GUIBuilder gb.ini File Changes

Parameter

Initial Value

Comments

about_box_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the "About GUIBuilder" dialog box.

bitmap_dir

Tells GUIBuilder where to find the .BMP files used in the toolbar.

check_syntax

No

If set, GUIBuilder will syntax-check each code block before saving it to the .gbf structure. The user can also check syntax at any time with the menu selection Program->Check for Errors.

config_bbx

../cfg/config.min

Location of the user's config.bbx file (used by Tools->Interpreter and by Program->Run).

copyright

If set, this will be copied to the Copyright= line in .gbf files, which will cause a REM to be put at the beginning of generated programs.

ddbuilder

../ddbuilder/ddbuild.exe

DDBuilder program (should be ddbuild.exe).

editor

If set, GUIBuilder will call this external editor rather than using the built-in editor.

error_list_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the error list window used to report syntax errors to the user.

event_list_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the event list window used to prompt the user to pick an event for a selected control.

find_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the "find text" window.

help_file

guibuild.hs

Name of the Java Help file used by GUIBuilder.

include_comments

Yes

If set, this will be copied to the Remarks= line in .gbf files, which determines if the program will be tokenized with the -r flag (omit comments).

interpreter

bbj

Fully qualified name of the BBj interpreter.

Intro_video_file

Name of the file, if any, that displays an introductory video tutorial of GUIBuilder.

lister

bbjlst

Fully qualified name of the BBj stand-alone lister program.

main_win

-1,-1

X,Y[,W,H] location of the GUIBuilder main window.

memory_check_pages

If set, this will be copied to the Pages= line in .gbf files, which will cause a test for minimum required memory to be put at the beginning of generated programs.

new_program_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the help screen that describes how to create a new program using GUIBuilder.

options_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the program options window (Program->Options).

other_code_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the Other Code window.

pick_event_help_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the "Pick Events" help window.

precision

If set, this will be copied to the Precision= line in .gbf files, which will generate a PRECISION line at the beginning of generated programs. (Range 1..16)

prefix

If set, this will be copied to the Prefix= line in .gbf files, which will generate a PREFIX line at the beginning of generated programs.

program_extension

bbj

The extension for generated programs. A null setting (program_extension=) is legal, and will cause tokenized programs to be created with no extension. Source files have a hard-coded extension of .src.

recent_files

4

Number of .gbf files to keep in the Most Recently Used list on the Files menu (range 0..9).

recent_file1.. recent_file9

The most recently used .gbf files (updated when each .gbf file is opened and when it is saved).

release

Yes

If set GUIBuilder will release BBj, returning to Windows when you exit.

resbuilder

../resbuilder/resbuild.exe

Name of the resource editor program (Usually RESBUILD.EXE, but could be RESEDIT.EXE).

select_control_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the "Select Control" window, for selecting among controls that overlap at the same screen location.

show_all_events

Yes

If set, the Event drop-down box will display all events, even if they will not be visible in the event loop of the generated program.

select_form_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the "Select Form" window.

show_forms

All

This will be copied to the 'Show Forms=' line in .gbf files, which determines how to initialize windows in generated programs. Legal values are None (or 0): initially hide all windows; First (or 1): initially hide all windows except for the first one found in the resource file; and All (or 2), the default: initially show all windows.

show_pick_event_help

Yes

Determines whether the user will see a dialog explaining that he/she is about to attach code to a given event.

show_welcome_window

Yes

Determines whether the user will see the initial welcome window when starting GUIBuilder. The user can click a checkbox on the welcome window to suppress it in the future.

splash_screen_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the initial copyright screen that comes up when starting GUIBuilder.

subroutine_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the window for typing in the name of a new subroutine or function.

tokenizer

bbjcpl

Fully qualified name of the BBj stand-alone tokenizer program.

use_carriage_returns

No

If set, GUIBuilder will create certain output files using CRLF line terminators default is LF only).

welcome_win

-1,-1

X,Y location of the GUIBuilder welcome window.