writing apps in OS/2 2.0

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4 total messages Started by IO70935 Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:46

#721

Author: IO70935
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:46

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All the propaganda surrounding the release of OS/2 2.0 has piqued my interest
in getting a new operation system.  I do have one question though........

I do a fair amount of development on DOS platforms and am attempting Windows
development in the near future.  I was thumbing through my Microsoft 6.0
manual(s) the other night and was reading about the OS/2 libs etcetera included
with MSC 6.0.  My question is.......

     Is what is included in the MSC compiler sufficient for basic, protected
     mode OS/2 development (I realize no PM stuff is included) -  If not,
     what else will I need?????

     I guess what I am asking is what is the bare minimum software requirements
     (based on MSC 6.0 or the DJGPP 32 bit port of GNU) for creating
    protected mode apps in OS/2.

   Any replys appreciated - thanks in advance

    Scot Macdonald <IO70935@maine.maine.edu>

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Re: writing apps in OS/2 2.0

#736

Author: Michael D Kretzer
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:30

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From article <92106.174619IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, by IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU:
> I do a fair amount of development on DOS platforms and am attempting Windows
> development in the near future.  I was thumbing through my Microsoft 6.0
> manual(s) the other night and was reading about the OS/2 libs etcetera included
> with MSC 6.0.  My question is.......
> 
>      Is what is included in the MSC compiler sufficient for basic, protected
>      mode OS/2 development (I realize no PM stuff is included) -  If not,
>      what else will I need?????
> 
>      I guess what I am asking is what is the bare minimum software requirements
>      (based on MSC 6.0 or the DJGPP 32 bit port of GNU) for creating
>     protected mode apps in OS/2.

MSC 6.0 includes OS/2 1.2 libraries, but no documentation :-(  If you want
to create OS/2 apps with a 'bare minimum' system, you will need to purchase
the IBM OS/2 1.3 Toolkit and Information (which provides complete documentation
and OS/2 1.3 libraries).  Please be aware that MSC 6.0 is a 16-bit compiler,
so you won't be able to create 32-bit apps...however, the 16-bit apps run
just fine under OS/2 2.0 (plus you get backward compatibility with OS/2 1.3).

Re: writing apps in OS/2 2.0

#737

Author: Michael D Kretzer
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 02:40

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From article <92106.174619IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, by IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU:
>      Is what is included in the MSC compiler sufficient for basic, protected
>      mode OS/2 development (I realize no PM stuff is included) -  If not,
>      what else will I need?????

MSC 6.0 includes libraries/header files for both PM and text mode apps
(albeit for OS/2 1.2 apps), by the way.  Unfortunately, you have to pay
extra for the documentation (via the OS/2 SDK).  I wouldn't recommend
purchasing the Microsoft SDK (for obvious reasons), but you can pick
up an IBM OS/2 1.3 SDK rather cheaply (as a matter of fact I have one to
sell).  Since you will have to purchase a 32-bit compiler in order to
create 32-bit applications, you can just stick with 1.x documentation/tools
because MSC 6.0 is not a 32-bit compiler.  These 16-bit programs will run
fine under OS/2 2.0 (and 1.x) unmodified...

Re: writing apps in OS/2 2.0

#744

Author: Geoffrey Furnish
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:46

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In article <92106.174619IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IO70935@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes
>All the propaganda surrounding the release of OS/2 2.0 has piqued my interest
>in getting a new operation system.  I do have one question though........

>I do a fair amount of development on DOS platforms and am attempting Windows
>development in the near future.  I was thumbing through my Microsoft 6.0
>manual(s) the other night and was reading about the OS/2 libs etcetera included
>with MSC 6.0.  My question is.......

>     Is what is included in the MSC compiler sufficient for basic, protected
>     mode OS/2 development (I realize no PM stuff is included) -  If not,
>     what else will I need?????

Actually, I have done all my PM development using MSC 6.0 alone.  I
have no other toos, yet this is all I need.  I don't have the Softset
or anything like that.  MSC 6.0 has the header files, and that is
enough to let you call all PM API functions.  You don't get a dialog
editor, or any of the fancy stuff, that is true, but it is enough to
do substantial protected mode, PM, multithreaded development.

>     I guess what I am asking is what is the bare minimum software requirements
>     (based on MSC 6.0 or the DJGPP 32 bit port of GNU) for creating
>    protected mode apps in OS/2.

MSC 6.0 is the bare minimum.

Whether or not you will consider it an acceptable minimum is perhaps
another question...

Geoff Furnish

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