Category:SOM Articles

EDM/2 Wiki Articles

SOM

• PostWhat WPS Class Example by Lars Erdmann (December 2013)
• First steps with the SOM compiler by Prokushev (May 2007)
• Interface Definition Language by Prokushev (May 2007)
• Emitter Framework by Prokushev (July 2008)
• How to program for the WPS from netlabs.org (March 2005?)
• SOM and Object REXX by Dr. Willis Boughton (August 16, 2004)
• Introduction to SOM by Prokushev (November 2004)
• How I write my WPS Objects by By Mindy Pollack (1999)
• Dynamic Frameworks by Roger Sessions (December 1996)
• Ten Rules for Distributed Object Systems by Roger Sessions (October 1996)
• A kilometer is not a kilometer by Roger Sessions (September, 1996)
• Dynamite business systems with DSOM and OpenDoc by Larry Baptist (16 Sep 1996)
• Lost in the Garden by Roger Sessions (August 1996)
• My girl scouts are badder than your girl scouts by Roger Sessions (July 1996)
• OpenDoc Parts and SOM Dynamic Inheritance by Eric Simenel (Jun 1996)
• Interlanguage Object Sharing with SOM - Usenix (PDF),(PS) by Jennifer Hamilton (June 1996)
• Metaclass, and the dogs of Shakespeare by Roger Sessions (May 1996)
• Distributed Objects by Roger Sessions (April 1996)
• Encapsulation, and the EPIC Nature of Dogs by Roger Sessions (March 1996)
• littleDogs, Polymorphism, and Frameworks by Roger Sessions (Feb. 1996)
• Overview of SOM by AIXpert (August 1995)
• An Introduction to DSOM by Gordon Zeglinski (April 1995)
• Workplace Shell and DSOM: Together at Last by Eric Osmann (January 1995)
• A Look at What's New in SOM 2.1 by Gordon Zeglinski (February 1995)
• Using C++ Objects in SOM by Gordon Zeglinski (January 1995)
• SOM & DSOM - An Introduction by Nicholas McGuigan (1995)
• Some benchmarks of SOM vs C++ based objects by Gordon Zeglinski (November 1994)
• The use of SOM to mirror the C++ object by Gordon Zeglinski (October 1994)
• SOM's OOP modelfrom the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit by Gordon Zeglinski (September 1994)
• The System Object Model (SOM) and the Component Object Model (COM): A comparison of technologies from a developer's perspective by IBM (July 7, 1994)
• IBM's System Object Model (SOM): Making Reuse a Reality by IBM (July 7, 1994)
• Object-Oriented Programming with SOM/6000 By Debora Blakely-Fogel - AIXpert - IBM (June 1994)
• Initializers and Destructors in SOM by Scott H. Danforth (March 1994)
• SOMobjects Developer Toolkit and Workgroup Enabler: Making reuse a reality by IBM
• SOMobjects for OS/400 by IBM
• Object-Oriented Programming Using SOM and DSOM by Christina Lau
• Using SOM for Tool Integration by Christina Lau (1993)

WPS

• How to program for the WPS from netlabs.org (2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 1 by Doodle (January 2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 2 by Doodle (January 2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 3 by Doodle (June 2005)
• Extending the Workplace Shell with Object REXX, (presentation) by Rony G. Flatscher (May 24-26, 2000.)
• WorkPlace Shell Programming In Assembler/2 by Micho Durdevich
• Work Place Shell Programming by Chris Palchak
  • Part 1 (October 1997)
  • Part 2 (November 1997)
  • Part 3 (December 1997)
  • Part 4 (January 1998)
• How to programmatically fight with WPS by Ilya Zakharevich (Sep 1997)
• Creating a Workplace Shell "PileOf" Class by Bernie Arruza (August 1995)
• Workplace Shell Processes and Threads by Deepa Desai (April 1995)
• Using the OS/2 Workplace Shell and DirectToSOM C++ by Robert Warren (January 1995)
• The Enhanced Workplace Shell Programming Interface in OS/2 Warp Version 3 by Cathy Bloomfield (January 1995)
• Using the CTOI Tool by Amy Conner (September 1994)
• The Long Road by Sheila Harnett (September 1994)
• Workplace:Advancing the State of the Art by Miles Barel and Jeri Dube (September 1994)
• WPS Programming the Easy Way by Frank Matthijs
  • Part 1 (September 1994)
  • Part 2 (October 1994)
• Workplace Shell Development 101 by Björn Fahller (March 1994)

OpenDOC

• Hello World: Part II, OpenDoc Views and Presentation Types by Robert Tycast (April 1995)
• Writing OpenDoc Part Handlers: Hello World by Robert Tycast (January 1995)
• Understanding How OpenDoc "Ticks" Using Trace and Debug Tools by Robert Tycast (August 1995)
• Bento Technology by Kirk Searls (March 1994)
• OpenDoc Technology: Basic Concepts by Robert Tycast (March 1994)
• OpenDoc Glossary (Jun 1994)
• OpenDoc vs. OLE 2.0. Superior by Design. A Developer's View by IBM (January, 1994)
• Side by Side Comparison - OpenDoc vs. OLE2 (November 1993)
• OpenDoc: An Idea Whose Time has Come! by Robert Tycast (November 1993)

Presentations

• The System Object Model (SOM): A Technology for Language Independent Objects (Presentations) (Full Package) by Roger Sessions (Sep 1992)

EDM/2 Classic Articles

WPS

• Programming the WPS Using the UICL Some shared experiences to easily write applications which are completely integrated into the WPS using the UICL. by Juergen Riedl (August 1995)
• Road Map for the Workplace Shell An introduction to the internal structure of the WPS. by David Campbell (April 1993)

External Articles

WPS

• Compiling XWP (XWorkplace) on Netlabs Wiki.
• REXX and the OS/2 Workplace Shell by Eric Giguere (Dr. Doobs) (December 01, 1993)
• Programming for the OS/2 2.0 Workplace Shell By Joel Barnum (Dr Doobs) (April 01, 1993)
• The Unofficial Guide to the Workplace Shell by Jeff Cohen (April 5, 1992)

SOM

• Approach to object security in distributed SOM. (System Object Model) IBM Systems Journal by Benantar, Messaoud; Blakley, Bob; Nadalin, Anthony J (June 01, 1996)
• Exploring IBM's SOM by Gabrielle Gagnon at PC Mag
  • Part 1 (10 Oct 1995)
  • Part 2 (7 Nov 1995)
  • Part 3 (9 Jan 1996)
• Release-to-Release Binary Compatibility in SOM Article (Download) by Ira R. Forman, Michael H. Conner, Scott H. Danforth and Larry K. Raper (IBM's System Object Model) (1995)
• Reflections on Metaclass Programming in SOM (postscript) by Ira R. Forman, Scott H. Danforth (1994)
• Inheritance of Metaclass Constraints in SOM (postscript) by Ira R. Forman, Scott H. Danforth (October 1994)
• Composition of Before/After Metaclasses in SOM (postscript) by Ira R. Forman, Scott H. Danforth, Hari Madduri (1994)
• IBM's System Object Model by Frank R. Campagnoni (Dr Doobs)(January 01, 1994)
• Object-Oriented Programming in OS/2 2.0 - Using SOM by Roger Sessions and Nurcan Coskun (1992)
• SOM Overview (September 1992)
• Questions and answers about SOM (September 1992)
• CLASS OBJECTS IN SOM by Nurcan Coskun and Roger Sessions (1992)

OpenDOC

• The Age of Cross-Platform Computing is Here By Clay Andres (October 3, 1996)
• Object Tools Bulletin: OpenDoc by Steve McClure (September 1996)
• La Salle Engineering School in Barcelona Spain - Object Technology Research by Manuel Roman Cuesta (1996)
• OpenDoc for AIX by Leigh Williamson (April 1996)
• What is OpenDoc? - Apple Computers - 1996
• OpenDoc End User Overview - Apple Computers - 1996
• Bento Brief by CILabs (September 1995)
• Bento Design Overview by CILabs (1995)

• A Close-Up of OpenDoc by Kurt Piersol (June 1994)

• Working With OpenDoc Part Kinds by Tantek Çelik and Dave Curbow
• Using OpenDoc With Object Flow System (OFS) Get up and running with OpenDoc by Gerry Kenner and David Kenner.
• The OpenDoc Road: OpenDoc Memory Management and the Toolbox by Troy Gaul and Vincent Lo (December 1996)
• Getting Started With OpenDoc Storage by Vincent Lo.
• BUILDING AN OPENDOC PART HANDLER by Kurt Piersol.
• Getting Started With OpenDoc Graphics by Kurt Piersol.
• Rethinking the Interface. Getting the look and feel of a container application By Tantek Çelik and David Curbow.
• OpenDoc Parts and SOM Dynamic Inheritance by Éric Simenel.
• The OpenDoc Development Framework. A modern framework for OpenDoc development By Jim Lloyd
• Using SOM to Extend Your OpenDoc Parts by Gerry Kenner, David Kenner, and Deborah Grits.(1997)
• Supporting Links in Your OpenDoc Part by Mike Halpin and Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson.(1997)
• OpenDoc Articles by Rollin White
  • OpenDoc 202: Writing a Part using PartMeister (1996-Nov-11)
  • OpenDoc 201: Architecture (1996-Aug-02)
  • OpenDoc 102: Embedded Documents (1996-Jun-7)
  • OpenDoc 101: A Technology Frontier (1996-Jan-6)

Public Resources

• SOMGUIDE.INF - System Object Model Programming Guide by IBM
• SOMREF.INF - System Object Model Programming Reference by IBM
• WPS1.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 1 of 3 by IBM
• WPS2.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 2 of 3 by IBM
• WPS3.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 3 of 3 by IBM
• WPSGUIDE.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Guide by IBM
• SOM at IBM Library server
• GG24-3732 - IBM OS/2 v2.0 Redbook 3: PM and Workplace Shell by IBM
• GG24-3774 - IBM OS/2 v2.0 Redbook 4: Application Development by IBM
• OpenDoc Programming Guide - Part 1 by IBM
• OpenDoc Programming Guide - Part 2 by IBM
• OpenDoc Programming Reference - Part 1 by IBM
• OpenDoc Programming Reference - Part 2 by IBM
• OpenDoc User Interface Guidelines by IBM
• SOMobjects: A Practical Introduction to SOM and DSOM (GG24-4357) by IBM
• Experiences with SOMobjects: Distributed System Object Model (GG24-4165) by IBM

Retail Books

WPS

• OS/2 Warp Workplace Shell API by Mindy Pollack, Marc Stock - Wiley, 1995.
• Objects for OS/2 by Scott H. Danforth, Paul Koenen, Bruce Tate - Van Nostrand Reinhold (1994).
• OS/2 2.1 Workplace Shell Programming by Stefano Maruzzi (1993)

SOM

• Object-Oriented Programming Using Som and Dsom by Christina Lau - Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994

OpenDOC

• Essential OpenDoc: Cross Platform Development for OS/2(R), Macintosh(R), and Windows(R) Programmers by Jesse Feiler and Anthony Meadow (January 1996)
• Opendoc Patterns: Designing Parts for Os/2, Windows, Unix and the Mac by Robert Tycast and Kirk Searls (October, 1996)

Patents

• Constructor based object initialization with overrides
• Object oriented framework for specifying the format of compiler output with a template facility
• System and method for enabling before/after method processing in an object oriented system
• Object oriented framework for creating new emitters for a compiler
• Template based facility for formatting compiler output
• Method and system for logical event management

Video

• Apple OpenDoc Marketing Video