify that the group is to be converted into a template. An IDE process can automatically index the content of the group and create a metadata file to represent the indexed content. The indexed file group and metadata can serve as a template for creating new files with properties of the original file(s). Completed templates are packaged together in one file such as a .zip file. Completed templates can be added to a User Interface (UI) accessible location, such as a collection of templates accessible to UI dialog processes for opening new files. The metadata file authored in a declarative programming language such as XML.

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