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GB Components
Components are Gambas plug-ins that add new functionality to your applications (by adding new classes to the interpreter).

A Gambas project has a list of components to be loaded at startup; you can find and modify this list by selecting Project > Properties from the Project window, and clicking the Components tab.

A Gambas project without any components is a simple text-only application. To become a true graphical application, a project must use at least the gb.qt component. To access a database, use the gb.db component. And so forth...


 * gb - Gambas internal native classes
 * gb.compress - Compression library
 * gb.db - Database access component
 * gb.debug - Gambas application debugger helper
 * gb.eval - Gambas expression evaluator
 * gb.gtk - Graphical GTK+ toolkit component
 * gb.net - Networking component
 * gb.net.curl - Network high-level protocols management
 * gb.pcre - Perl-compatible Regular Expression Matching
 * gb.qt - Graphical QT toolkit component
 * gb.qt.editor - Gambas editor with syntax highlighting
 * gb.qt.ext - Graphical QT toolkit extension component
 * gb.qt.kde - KDE integration and scripting
 * gb.qt.kde.html - KDE web browser
 * gb.sdl - Library based on SDL
 * gb.sdl.image - 2D Library based on SDL
 * gb.sdl.sound - Sound library based on SDL
 * gb.vb - Visual Basic compatibility
 * gb.xml.libxml - XML tools based on libxml
 * gb.xml.libxml.rpc - XML-RPC client based on libxml and libcurl
 * gb.xml.libxml.xslt - XSLT tools based on libxslt

Add some new components
You can load new components using by going to the main Project window and selecting Project > Properties.

Now, choosing the Components tab, you'll find a selectable list of the Gambas components. Tick the ones you want, untick the ones you don't.

You'll also be shown a hint with the name of the additional controls e.g.: QT when you load gb.qt.ext.

List of the Gambas components

 * gb
 * Gambas internal native classes
 * gb.compress
 * Compression library
 * gb.db
 * Database access component
 * gb.debug
 * Gambas application debugger helper
 * gb.eval
 * Gambas expression evaluator
 * gb.net
 * Networking component
 * Controls: DnsClient, ServerSocket, SerialPort, Socket, UdpSocket
 * gb.qt
 * Graphical QT toolkit component
 * Controls: Label, TextLabel, PictureBox, ProgressBar, Button, CheckBox, RadioButton, ToggleButton, ToolButton, TextBox, ComboBox, TextArea, ListBox, ListView, TreeView, IconView, GridView, ColumnView, HBox, VBox, HPanel, VPanel, Frame, Panel, TabStrip, ScrollView, DrawingArea, Timer
 * gb.qt.editor
 * Gambas editor with syntax highlighting
 * Controls: GambasEditor
 * gb.qt.ext
 * Graphical QT toolkit extension component
 * Controls: LCDNumber, Dial, SpinBox, ScrollBar, Slider, MovieBox, TableView, HSplit, VSplit, Workspace, TextView
 * gb.qt.kde
 * KDE integration and scripting
 * Controls: URLLabel, ColorBox, DatePicker

Experimental Components
WARNING: These are in the BETA stage of development and might be changed at any time.


 * gb.qt.kde.html
 * KDE web browser
 * gb.vb
 * Visual Basic compatibility
 * gb.xml.libxml
 * XML tools based on libxml
 * gb.xml.libxml.rpc
 * XML-RPC client based on libxml and libcurl
 * gb.xml.libxml.xslt
 * XSLT tools based on libxslt