Eric Frost - HRA wrote: > CodeWright's expensive though.. I think Bill likes UltraEdit. >
Yeah, UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com) is pretty good as is, and fantastic once you configure it for MapBasic. I use it with DiaBuilder 2000 (for building dialogs; see http://www.wap3.com/diabuilder2000/diabuilder2000.htm). Most useful pair of shareware packages I've bought ($30 for UE, $45 for DiaBuilder, but you can try both for free.) With UltraEdit, you can compile and link MB code directly, use syntax highlighting, get macros (yep, 1 menu click and I automatically build the basic shell for a standard MB app), build active indexes to functions (this lists your sub and function names, and all you need to is click and it takes you to that line) and more. For big projects I also use Gnu's Make (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html), which keeps track of file revision dates of mb, mbo, mbp and def files and recompiles code as needed. I've also got a look at MB Builder from MicroOLAP (http://www.microolap.com/gis/mb.htm), which also looks very good. I've only tried the dialog building features for that (an excellent piece of work!), but it's also designed to be a full IDE for MapBasic. Given the options out there now, no one who does any serious programming in MB needs to slow him/herself down by using that lame editor that comes with MapBasic. -- - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.gisnet.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
