On this page you will find a number of tools that you may find useful, in designing your own applications and also in getting to grips with those elusive bugs. If you know of any other tools that would be useful then please send them to me. Address on the contacts page.

Please note the tutorials are only supplied in uncompiled format. They are there for reference, and in most cases are not complete, usable programs. If you would like compiled copies to be supplied on the site let me know.

Resource 1 : Programmers Toolkit
Download size	Name	Description
All -79k	Toolkit	Useful tools for developing Wimpbasic Programs. Sources Provided where available.
- 10k	!Debug	Tool to help debug your programs. Reports errors that you pass to it.
- 13k	!Toolkit	Calculate icon and flag values. This shouldn't be needed to often.
- 26k	!WB_Compare	Compare two Wimpbasic programs.
- 10k	!Wimpinfo	Monitor information on Windows,icons,keys etc.
Tech doc - 7k	Wimpbasic Technical	Details on the internal workings of the Wimpbasic module. You do not need to know this to use Wimpbasic, but it does provide some interesting background info.

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Resource 2 : Additional Tutorials
Source file & size	Name	Description
-175k	All files	All of the additional examples.
- 2.5k	Countfile	Shows how to load files by dragging. Also demonstrates the usage of Sys commands and Allocate.
- 6k	Filer file	Demonstration on how to use iconhide, iconmove and iconshow commands.
- 3.5k	Fontdfile	Demonstrate how to use fonts in Wimpbasic.
- 3.7k	Fontpfile	Shows how to print text using fonts.
- 27k	Formfile	Demonstrates the various effects of string formats. The same as the @ variable in BBC Basic.
- 4k	Framework3file	Enhanced version of the framework2 file as supplied with Wimpbasic. The program uses normal memory or a Dynamic area depending on the version of Risc OS.
- 2.3k	Panefile	Demonstrates how to use Panes in Wimpbasic.
-12k	Passprfile	Example of how you might protect your software.
-112k	Sample play	Adding sound effects to your Wimpbasic programs. Sample files are all in Armadeus format.
- 1.8k	Text read	Demonstrates how to display a simple text file in a window.
- 2.5k	Text Print	Display a text file in a window and then print it.

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