An integrated software development tool that provides strong object oriented code navigation (class view & hierarchy ..), code creation and code documentation for Inprise Corporation's C++Builder development environment. ClassExplorer supports features like Class View and Class Hierarchy that simplify the source view and class navigation of complex projects. Class member creation features simplify the creation of object oriented members such as methods, properties, and fields to classes. Code documentation features offer completely customizable automatic online help generation from source code including indexes and hierarchical tables.