spierk@cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) (02/13/91)
I would like to develop some applications under OS/2 so I would like to know what tools are needed and which are the easiest to work with. Some questions are: 1) How is the Zortech C++ for OS/2 development system? Does it support threads, HPFS, etc? 2) What are the OS/2 PM Toolkit and OS/2 PM Softset? 3) To develop applications do you need both of the above? 4) Is the OS/2 PM Toolkit == Windows 3.0 SDK??? Any general info/guidlines for developing OS/2 apps would be greatly appreciated. Personal experiences in developing apps (whether they were successful or not) will be useful to me. Thanks, Kevin L. Spier spierk@turing.cs.rpi.edu
gregj@microsoft.UUCP (Greg JONES) (02/21/91)
In article <?'+&}?*@rpi.edu>, spierk@cs.rpi.edu (Kevin Spier) writes: > 1) How is the Zortech C++ for OS/2 development system? > Does it support threads, HPFS, etc? Never seen this one (although I haven't looked, either). > 2) What are the OS/2 PM Toolkit and OS/2 PM Softset? PM Softset is the libraries and tools (dialog editor, icon editor, etc.) that you need to create PM applications. PM Toolkit = PM Softset + reference manuals + _Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager_ by Charles Petzold. (Perhaps also _Advanced OS/2 Programming_ by Ray Duncan -- I haven't looked recently.) > 3) To develop applications do you need both of the above? Assuming development in C (not some OO system), not as such; Microsoft C 6.00 includes the header files and libraries for writing OS/2 apps. It doesn't include the development tools though, and those are necessary for writing PM apps. You also need reference manuals, of course. > 4) Is the OS/2 PM Toolkit == Windows 3.0 SDK??? They're completely different. uunet!microsof!gregj Greg Jones, MS network development [I just happen to work here. Sheer coincidence.]