thinBasic-project 1.2021

[ReneMiner]

The problem is, when i open a thinBasic-script it instantly is code.
ThinAir should "learn" to apply all those things that were just checkboxes Option Explicit or the bundle options a few dropdowns, even the list of included files and directories - adding to be done with a common dialog or remove clicking a button for that and the editor will write it somewhere as this

<?thinBasic version="1.2021.0.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project name="myProject" MinVersion="1.2021" >
<preparse>
    <directives>
       <directive="Option Explicit"/>
   </directives>
   <thinBundle>
       <bundle file="file" source="..." destination="..." Option="Value" />
       <bundle icon="..." />
       <bundle type="GUI"/>
      <bundle version="versioninfo" comment="comment" author="the Authorities etc."/>
   </thinBundle>
   <Uses>
       <use module="UI" />
       <use module="tokenizer" />
       <use module="ini" />
   </Uses>
   <Includes>
         <IncludeDir="….." />
         <Include="file.tbasicI" once="True" delayed="False" />
   </Includes>
   <Resources>
      <Resource file="myRes.rc" />
   </Resources>
   <Compilers>
       <compiledRegions>
       <regionsCount>3</regionsCount>
        <compiled region="1" name="name of compiled region to name the dll after" _
file="name of scriptfile that contains  the region" line="..." language="powerbasic"/>
    <!-- scriptfile and line were if thinAir displays compiled sections as well as udts, subs and functions in separate codewindows to keep track on the position within the project -->  
        <compiled region="2" name="name of compiled region to name the dll after" _
file="name of scriptfile that contains  
the region" line="..." language="freebasic"/>
       <compiled region="3" name="name of compiled region to name the dll after" _
file="name of scriptfile that contains  
the region" line="..." language="visualbasic6"/>
       <!-- were also nice if the name of the compiled section could be used as _
a CallCompiled "region"  to change the behaviour of a compiled function completely -->
   </compilers>
</preparse>
<udts>
  <type name="myUDT">
   Type myUdt
      x as whatever
' here a type definition including all its methoods & properties -complete all the code until:
   End Type
  </type>
<union name ="someUnion">
   union someUnion
 ' also to be displayed on a separated page in the editor 
    RGBA(4) as Byte
    lColor As Long
  end union
<union>
 <declarations> 
    '  here: a section on displayed top within the editor but actually placed to be very last of all
.
    '   declarations section will contain all global dimensioned and declared stuff, equates and
' actually anything must be written into a declarations section. depending on the first keyword 
'of the line the enter-key will transfer the line to be another section of code, that might be 
' keywords as "Type" or "Callback" or "Compiled", "Begin", "Function" or "Sub"-
 ' typed into declarations section will open a new codewindow/jump there in full view or 
' display every region as a separate page. if typing one of those keywords in other sections than 
' within declarations means either the function or sub belongs to the type above or are part of 
' the compiled region.  As a Sub within another sub is impossible thinAir could bug the user...   
  
' so here is some code that is outside any functions, type-definitions and compiled-regions. 
' This should be collected in  older scripts to be placed at the very end of the script 
' that thincore will get to execute.
 
</declarations>
<entry point="TBMain>
Function TBMain()
'...
' to be displaed on top of the code, right after declarations, actually the last function so thincore
' has to go over all the code before it gets here.  
End Function
' HERE WILL NEVER ANYTHING EXIST - the line above is the last of the project
</entry>
<script name="file.tbasicI" >
     <!-- a placeholder actually that thinAir knows where the include is to position in view -->
</script>
<script name="myProjectmainscriptfile.tBasic">

  ' this is actually the main scripts program code that were in front of the declarations on execution
' all here must be inside of a function or sub so its likely to offer the view "by function" also
</script>
<final>
' its also an idea to provide a section of things to do when the program ends which is just a reminder only...
</final> 
</project>

a little bit of structure... already ordered by the editor and a few rules to follow - actually is forcing the user to provide code in a certain order would certainly make it easier to exclude some error-sources.
Users can not handle too much freedom. They need limitations to break them down

[kcvinu]

You mean, like the Add reference dialog in Visual Studio ?
Thants a good idea.
Well, I ThinBundle has a problem. It wants us to turn off the antivirus to do the bundling.