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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ JBA Guidelines 3.2 - The Complete Application Development Tool │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the JBA Guidelines, the complete application development
tool for desktop and client/server environments.
This evaluation version of Guidelines 3.2 is a fully functional Base
Pack with the following limitations :
1) No support for generating Windows 3.x applications
2) All applications generated with this version of Guidelines
will contain a run-time dialog box outlining the basic
licence terms and conditions. This dialog box will be
displayed for 15 seconds before you are able to continue.
3) There may be technical problems with this version of
Guidelines that are not present on the commercial version.
JBA will not be providing service packs or fix packs for the
evaluation software.
PACKAGING
Guidelines for desktop developers Guidelines is available in
pre-configured "packs" in order to address specific needs of each type
of developer. In every case, the minimum requirement is the Base Pack
described below plus the Professional Developers Kit. The other
extension packs can then be added as required. Here follows a
description of the various components:
Base Pack
As currently, without the ability to generate WINDOWS code.
Windows generation capabilities cannot be supplied in this pack,
there are licensing implications. Listed at $95, it is available
as a Guidelines "taster" on CD-ROM, at exhibitions and on
COMPUSERVE and INTERNET. It is supplied with online documentation
only.
PDK
Professional Developers Kit consisting of Base Pack PLUS CUA91,
DDE, File IO, Std. Dialog, Timer, All Bars, Colour Wheel, Gauge,
Simple Graph control, New Extended Entry Field and Full on-line
documentation. New for this release, JBAs local indexed files
support is now included. This will allow the development of
applications requiring full indexed files with optional multiple
indexes, only accessible by Guidelines-generated applications.
This pack includes the one copy of the Guidelines Essentials
manual, with full on-line documentation included as part of the
product. Should the customer wish for a full set of hard copy
manuals, they can be ordered separately. The PDK is the
cornerstone of the desktop developer's requirements.
DBC
Database Connectivity Pack. Many developers can develop Front-End
GUI systems without requiring Database support. For those who
can't, this pack will provide native JOT ODBC capability (new for
this release) and DataDirect (previously Q+E lib) support, which
enables ODBC connectivity through a third party product. The cost
of purchasing DataDirect itself is not included.
WINDOWS
Microsoft WINDOWS 3.x code generation pack. Enables applications
to be generated for WINDOWS including Containers and Notebooks
support. Without this pack, Guidelines will not generate WINDOWS
C++ code. Currently, 16 bit applications are generated through
this option. They will run on all current releases of Windows,
including Windows 95 with no discernable performance degradation
when compared with equivalent 32 bit applications.
CSS
The Client Server Support pack (CSS - previously CSS 2) enables
developers to create "industrial-strength" applications that
utilise the industry standard SQL language. It is recommended that
all new applications written using the CSS pack, use these SQL
verbs in preference to the more proprietary JOT CSS verbs. JOT SQL
support is new for this pack, which will enable access to ORACLE
and DB2/x databases through "thick client" applications. The
developer is able to directly code SQL access commands using JOT,
which access a variety of SQL-enabled databases.
The Guidelines Developer Workframe (GDW) is also featured in this
pack. It is a very powerful addition to the Guidelines development
toolkit and allows users to create and maintain DB2/2 file sets
and dynamically change their location - without changes to the
underlying application code. Further, by "dragging and dropping"
database fields, GUI application screens can be created very
rapidly requiring only the addition of the event driven code to
complete the application. Lastly, this pack provides SQL support
for ORACLE systems via SQL*NET, AS/400 SQL support via Client
Access and direct SQL support for other ODBC supportable databases.
IMAGE
The IMAGE extension pack allows viewing and scanning of bitmap
images for inclusion within Guidelines applications. It currently
only supports monochrome scanning via COFAX cards, and Colour
Scanning through TWAIN (Windows) supported scanners. It is still
not a fully-featured module and must be specified and ordered as a
separate item.
NOTES
Lotus Notes is currently a hot topic within the enterprise. This
extension provides document access and manipulation for Lotus Notes
databases. This is achieved through the provision of native JOT
verbs that invoke the appropriate Lotus API's. An example of its
use would be to integrate lotus notes forms with information kept
on central host systems. As such, this extension is positioned as
an important part of the "Complete Software Development
Environment", and is available with this release - 3.2. Note that
run-time licences apply with this pack.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
In order to successfully load and run this Guidelines demonstration
pack, we recommend you use a 486/25SX (minimum) with at least 8Mbytes
RAM. You will require around 20Mbytes of free disk space to install
the working copy of GUIDELINES. Ideal memory requirements are
16Mbytes, determined by OS/2 and your choice of compiler. You will of
course also need a CD-ROM drive!
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
In order to successfully generate applications, you will need to have
installed the IBM C SET++ 2.01 or IBM VisualAge 3.0 C++ OS/2 compilers.
You will also need to have the OS/2 Developers Toolkit on your system.
If you have installed the WARP Developers Toolkit (most developers are
still using the 2.1 Toolkit), you will need to modify the compiler
environment within Guidelines to reflect the new directory structure.
Without the compilers installed, you will be unable to generate runtime
.EXE files though the rest of Guidelines will still function as normal.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
Prior to installing Guidelines, please ensure you read through this
file and understand the terms and conditions outlines. You may also
like to browse the following either before or after installation :
1. Standard Guidelines README - README
2. Licence Conditions - README.LIC
3. Support Information & Trademarks - README.SUP
4. Technical information for OS/2 - README.OS2
5. Technical Information for Windows - README.WIN
6. New Features in this release - README.NEW
INSTALLATION
To install Guidelines, please type INSTALL from the \GUIDE directory of
your CD-ROM drive. When prompted for a registration number, please use
the following : 3851-2406-8A9A
Further install instructions for the standard version of Guidelines can
be found in the README file.
LICENSE CONDITIONS
You are free to distribute the files containing this version of
Guidelines without charge. You may not remove the files for inclusion
on any other CD-ROM whether or not for commercial re-sale. This
version may not be distributed to electronic files archives such as
bulletin boards, Internet Sites or Compuserve without the express,
written permission of JBA Software Products.
Applications generated with this version of Guidelines may not be
distributed in any commercial or shareware context. The applications
are to be used only for evaluation of Guidelines functionality.
Please see the README.LIC file for full license conditions for JBA
Guidelines.
SUPPORT
JBA will provide limited technical support for this evaluation version
of Guidelines 3.2. The following channels are available :
The JBA section on the OS2AVEN forum on Compuserve.
JBA Support e-mail : support@jba.co.uk
In addition, general discussion and assistance for Guidelines is often
provided via the comp.os.os2.programming.tools USENET newsgroup.
Please see the README.SUP file for further details.
PURCHASE
For more information or to purchase JBA Guidelines, please contact your
local software supplier, Indelible Blue or JBA Sales on
Compuserve : 73022,35.
The Recommended Retail Price for JBA Guidelines is as follows :
Professional Developers Kit $595 *
Client/Server Connectivity $995
MS Windows Code Generation $395
Database Connectivity Pack (ODBC) $395
Lotus Notes Support Pack $99
* Until the 31st of December 1995, JBA will be offering the Database
Connectivity Pack free of charge with every Guidelines 3.2 PDK sold.
JBA also provide Corporate and Enterprise developer packs for
generating C++ or RPG on AS/400 systems and for communicating in S/390
enviroments. Please contact JBA or your local reseller for more
details.
DISCLAIMERS
JBA International plc ("JBA") makes no warranty or representation
either expressed or implied and specifically denies any warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the
software and documentation, where documentation may be machine-readable
or printed. JBA does not warrant that there are no discrepancies
between the software and documentation, nor that errors cannot arise
during the use of the software.