---
name: "gbh3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gambas3-dev-tools"
version: "3.22.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gbh3"
---

# gbh3(1)

GAMBAS Help Extractor

## NAME

gbh3 - GAMBAS Help Extractor

## SYNOPSIS

**gbh3** \[options\] \[\<sources\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, a mix of Java(tm) and Visual Basic(tm). With Gambas, you can quickly design your program GUI with Qt or GTK+, access database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQlite or ODBC databases, pilot applications with DBus, translate your program into many languages, create GStreamer, OpenGL or SDL applications, and so on...

**gbh3** is used to extract Gambas documentation from C/C++ source files and create .help files for a component from them.

## OPTIONS

- **-r, --root \<root\>**

  gives the Gambas installation directory

- **-c, --component \<component\>**

  generate help directly in a component '\*.help' file

- **-v, --verbose**

  run in verbose mode

- **-V, --version**

  display version

- **-L, --license**

  display license

- **-h, --help**

  display help and exit

## AVAILABILITY

The Gambas website is at: **https://gambaswiki.org/website/**

The Gambas source code is available at: **https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/**

The documentation about the language is at: **https://gambaswiki.org/wiki**

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to **http://gambaswiki.org/bugtracker**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright© Benoît Minisini \<benoit.minisini@gambas-basic.org\>;

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.