UI utilities

Here are some helpful utilities for working on EverQuest UIs (User Interfaces).

About SIDL
This isn't a utility but a document released by SOE in 2002 explaining how the "new" UI works. This was the beginning of the system that allowed people to create their own UIs. Note that many things may have changed since then.


 * About SIDL

ExamDiff
ExamDiff is a freeware Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 tool for visual file comparison. When SOE patches and changes the UI files, ExamDiff comes in handy to quickly find what they have changed.


 * ExamDiff website

Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement.


 * Notepad++

Paint.NET
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.


 * Paint.NET

SidlWidl
SidlWidl is a SIDL graphical editor, SIDL standing for SUITE Interface Development Language, an xml specification developed by Sony Online Entertainment for their Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game EverQuest.

The software requires that you have Microsoft's .NET Framework installed. You can download this from Microsoft via windows update or searching Microsoft.com. Most Windows users already have it installed.


 * SidlWidl (version 0.2.966.4)
 * EQToolbox Templates (10-26-05) - For SidlWidl
 * EQInterface SidlWidl page