Editor:

• Multiple file creation and editing.
• Allows creation of multi-module projects via an 'include' directive.
• Open files, or preview in Code Explorer.
• Optional extended syntax coloring, which is fully customizable by the user!
• Allows user to create custom keyword list.
• Allows user to specify custom comments to be inserted as desired, or optionally added to new code windows.
• Includes optional prompt for comments when closing file.
• Optional line numbers in left margin.
• Optional indentation guides.
• Ability to split editing window into two panes.
• Ability to zoom size of text in editing windows at the touch of a button.
• Block indent/outdent.
• Block comment/un-comment of code.
• Tabbing in edit windows, includes option to set tab size.
• Optional auto-indent in editor, indents loops, if-blocks, subs and functions. Adds closings automatically: "end if" to "if" blocks, "wend" to "while" loops, etc.
• Optional highlight of current line.
• Code lines may be bookmarked.
• Bookmark directive auto-sets bookmarks.
• Includes a tool to list all variables.
• Online syntax help is available. Just type a keyword (or highlight a keyword) and press F4 to pop up a syntax help box.
• Syntax Viewer that allows you to scroll through a list of all LB commands and functions to find what you need.
• Quick keyword insertion... just press F2 and scroll through the choices.
• 'Goto Line' tool.
• View or hide toolbars.
• File insertion capabilities.
• Statusbar provides pertinent messages plus NUM-LOCK, CAPS-LOCK and INS status.
• Allows a user-defined helpfile to be run from the help menu.
• User-defined hot button on toolbar. You can designate up to 10 external applications to run.
• Accepts drag/drop files.
• Run, Tokenize and Debug Liberty BASIC Code.
• Recent files menu.
• Run MS applications from within LB Workshop.
• Snippet library.

Gui Builder

• Gui builder/code generator with snap-to grid.
• Gui controls are actual controls, not graphic representations, so you will see them exactly as they will appear in your program. Click to add a control at the mouse location, or click and drag to draw the control.
• Gui builder allows choice of options such as tooltips, statusbar and timer to be added to generated code. Also includes a menu editor.
• Gui builder contains a statusbar editor that allows you to specify text and add panels.
• Visible grid can be turned on or off.
• Controls can be locked into place.
• Code for GUI can be created for GUI alone, or as code plus outline with stubs for event handlers.
• Supports API controls, including statusbar, tooltips, trackbar (slider), tabstrip, listview and treeview, with full code for creation and management of these controls.

Tools and Wizards

• Game Workshop allows you to create outline code for sprite games with just a few clicks of the mouse.
• API function wrapper library.
• Library of 32-bit printer API functions.
• Variable Listing Tool.
• Stylebits Wizard.
• Snippet Manager.
• API Texteditor Template Window.
• Includes icon editor/changer. Create icon files, or extract icons from DLLs EXEs or ICLs. Save icons to disk or include in the runtime engine (LB3 only). Can even extract a portion of a bitmap to use as an icon.
• Toolbar Maker creates Windows toolbars with tooltips! It automatically creates the toolbar bitmap for you in the proper format. You can choose to create a new window, or add the toolbar to an existing window.

  
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• Wav MIDI Previewer makes it easy to preview music files and copy them to a different directory.
• Three color helpers -- RGB color previewer, Windows color dialog, and LB named color previewer.
• Bitmap Previewer, with the ability to generate a "loadbmp" list and copy bitmaps to a different directory. Also allows bitmaps to be saved in 24-bit format.
• Gives your programs JPG support in Bitmap Previewer; includes custom JPG DLL.
• Media Previewer, with the ability to generate the Liberty BASIC code to play the media files, and to copy the files to a different directory.
• AVI Maker - create your own animations from bitmap files!
• Packaging wizard. It automatically creates a list of needed runtime files, which you can modify as needed. It will create a "Package" directory in the root directory of the TKN and copy all files to this directory, renaming run.exe to match the name of the TKN. Includes the option to create a zipped archive of distribution files.
• Custom Installer for your Liberty BASIC programs is included in the Packaging Wizard. It creates an installation package, including a setup.exe, and uninstall.exe. The installer creates optional shortcuts on the desktop and startmenu, and it installs your program's files into the directory chosen by the user.
• Sprite mask-maker with batch processing capability.
• MessageBox maker.
• Array maker.
• Menu maker.
• ASCII - VK_Code previewer.
• Font dialog preview.
• Optional 'Tip of the Day' window.