Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.0

The Toolkit is a collection of sample application programs, programming tools, library files, header files, include files, and online documents.

The Toolkit comes with 30 sample programs. Most sample programs are written in C-language and demonstrate the use of API functions of the control program (base operating system) and the Presentation Manager interface. There also are assembler language and REXX sample programs.

The Toolkit provides several application-management tools, including tools for creating message files that can be bound to applications, executable files, library files, and make files. Presentation Manager tools enable application developers to:

• Develop a user-help interface or online documents
• Add resources to applications, such as message strings, menus, and dialog boxes
• Create dialog boxes or change controls in existing dialog boxes
• Modify raster fonts to construct images, such as lines, circles, or other geometric shapes
• Create icons, pointers, and bit maps
• Implement workplace objects
• Create workplace object classes and instances of workplace object classes

Because OS/2 2.0 provides different names and entry points for 16-bit and 32-bit functions, the Toolkit provides two sets of .LIB files to support mixed-mode programming. Also provided are source 32-bit C-language header files that contain OS/2 API function definitions, and source assembler language include files for the assembler-language programmer.

The Toolkit contains online documents that describe:

• Control Program and Presentation Manager API functions
• The Information Presentation Facility (IPF) tag language, compiler, and help facility
• REXX functions
• Classes and Methods used for object-oriented programming
• The tools available with the Toolkit

For a description of each Toolkit online document, see "Toolkit Information."

The Toolkit is available in 3.5-inch diskettes (10G3355) or 5.25-inch diskettes (10G4335).