[Discussion] Open Watcom & OS/2

[Thomas Clayton]

Dave,

WHAT is this "toolkit" - and where can (could?) one get it?

Are there different versions for different versions of the OS?
Me thinks, I've got a 2.x (x=0.1?) version (somewhere), here.

Thomas Clayton

--- On Fri, 1/22/10, Dave Yeo <daveryeo at telus.net> wrote:

> From: Dave Yeo <daveryeo at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Open Watcom & OS/2
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 10:18 PM
> 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
> 
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