Source Publisher publishes your code, and information about it, to detailed Adobe Acrobat PDF or HTML reports. The resulting PDF, when printed, is a very useful tool when reviewing code alone or in groups. Both the PDF and HTML output offer quick, intuitive browsing of the code, with information about where you are visiting shown in separate, interactive frames. The source code is syntax/keyword colorized and structure bars help you easily separate nested constructs. The results are easy and free to share, whether over the internet, in an Intranet, or on CD-ROM.

There are two versions:

• SourcePublisher C++
• SourcePublisher Ada

Bring PDF printouts to your next code review

Source Publisher includes technology we call "CodeReview". CodeReview generates handy, informative printouts that make reviewing code much easier and faster. The printouts include colorized source, are indexed completely and footnotes for each used object telling you where in the printout you can find more information about it.

See a sample PDF document here. The sample, about 2MBs, will load in a new browser window. For an explanation of how to read the printout, check the details page.

How is Source Publisher different from Understand ?

The single most asked question about Source Publisher is "But how is this different from Understand? " The short answer is that Source Publisher is for "publishing" code (and information about it). There is some information overlap, since they leverage identical parsing information, but the intended use and the expected users are different. Source Publisher is a great way to provide team-wide viewing of all versions of a set of code, save archival copies of source and information about that source to CD-ROM (or on the Internet), and make information available to those who don't have access to Understand.

Why not download it and try it on your code?