In any case, a C compiler is not required.

To be more precise:

• I have written my own utility which converts the HTML sources for the INF and HLP files to IPF format for IPFC (see below). This is in the xwphelpers repository on Netlabs, so in addition to the XWorkplace sources, you will need to check out xwphelpers as well. The utility is called h2i.exe and gets called automatically by the makefiles.

• The makefiles also convert the GIF files for the INF and HLP files to BMP format automatically. For this to work, you will need the "Generalized Bitmap Module" (GBM) package from Hobbes. The makefiles assume that gbmsize.exe is on your PATH.

• In order to create INF and HLP files, you need IBM's "Information Presentation Facility Compiler" (IPFC.EXE). This thing is part of the OS/2 Developer's Toolkit, which is finally included with eComStation and the IBM Convenience Packs.

  If you don't have the Toolkit, IPFC is contained in the Device Driver Development Kit (DDK), which IBM has put online at http://service.boulder.ibm.com/dl/ddk/priv/ddk-d. You will need to register, but then downloads are free. Download combase.zip, which has IPFC plus a number of other tools. (Note: I was reportes that apparently this is now in tools.zip.) After unpacking, IPFC is in the DDK\base\tools directory, which you should include in your PATH.

• The makefiles in this package were written for IBM NMAKE, which comes with all the IBM compilers (and also with the DDK mentioned above). I'm not sure these will work with other MAKE utilities, such as DMAKE or GNU make. I'd be grateful for feedback.

  The makefiles are only for conveniently updating the target NLS files. If you don't have NMAKE, you can still assemble the files manually. See the following pages for details.

• XWorkplace V0.9.0 and above can read the TMF message file directly, so MKMSGF.EXE is no longer needed to compile message files.