FlbxStudio

FlbxStudio is a WPF desktop tool for opening, inspecting, and editing Weintek .flbx picture library files.

Current baseline: beta-ready.

Screenshot

Current status

• Supports loading FLBX files with catalog-based and inline/trailing asset variations.
• Supports multi-asset libraries such as Conveyors.flbx.
• Supports separate Program and User library workflows from dedicated navigation pages.
• Supports importing/removing state images and saving updated libraries.
• Save dialogs now default to the active FLBX filename and folder.
• Settings includes configurable Program/User library root paths.

Usage

1. Open Settings and configure:
   • EasyBuilder Library Path (Program libraries)
   • User Library Path (User libraries)
   • Click Save on each tab after changes.
2. Go to Program or User from the left navigation.
3. In the page header:
   • Use Open FLBX Library to open a file directly, or
   • Pick a folder and then a file from the two combo boxes (selecting a file loads it).
4. Edit assets:
   • Select an asset from the left list.
   • Rename in the asset name box.
   • Use Add Asset to create a new asset.
   • Use Import Frame(s) to add PNG/BMP states.
   • Use Remove on a state card to delete a state.
   • Use Delete Asset to remove the selected asset.
5. Click Save FLBX Library to save.
   • The dialog defaults to the current FLBX filename and folder when available.

Future features (planned)

Near-term priorities

• Duplicate state action (clone an existing state in the selected asset)
• PNG color changer for quick recolor workflows
• Create new states directly from duplicated states with color edits
• Export state images to PNG for external editing

Later roadmap

• PNG creator for generating new state images inside the app
• Lightweight state editing tools to speed up HMI asset iteration

Building

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK
• Windows (WPF desktop target)

Build (debug)

From repository root:

dotnet build FlbxStudio/FlbxStudio.csproj -c Debug

Publish self-contained EXE (recommended)

dotnet publish FlbxStudio/FlbxStudio.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true

Output:

FlbxStudio/bin/Release/net10.0-windows/win-x64/publish/

Publish self-contained single-file EXE

Single-file:

dotnet publish FlbxStudio/FlbxStudio.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true /p:EnableCompressionInSingleFile=true

Output:

FlbxStudio/bin/Release/net10.0-windows/win-x64/publish/

Single-file notes

• Startup can be slightly slower than multi-file publish.
• Some native/runtime components may be extracted at runtime.
• Do not enable trimming for this WPF app unless fully validated.

Contributing and issue reporting

• Contributing guide: CONTRIBUTING.md
• Bug reports: use the Bug report issue template
• Feature ideas: use the Feature request issue template