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GpfRexx ----- Visual GUI Programming for OS/2 PM
Gpf, the GUI Programming Facility, is a WYSIWYG Graphical User Interface
builder for creating Presentaton Manager (PM) applications for OS/2. REXX
is a high level procedural language, provided with OS/2, that uses
English-like commands to implement custom program logic. GpfRexx combines
the easy to learn and use REXX language, with the ease of a What you See Is
What You Get visual programming environment to greatly simplify PM
programming. With Gpf, the designer simply paints the PM screens as they
ought to appear and Gpf takes care of the rest, yet Gpf is much more than a
simple screen painter or Dialogue Editor.
With Gpf, as windows, dialogues, and PM controls are created, the design
hierarchy is defined. Navigation code, custom logic and context sensitive
help are created and linked to objects as they are designed. From this
point and click design environment, a new PM application or utility can be
completed in a fraction of the time required using conventional design
techniques.
-CUA '91 Controls
-Complete support for all the powerful new OS/2 PM objects like NoteBooks,
Containers, etc.
-Built in SQL support
-Automatic generation of SQL calls for the OS/2 database, DB2/2
-Multi-Media
-Including Multi-Media controls at design and run time
-Multi-Threaded
-Build multi-threaded applications using three different techniques for
maximum flexibility
Graphical WYSIWYG programming is the simplest and natural way to program a
GUI
-Draw objects as they should appear to the end user
-Modify fonts and colors to customize standard controls
-Attach built-in or custom logic to controls at creation time
-Point and click to create embedded SQL calls to fill ListBoxes,
Containers, DropDown lists, or to associate Entry Fields with table
columns
-Attach information messages and context sensitive extended help at
creation time
-Generate Royalty Free executable (.EXE) programs
-Easy maintainance
-Easily re-enter and modify the design from the same WYSIWYG editor
-Write custom logic in a language already known, no proprietary language
to learn
--Extensive on line and interactive help
-Information messages prompt user with correct Gpf control and definition
usage
-Interactive CUA warning messages assist in producing IBM SAA compliant
designs
-Extended Help for controls and function usage
--Test and Debug provide rapid design checking
-Test mode permits instant exercise of controls as they are created:
Buttons, Menus, etc.
-Multiple Thread Debuging allows breakpoints, and variable checking and
modification
-Trace facility permits viewing events, action calls, and User Fucntion
execution
--Upgrade Path
GpfRexx design definitions are compatible with Gpf 2.1. Designs created
with GpfRexx may be loaded into Gpf 2.1 to generate native C or C++ for
OS/2 PM. This can provide significant performance gains and eliminates any
limits imposed on your application by the REXX subsystem.
GpfRexx is compatible with GpfTools, an external utility that may be
purchased separately, enhances all Gpf GUI design products by providing
Re-usable Objects, Design Merging, Design Browsing, and Automatic
Documentation.
Other products - call for information and pricing
--System Recommendations:
-8 Mbytes of hard disk space for default installation with all samples
-VGA color monitor or IBM 8514 video system
-6 Mbytes system memory minimum (8 Mbytes recommended for DB2(SQL)
applications)
-Mouse or compatible pointing device
Ordering Information:
In North America:*
Apical Software Inc.
40 Falls Road
P.O. Box 432
Moodus, CT 06469-0432
U.S.A.
Phone:(203)873-3300, Fax:(203)873-3302
BBS:(203)873-3304
Sales only:(800)831-0017
*Call for international distributor listing