Components

Gambas components are shared libraries written in C, C++ or directly in gambas that add new classes to the gambas interpreter.

They are shared between all Gambas programs running on your system, and can be seen as part of the language.

Some components have been deprecated. They are listed here.

Interpreter enhancements Component Description Gambas version gb Internal native classes gb.args Program arguments parser 3.4 gb.data More container datatypes 3.3 gb.debug Debugger helper gb.eval Expression evaluator gb.inotify Filesystem events monitoring 3.6 gb.highlight Syntax highlighter based on definition files 3.19 gb.logging Flexible log message handling 3.5 gb.ncurses NCurses library 3.2 gb.pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression matching gb.settings Application settings management gb.signal POSIX signals management gb.term Terminal management gb.test Unit test framework 3.15 gb.util Miscellaneous utility functions 3.7 gb.vb Visual-Basic compatibility Communication & Network Component Description Gambas version gb.dbus D-Bus interface gb.gtk3.webview New web browser component based on Chromium for gb.gtk3 3.16 gb.gui.webview New QT4/QT5/GTK+3 Chromium-based browser switcher component 3.16 gb.map Online map viewing component 3.4 gb.markdown Gambas Markdown markup syntax 3.6 gb.mime Mime message management 3.3 gb.net Network access and serial port management gb.net.curl Network high-level protocol management based on the Curl library gb.net.pop3 POP3 client 3.3 gb.net.smtp SMTP client gb.qt4.webview New web browser component based on WebKit for gb.qt4 3.16 gb.qt5.webview New web browser component based on Chromium for gb.qt5 3.16 gb.qt6.webview New web browser component based on Chromium for gb.qt6 3.20 Web development Component Description Gambas version gb.util.web Miscellaneous utility functions for web applications 3.7 gb.web Web applications development gb.web.feed Web feed parser and generator 3.10 gb.web.gui Web applications GUI component using processes as session 3.15 Database Component Description Gambas version gb.db Database access gb.db.form Data bound controls gb.mysql MySQL specific routines gb.memcached Memcached client 3.4 XML programming Component Description Gambas version gb.xml XML tools now made in Gambas gb.xml.html HTML generator 3.2 gb.xml.xslt XSLT tools based on libxml gb.xml.rpc XML-RPC protocol implementation Compression & Crypting Component Description Gambas version gb.compress Compression library gb.crypt MD5/DES crypting gb.hash MD5, SHA1, SHA256 and SHA512 hashing functions. 3.18 gb.openssl OpenSSL library routines 3.5 Scientific Libraries Component Description Gambas version gb.complex Complex number implementation 3.3 gb.gmp Gnu Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library interface 3.5 gb.gsl Gnu Scientific Library interface

Graphical User Interface Component Description Gambas version gb.form Enhanced controls gb.form.dialog Enhanced version of the standard dialogs gb.form.mdi Multi-document interface gb.form.editor Enhanced text editor with syntax highlighting 3.8 gb.form.htmlview A HTML viewer based on litehtml library. 3.17 gb.form.terminal Terminal emulator 3.9 gb.form.print Generic preview and print form 3.14 gb.gtk GTK+2 toolkit implementation gb.gtk3 GTK+3 toolkit implementation 3.6 gb.gui Qt/GTK+ component switcher gb.gui.qt Qt4/Qt5/Qt6 component switcher 3.8 gb.gui.qt.ext Qt4/Qt5/Qt6 extension component switcher 3.19 gb.poppler PDF renderer based on Poppler 3.15 gb.qt4 Qt4 toolkit implementation gb.qt4.ext Qt4 toolkit extension gb.qt5 Qt5 toolkit implementation 3.8 gb.qt5.ext Qt5 toolkit extension gb.qt6 Qt6 toolkit implementation 3.20 gb.qt6.ext Qt6 toolkit extension 3.20 gb.report2 Report designer 3.8 2D Graphics Component Description Gambas version gb.cairo Vectorial drawing based on Cairo gb.clipper Polygon clipping library based on the Clipper library 3.5 gb.image Image management component gb.image.imlib Image routines based on the Imlib2 library gb.image.io Image loading and saving gb.image.effect Image filtering routines gb.chart Numeric Charting 3D Graphics Component Description Gambas version gb.gtk.opengl OpenGL for GTK+2 toolkit 3.2 gb.gtk3.opengl OpenGL for GTK+3 toolkit 3.17 gb.gui.opengl OpenGL with QT/GTK+ switcher component 3.2 gb.gui.qt.opengl OpenGL with Qt4/Qt5/Qt6 switcher component 3.19 gb.opengl OpenGL library interface gb.opengl.glu OpenGL Library Utility interface gb.opengl.glsl OpenGL Shaders Library interface gb.opengl.sge OpenGL Simple Game Engine based on MD2 format 3.5 gb.qt4.opengl OpenGL for QT4 toolkit gb.qt5.opengl OpenGL for QT5 toolkit 3.8 gb.qt6.opengl OpenGL for QT6 toolkit 3.20 Desktop Component Description Gambas version gb.desktop Desktop management component gb.desktop.x11 X-Window library interface 3.6 gb.gui.trayicon System tray icon management 3.8 SDL programming Component Description Gambas version gb.sdl2 SDL 2 component interface 3.7 gb.sdl2.audio SDL 2 audio component interface 3.7 Multimedia Component Description Gambas version gb.media GStreamer library interface 3.2 gb.media.form Multimedia player control. 3.2 gb.openal OpenAL library interface 3.5 gb.scanner Scanner management library 3.7

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