New BLIde Update 0.9.58-c

your confusing methods and functions. Functions are generic, not instance-dependant. From a function you can only access constants and globals defined on the type. From a method, you can access also fields, becouse they are instance-based.

You can even call a function from the type name, without creating any instance.
This will compile on any IDE

Type MyClass
    Global Name:String
    Function StartThis()
        Graphics(800,600)
        Print (Self.Name)
    end Function
End Type
MyClass.StartThis()

This will not compile on any IDE:

Type MyClass
    Field Name:String
    Function StartThis()
        Graphics(800,600)
        Print (Self.Name)  'Name is a field, so needs an instance, as every instance have its own NAME field.
    end Function
End Type
MyClass.StartThis()

This will compile again on any IDE:

Type MyClass
    Field Name:String
    Method StartThis()
        Graphics(800,600)
        Print (Self.Name)
    End Method
End Type
Local MyClassInstance:MyClass = New MyClass
MyClassInstance.StartThis()

That's the diference between Methods and function on Blitzmax, and it has nothing to do with the IDE your editing your code in.