[Discussion] Open Watcom & OS/2

[Dave Yeo]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:12:25 -0500 (EST), Brian Grawburg wrote:

>According to the Help section I can make GUI's for Windows but it does not list OS/2.  Is this correct?

You can create Presentation Manager programs out of the box. I think
you need the toolkit if you want to program for the WPS. Usually
Presentation Manager is good enough for GUI. Actually the Programmer's
Guide mentions programming for the Presentation Manager.
Also there are examples in the watcom\samples\os2 directory, eg
shapes.cpp

>What will I need for OS/2?

If you have the toolkit it may help, otherwise nothing. Watcom is
pretty complete, even allowing for creating OS/2 help files.

Dave