WEB-ED Webpage and Scripting Editor

Current Version: 5.79.620
Updated June 20, 2009. (See update info. below.)

A unique editor with specialized functions and support for
HTML, VBScript, DHTML, ASP, CSS, Javascript, PHP ...
... and just plain text.

   WEB-ED Editor is designed with specialized features for different languages. The editor window changes automatically to provide different functions for each language. There is a VBScript editor, an HTML editor, a CSS editor and a javascript editor, each with different features. The HTML editor also incorporates the functions for VBScript, ASP, PHP, javascript and CSS.
   WEB-ED has been designed to have a simple, uncluttered interface - avoiding excessive or unnecessary functions while still providing a full range of useful code editing features.
Advanced Color Syntax Highlighting
   Color syntax highlighting for VBS, HTML, javascript, CSS, PHP and ASP. WEB-ED is the only editor with script variable color-coding, making it easy to avoid mis-typed variables and to track the actions of your code visually. (Variable colorcoding works in VBScript, javascript and PHP. Property and value colorcoding in CSS.)


Code Auto-Completion Popup Menu
    "Intellisense"™-style auto-completion popup menu for code completion in VBS, VBS-in-HTML, javascript and CSS. No need to look up properties and methods of COM objects. They're all listed in the popup menu when you type an object variable. Likewise, the CSS popup menu lists CSS properties and values for specific properties.
What is auto-completion?
   Auto-completion or "code completion" refers to a context-aware function that makes object properties and methods available. For example, if you write a VBScript and use the variable "FSO" for FileSystemObject, every time you type "FSO." a list will pop up. You can see all properties and methods, and you can click any one of them to auto-insert it into the editor. Auto-completion also provides help tips when they're available. And WEB-ED Editor can provide auto-completion for any object. (Registered COM objects.) You can add any standard Windows objects, 3rd-party objects, JSWare components, etc. You can even add the objects in the IE Document Object Model, so that when you type a variable for the Document object, Window object, etc., an auto-completion list will pop up for those.


Customizable Auto-insert Toolbars
   Two auto-insert toolbars along the bottom of the editor window can auto-insert common HTML tags, script, CSS, etc. The toolbars are customizable. A total of 25 toolbar "menu buttons" can be customized to display a chosen caption and to auto-insert any pre-defined string... with just one click.


Syntax Debugging
• VBS/VBS-in-HTML: Syntax debugging by line and by file. Checks spacing, parentheses, quotes, etc. Catches most common typos before the script is run.

• HTML editor: Whole file check for missing end tags or problems within tags.

• MS Script Debugger can be run from WEB-ED.


Context Help
• HTML Editor: Shows a list of usable attributes for selected HTML tag.

• VBScript editor: Shows information about scriptable object methods and properties as they're used. Provides a popup descriptions of VBS sub and function parameters - even if those subs and functions are declared in external files. (See auto-completion screenshot.)

• javascript editor: Shows information about scriptable object methods and properties as they're used.

Built-in Object Browser
   WEB-ED has an easy-to-use object browser built in for scripting use. The object browser can list all registered objects on your system. It can also show you the properties, methods, constants and file information for virtually any of those objects. That means that you can look up objects like the FileSystemObject or InternetExplorer.Application and get a complete listing of the properties and methods available from those objects.


Other WEB-ED Features
• General
   - Multi-file functionality.
   - Multi-undo.
   - Find and Replace. Multi-file Find and Replace.
   - Numerous script-specialized text functions.
   - Extra clipboards.
• HTML editor
   - Toggling browser window to view webpages in progress.
   - Color picker.
   - Image color sampler.
   - Format debugging.
• VBScript editor
   - Run scripts with command line options. (Also functions for javascript.)
   - Format debugging.

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View auto-completion details.
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View object browser.




• Download:

Download WEB-ED 5 Trial Version (Version 5.79.620 - 974 KB - Released June, 2009.)

(WEB-ED Editor trial version is fully functional but has a 10,000-character limit. That's typically about 200 lines of code.)

(If you have any trouble downloading: Do you use "download helper" software? That might prevent the download. See here for further explanation.)

• Purchase:

Buy WEB-ED 5

WEB-ED v. 5.7 individual license: $30 US

Online secure payment accepts major credit cards, PayPal and prepay by check accepted.

• By Phone: 800-903-4152 (US) or +49 221 31088 20 (Germany)

Note: WEB-ED v. 5.7 is a free update for licensed users of any earlier version. If you have paid for WEB-ED previously then please feel free to send an email to request the update.

• Requirements:

      WEB-ED Editor is compatible with all Windows versions from Windows 98 through Windows 7. There are no special requirements.

Note: Permissions issues on Windows Vista/7 -
   You may want to read this if you have Windows installed on an NTFS file system and you prefer to run Windows with limited permissions, or are a corporate system administrator: By default, Windows Vista/7 sets up "user" accounts with limited rights. Windows XP can also be installed in such a way that restricted permissions are possible. Restricted permissions are typically used by corporate employees who must be restricted to using only work software.

   WEB-ED Editor is typically used by people who own their own PC, or by corporate administrators with unrestricted permissions. That can create a problem, especially on Windows Vista. Under the severe Vista restrictions WEB-ED is unable to access even it's own configuration files that store editor preference settings. In order to provide maximum convenience under any permissions scenario, WEB-ED sets unrestricted permissions on its own subfolders during installation. That allows people with any level of permissions to use WEB-ED with full functionality. You can change the folder permissions if desired, but that may result in an inability to save settings.

• Changes:

Changes in v. 5.79.620:
WEB-ED Editor v. 5.7 involved extensive changes that introduced some minor bugs. Version 5.79.620 adds a couple of small improvements, but it is mainly a bugfix release that fixes several issues, including problems with the Paste hotkey, minor "jumpiness" in the editor window, occasional wrong syntax coloring, issues with using the arrow keys in the auto-insert popup menu, etc.

Changes from v. 5.5 to v. 5.7 include the following:
- Customizable auto-insert toolbars for all editors.
- Numerous minor improvements to specialized text functions and debugging.
- Changes to accomodate security problems in Windows Vista/7.
- Alterations for corporate use to accomodate even the most extreme DEP settings.

WEB-ED Editor was used to write all webpages on this website. It was also used to write all of the VBScripts available on the Script samples page, the MSI code, and the various other script utilities from JSWare.