A simpler, no-install version of gbCodeLib is also available that can simply be copied to a USB Flash Drive and run from that drive. It's called gbFlashLib and is a great way maintain access to your snippets when you're working away from your own PC.

The following information is kept for each source code snippet: Title Short text description of the snippet Language Programming language to which the snippet belongs Category Language category to which the snippet belongs Code Source code Keywords Words Date/Time Time snippet was last changed and saved Binary Object Copy of a file associated with the snippet Unique ID An internally maintained unique identifier for the snippet Custom Fields Up to 6 fields with user-defined content

Main Window
The main window includes a Tree view which lists all snippets grouped by Language and Category. When a snippet is selected in the Tree, its details are displayed in the main window. All gbCodeLib capabilities are accessed from this window.

Code Editor
The snippet source code is displayed in a source code editor which provides very powerful display and editing features. Color syntax highlighting, macros, undo/redo, search/replace, shortcuts and split screens are just a few of the features supported by the source code editor.

Search Frame
The gbCodeLib source code snippet database can be searched for a text string using the controls found in the optional Search frame. Options are provided to limit the scope of the Search and a list of recently used search terms is maintained. Boolean 'and/or' search is also supported (limit of 2 terms)

Two special built-in searches are supported. The button with "*.*" will display all code snippet titles within the selected scope. The button with the bookmark symbol (flag) will display all bookmarked code snippet titles within the current scope.

An individual snippet resulting from a Search can be displayed by clicking on the snippet title or the Tree display can be limited to the results of a search. Snippets resulting from a search can also be bookmarked.

Single Language Display
While gbCodeLib can display any number of Languages/Categories/Snippets in the Tree, an option is provided to restrict display to a single language.

HTML Export
gbCodeLib supports the export of snippets to HTML file formats, including full color syntax highlighting. An individual snippet, or entire language may be selected for export.

Revision Control
gbCodeLib can optionally keep a copy of all saved versions of a snippet. The revision level is maintained automatically by gbCodeLib. Revisions are kept in a separate repository file.

Object Storage
Users may select any file (text or binary, such as source code files and images) to be associated with a source code snippet. A copy of the file is kept in the gbCodeLib resource database and may be viewed with the built-in object viewer. Objects can be extracted to a folder of choice.

Language Definitions
gbCodeLib comes with built-in syntax support for several languages, kept as XML formatted files in an installation subfolder. These files may be edited to change the way gbCodeLib displays snippets from a language. Language definition files may be also added to provide syntax support for any language.

The language files can be edited manually, or you can use the utility gbXML which provides a graphical interface for creating language definition files. gbXML is accessible from the gbCodeLib utilities menu.

Remote Folders
The primary snippet database is located in the gbCodeLib installation folder. This is referred to as the 'local' database.

A copy of the local database may be saved to one or more folders. These copies are referred to as 'remote' databases. The snippet database in any one folder can be designated as the 'current' remote database.

gbCodeLib provides a one-click method for switching between the local snippet database and the current remote database. This feature is often used to provide a common, shared database between multiple users.

Source Code Import
Updates to the source code distributed with gbCodeLib are kept online. gbCodeLib can access the online version and display updates for addition to the gbCodeLib database.

Additionally, gbCodeLib can import source code from files on your local PC. Source code for most programming languages is kept in text files, which gbCodeLib can scan and present to the user for import into the gbCodeLib snippet database. gbCodeLib can detect whether such snippets already have matches in the gbCodeLib snippet database.

Online Server Search
From within gbCodeLib, users can search the online database at the gbCodeLib server or at any other server where the gbCodeLib database is uploaded and accessible. Searching a user database additional requires the placement of a simple Perl script into the users' CGI-BIN folder. The Perl script is provided as part of the gbCodLib distribution. It may be modifed by the user to provide additional search capabilities.

Snippets found as a result of the search can be imported into the local gbCodeLib database.

A copy of the Perl script is also provided online.

Server Synchronization
For users who want access to their snippets via the Internet, gbCodeLib provides an internal FTP capability for transferring the gbCodeLib snippet database to the user's server.

The user may then use gbCodeLib's built-in tools to synchronize a local snippet database with the server copy.

Custom Fields
gbCodeLib supports up to six user-defined fields. The user can optionally display 3 or 6 of the custom fields in the main window. The field titles can be defined and used in printing snippets or exporting HTML pages. The data in the fields is handled as text strings.