PowerBASIC Utilities Toolkit

PowerBASIC Utilities Toolkit represents a large suite of applications that are designed to aid PowerBASIC programmers. A descriptions for each utility is listed below.

PowerBASIC for Windows is a powerful Win32-based compiler that enables developers to write programs in the familiar BASIC language. Programs made with PowerBASIC are small and efficient and do not require any 'runtime' dependencies, OCX controls or additional DLLs.

· analyze.exe - Reports statistics for your program · codefmt.exe - Code formatter, formats your PowerBASIC source code · codepk.exe - Packs all #INCLUDE files of a project into a single file · decgen.exe - Declares generator, generates internal DECLARE statements for your program · dlldec.exe - Generates and sorts declares for EXPORTed DLL functions in PB/WIN or PB/DLL projects · dyncall.exe - Converts DLL declares to macros that can be called dynamically (LoadLibrary, STDCALL only) · equated.exe - Equate (constants) editor. Features include a random value generator · expand.exe - Expands all lines in a source code file if they are split · file2db.exe - Converts any file to PowerBASIC !db statements and copies it to the clipboard · filedate.exe - Simple to use file time-stamping utility · findwnd.exe - A Spy++ style program for retrieving window information · hdr2inc.exe - Assists in converting C header files to PowerBASIC includes · ico2inc.exe - Converts icon files to code that can be used inline without resources · killapp.exe - Terminates any program. Handy when you have a program you can't stop normallyx · linechk.exe - Checks source code lines to see if they are too long (over 255 characters) · maklib.exe - Generates C-compatible .DEF and .LIB files for your DLL project · shorten.exe - Shortens lines in a source code file to the specified character width · subsys.exe - Allows changes to a Win32 PE EXE sub-system type (console, gui, etc)

It is highly recommended that you back-up any source code files that will be used with PBUTILS in case a problem occurs and data is lost. This can be a very rare occurance and is just a precaution to protect your hard work. Always keep regular backups (we recommend using WinRAR-based (.RAR) backups on CDR or DVD).