FreeBASIC Editor for Windows

Code is written using the FreeBASIC language and uses the Scintilla editing library (in DLL form).

The WinFBE Suite package (attached to each release as a compressed ZIP file), is an all-in-one package including the latest WinFBE editor, FreeBASIC compiler (32 and 64 bit compilers), Jose Roca's WinFBX library, several Help files and all necessary Include files.

Features:

• Unicode enabled.
• 32 bit and 64 bit versions.
• High DPI aware for any monitor resolution.
• Language localization. Simple create language file based on English.lang file.
• Localized for 11 languages:
• • English, French, Spanish, German, Czech, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Polish
• Projects and non-project based editing.
• Built-in Visual Designer for GUI application development.
• Easy integration of Console or GUI based code.
• Incremental compiling of code defined as a "module".
• Easy including of Windows Resource files simply by specifying which source code file is the resource.
• Seamless integration of the FreeBasic Compiler (both 32 bit and 64 bit).
• Codetip popups and auto completion.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista or later operating system. Windows XP is not supported because many newer API's are used in the source code.
• FreeBASIC Compiler http://www.freebasic.net/

NOTE: If you get a popup warning message box from the operating system saying that "a DLL is not found and reinstalling the program may fix this problem", then it means that you are missing the Visual C++ redistributable package that is normally available on most Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines. Download and install it from this Microsoft page: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170 Here is the direct link to the file: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe

Resources:

• Jose Roca WinFBX library:https://github.com/JoseRoca/WinFBX
• Visit http://www.planetsquires.com/protect/forum/index.php for support forum.

WinFBE - Programmer's Code Editor for the FreeBASIC Compiler Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Paul Squires, PlanetSquires Software

The WinFBE editor is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 or later.