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From: martti@spencer.cs.uoregon.edu (Martti Kantola)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Programmer's toolkits for OS/2 PM
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.010224.11729@cs.uoregon.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 01:02:24 GMT
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I am an OS/2 novice who is supposed to be porting an application
from Macintosh to OS/2 Presentation Manager and it feels kind
of lonely. Nobody seems to know a d.. thing about OS/2.

I have a brand new PS/2 model 70 (4 MB, 60 MB HD) on my desk
with OS/2 Extended Edition 1.1 and Microsoft C 5.1 running in
it but that does not seem to be quite enough. I still need
one of several programmer's toolkits before I can start
bounding out code. I've been calling around for these toolkits
but they sure are hard to find let alone that somebody would
be able to tell what they're like.

I would like to get comments about the following four products that
I have considered. Information on how they compare with each other
would be especially helpful. I have a hunch that at least
Microsoft products are more or less subsets of each other.

- OS/2 Programming Tools and Information 1.2 (IBM)

- CASE:PM (Caseworks)

- OS/2 Software Development Kit (Microsoft)

- OS/2 Programmer's Toolkit 1.1 (Microsoft)

I need a toolkit with full windowing capabilities. It should
run with OS/2 Extended Edition 1.1 as well as version 1.2
when when it comes available. I also need to call the Database
Manager from within my C-programs. If you have used any of these
toolkits and have an idea on how they would fit my requirements,
please drop me a note.

Thanks in advance for information.

Martti Kantola
University of Oregon,
Dept. of Computer Science.