Presentation Manager
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Presentation Manager (PM) is the graphical user interface (GUI) that IBM and Microsoft introduced in version 1.1 of their operating system OS/2 in late 1988.
It is based on the VisiOn shell extended and adapted to fit the IBM Systems Application Architecture (SAA) Common Programming Interface. With version two of OS/2 it gained a new portable and optimised graphics developed by Micrografx.
Programming Utilities
- Dialog Editor
- Font Editor
- Icon Editor
- Resource Compiler
Handles
Handle | Description | Header File |
---|---|---|
HACCEL | Acceleration list | PMWIN.H |
HATOMTBL | Table of atoms | |
HENUM | Enumeration operations | |
HIMAGE | Image | |
HPOINTER | Mouse pointer | |
HSAVEWP | Saved window position |
Articles
Publications
- Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference (Nov 1996)
- OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Guide (1994)
- OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Reference (1994)
- OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide
- Volume I P/N 10G6261, Form # S10G-6261, ISBN 1-56529-154-9 (PDF)
- Volume II P/N 10G6494, Form # S10G-6494, ISBN 1-56529-155-7 (PDF)
- Volume III P/N 10G6495, Form # S10G-6495, ISBN 1-56529-156-5 (PDF)
- Bryan Goodyer: OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming: Hints and Tips - McGraw-Hill 1993, ISBN 0-07-707776-8