The range of cards supported for multimedia is wide. A particular aspect of this support is the ability to store different parts of an application in different locations such as the local hard disk, CD-ROM, on a local area network and on the Internet. It provides file compression, splits files across diskettes and assists users with the installation process. There is a visual debugging tool called IAScope. It is a separate program that runs at the same time as the IconAuthor Net Edition development or runtime programs but in a separate window.
Developers can walk through the courseware checking execution at each icon.
IconAuthor Net Edition is price range B . Educational prices are available. Runtime licences are charged separately for the UNIX version. The charge is per delivery station rather than per course. There is no charge for run-time licences with the Windows versions.