The ToolBook authoring system includes tools for creating buttons, fields, polygons, rectangles, ellipses, polylines, and curves. All objects can have color and a pattern applied. ToolBook also includes a clip art library and a set of functional applications whose objects can be cut and pasted.
ToolBook includes an integrated OpenScript editor with a built-in syntax checker. ToolBook also has a debugger and tracer for debugging runtime errors. At Author level, there is a command window for executing OpenScript statements outside of scripts.
The ToolBook package contains DLLs for accessing common Windows and DOS routines as well as for reading and writing dBASE III files. Asymetrix also offers the Author's Resource Kit, which contains the runtime ToolBook license, guides for application design, and applications to assist your development efforts.
ToolBook's multimedia extensions include additional tools for developing multimedia applications, such as a book of functions that can be called from OpenScript and a book of multimedia objects that can be pasted into your books.
Asymetrix also supplies the Multimedia Technology Demonstration Kit, which includes files that demonstrate how ToolBook can be used for controlling PC-based video boards, laserdisc players, MIDI, and other peripheral media devices.