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Control Program
Kernel API
IPC	Tasks & Threads		Scheduler	File System Router
Memory Management		Interrupt Handling		FAT	IFS

The Control Program provides the basic functions of OS/2, including the support for keyboard, mouse, and video input/output.

The lowest-level functions supplied by OS/2 are those provided by the kernel and the kernel's subsystems - the control programs of the operating system. The Control Program Functions List involve the most basic aspects of program execution, such as memory management, file handling, and process, thread, and session management. They also involve more sophisticated programming tasks, such as exception handling and interprocess communications.

Data types

The following data types are defined for the Control Program functions. Many of these types begin with a letter that identifies what the type is used for. For example:

H - handle
P - flat pointer
NP - flat pointer
U - unsigned variable.

List of used data types:

APIRET, BOOL, BOOL32, BYTE, CHAR, COLOR, COUNTRYCODE, COUNTRYINFO, DATETIME, DosDebug Buffer Structure, EAOP2, ERRORID, EXCEPTIONREGISTRATIONRECORD, EXCEPTIONREPORTRECORD, FDATE, FEA2, FEA2LIST, FILEFINDBUF3, FILEFINDBUF4, FILELOCK, FILESTATUS3, FILESTATUS4, FSQBUFFER2, FTIME, GEA2, GEA2LIST, HDC, HDIR, HEV, HFILE, HMF, HMODULE, HMONITOR, HMTX, HMUX, HPIPE, HPS, HSYSSEM, HQUEUE, HRGN, HSEM, HTIMER, HVDD, HWND, LONG, NID, NPCH, NPFN, NPSZ, PAVAILDATA, PBOOL, PBOOL32, PBYTE, PCHAR, PCOLOR, PCOUNTRYCODE, PCOUNTRYINFO, PDATETIME, PEAOP2, PERRORID, PEXCEPTIONREGISTRATIONRECORD, PEXCEPTIONREPORTRECORD, PFILEFINDBUF3, PFILEFINDBUF4, PFILELOCK, PFN, PFNSIGHANDLER, PFNTHREAD, PFNEXITLIST, PFEA2LIST, PFSQBUFFER2, PGEA2LIST, PHDC, PHDIR, PHEV, PHFILE, PHMF, PHMODULE, PHMONITOR, PHMTX, PHMUX, PHPIPE, PHPS, PHQUEUE, PHRGN, PHSEM, PHTIMER, PHVDD, PIB, PID, PIPESEMSTATE, PLONG, PPIB, PPID, PPIPESEMSTATE, PPPIB, PPTIB, PPVOID, PREQUESTDATA, PRESULTCODES, PSEMRECORD, PSTARTDATA, PSTATUSDATA, PSZ, PTIB, PTIB2, PTID, PULONG, PVOID, REQUESTDATA, RESULTCODES, SEMRECORD, SGID, SHORT, STARTDATA, STATUSDATA, STRUCT, TIB, TIB2, TID, UCHAR, ULONG, USHORT

Files

Directory	Dynamic Link Library	Functions
\OS2\DLL	ANSICALL.DLL	ANSI terminal support
	BKSCALLS.DLL	Base keyboard calls
	BMSCALLS.DLL	Base monitor calls
	BVSCALLS.DLL	Base Video Subsystem
	DOSCALL1.DLL	Base OS calls
	KBDCALLS.DLL	Keyboards calls
	MONCALLS.DLL	Device monitor calls
	MOUCALLS.DLL	Mouse calls
	MSG.DLL	Messages
	NLS.DLL	National language support
	OS2CHAR.DLL	OS2 character
	QUECALLS.DLL	System queue calls
	SESMGR.DLL	Session manager
	VIOCALLS.DLL	Base video calls

Publications

IBM

OS/2 2.0 Control Program Programming Reference - S10G-6263-00, 1992 PDF
OS/2 2.1 Control Program Programming Reference - S10G-6263-01, 1993
OS/2 Warp, Version 3 Control Program Programming Guide - G25H-7101-00, Oct 1994
OS/2 Warp, Version 3 Control Program Reference - G25H-7102-00, Oct 1994
Control Program Programming Guide and Reference - Nov 1996, Errata

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-OS/2's Control Program.
+{|align="right" class="wikitable" width=30%
+|+Control Program
+!colspan=6 style="background-color:#FF0"|Kernel API
+|-
+!style="background-color:#AF0"|IPC
+!style="background-color:#BF0" colspan=2|Tasks & Threads
+!style="background-color:#CF0"|Scheduler
+!style="background-color:#DF0" colspan=2|File System Router
+|-
+!style="background-color:#AA0" colspan=2|Memory Management
+!style="background-color:#BA0" colspan=2|Interrupt Handling
+!style="background-color:#AB0"|FAT
+!style="background-color:#BB0"|IFS
+|}
+The Control Program provides the basic functions of OS/2, including the support for keyboard, mouse, and video input/output.
+The lowest-level functions supplied by OS/2 are those provided by the kernel and the kernel's subsystems - the control programs of the operating system. The [[Control Program Functions List]] involve the most basic aspects of program execution, such as memory management, file handling, and process, thread, and session management. They also involve more sophisticated programming tasks, such as exception handling and interprocess communications.
-The API is composed by:
+==Data types==
-* Control Program Functions
+The following data types are defined for the Control Program functions. Many of these types begin with a letter that identifies what the type is used for. For example:
-* Keyboard Functions
+*H - handle
-* Mouse Functions
+*P - flat pointer
-* Video Functions
+*NP - flat pointer
+*U - unsigned variable.
-==Documentation==
+List of used data types:
-* [[OS2 API:CPI|Control Programming Interface API]]
+[[APIRET]], [[BOOL]], [[BOOL32]], [[BYTE]], [[CHAR]], [[COLOR]], [[COUNTRYCODE]], [[COUNTRYINFO]], [[DATETIME]], DosDebug Buffer Structure, [[EAOP2]], [[ERRORID]], [[EXCEPTIONREGISTRATIONRECORD]], [[EXCEPTIONREPORTRECORD]], [[FDATE]], [[FEA2]], [[FEA2LIST]], [[FILEFINDBUF3]], [[FILEFINDBUF4]], [[FILELOCK]], [[FILESTATUS3]], [[FILESTATUS4]], [[FSQBUFFER2]], [[FTIME]], [[GEA2]], [[GEA2LIST]], [[HDC]], [[HDIR]], [[HEV]], [[HFILE]], [[HMF]], [[HMODULE]], [[HMONITOR]], [[HMTX]], [[HMUX]], [[HPIPE]], [[HPS]], [[HSYSSEM]], [[HQUEUE]], [[HRGN]], [[HSEM]], [[HTIMER]], [[HVDD]], [[HWND]], [[LONG]], [[NID]], [[NPCH]], [[NPFN]], [[NPSZ]], [[PAVAILDATA]], [[PBOOL]], [[PBOOL32]], [[PBYTE]], [[PCHAR]], [[PCOLOR]], [[PCOUNTRYCODE]], [[PCOUNTRYINFO]], [[PDATETIME]], [[PEAOP2]], [[PERRORID]], [[PEXCEPTIONREGISTRATIONRECORD]], [[PEXCEPTIONREPORTRECORD]], [[PFILEFINDBUF3]], [[PFILEFINDBUF4]], [[PFILELOCK]], [[PFN]], [[PFNSIGHANDLER]], [[PFNTHREAD]], [[PFNEXITLIST]], [[PFEA2LIST]], [[PFSQBUFFER2]], [[PGEA2LIST]], [[PHDC]], [[PHDIR]], [[PHEV]], [[PHFILE]], [[PHMF]], [[PHMODULE]], [[PHMONITOR]], [[PHMTX]], [[PHMUX]], [[PHPIPE]], [[PHPS]], [[PHQUEUE]], [[PHRGN]], [[PHSEM]], [[PHTIMER]], [[PHVDD]], [[PIB]], [[PID]], [[PIPESEMSTATE]], [[PLONG]], [[PPIB]], [[PPID]], [[PPIPESEMSTATE]], [[PPPIB]], [[PPTIB]], [[PPVOID]], [[PREQUESTDATA]], [[PRESULTCODES]], [[PSEMRECORD]], [[PSTARTDATA]], [[PSTATUSDATA]], [[PSZ]], [[PTIB]], [[PTIB2]], [[PTID]], [[PULONG]], [[PVOID]], [[REQUESTDATA]], [[RESULTCODES]], [[SEMRECORD]], [[SGID]], [[SHORT]], [[STARTDATA]], [[STATUSDATA]], [[STRUCT]], [[TIB]], [[TIB2]], [[TID]], [[UCHAR]], [[ULONG]], [[USHORT]]
 ==Files==
 {|class="wikitable"
-!Name||Comments|| Alternative
+!Directory||Dynamic Link Library||Functions
 |-
-|| [[ANSICALL.DLL]] || ANSI terminal support|| OSFree
+|rowspan=14|\OS2\DLL||[[ANSICALL.DLL]]||ANSI terminal support
 |-
-|| [[BKSCALLS.DLL]] || Base keyboard calls|| OSFree
+|[[BKSCALLS.DLL]]||Base keyboard calls
 |-
-|| [[BMSCALLS.DLL]] || Base monitor calls|| OSFree
+|[[BMSCALLS.DLL]]||Base monitor calls
 |-
-|| [[BVSCALLS.DLL]] || Base Video Subsystem|| OSFree
+|[[BVSCALLS.DLL]]||Base Video Subsystem
 |-
-|| [[DOSCALL1.DLL]] || DLL that contains entry points for base APIs||
+|[[DOSCALL1.DLL]]||Base OS calls
 |-
-|| [[KBDCALLS.DLL]] || Keyboards calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[KBDCALLS.DLL]]||Keyboards calls
 |-
-|| [[MONCALLS.DLL]] || Monitor API|| OSFree
+|[[MONCALLS.DLL]]||Device monitor calls
 |-
-|| [[MOUCALLS.DLL]] || Dynamic link library for mouse calls|| OSFree
+|[[MOUCALLS.DLL]]||Mouse calls
 |-
-|| [[MSG.DLL]] || Message dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[MSG.DLL]]||Messages
 |-
-|| [[NLS.DLL]] || National language support dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[NLS.DLL]]||National language support
 |-
-|| [[OS2CHAR.DLL]] || OS2 character dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[OS2CHAR.DLL]]||OS2 character
 |-
-|| [[QUECALLS.DLL]] || System queue calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[QUECALLS.DLL]]||System queue calls
 |-
-|| [[SESMGR.DLL]] || Session manager dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[SESMGR.DLL]]||Session manager
 |-
-|| [[VIOCALLS.DLL]] || Base video calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
+|[[VIOCALLS.DLL]]||Base video calls
 |}
 ==Publications==
-* Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Consolidated ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.pdf PDF])
+;IBM
-* CP1.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 1 of 3 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/cp1/ Web]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Control%20Program%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference%201.inf INF])
+*''OS/2 2.0 Control Program Programming Reference'' - S10G-6263-00, 1992 [http://www.os2museum.com/files/docs/os220tl/os2-2.0-cpref-1992.pdf PDF]
-* CP2.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 2 of 3 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/cp2/ Web]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Control%20Program%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference%202.inf INF])
+*''OS/2 2.1 Control Program Programming Reference'' - S10G-6263-01, 1993
-* CP3.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 3 of 3 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/cp3/ Web]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Control%20Program%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference%203.inf INF])
+*''OS/2 Warp, Version 3 Control Program Programming Guide'' - G25H-7101-00, Oct 1994
-* API Addendum Volume 1 (PowerPC Edition) - IBM Tookit 4.5 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/apibas/ Web]),
+*''OS/2 Warp, Version 3 Control Program Reference'' - G25H-7102-00, Oct 1994
-* Legacy OS/2 Programming Reference - IBM Tookit 4.5 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/prcp/ Web]),
+*''[[Control Program Programming Guide and Reference]]'' - Nov 1996, [[Control Program Programming Guide and Reference Errata|Errata]]
-* 1992 - OS/2 2.0 Control Program Programming Reference P/N 10G6263, Form # S10G-6263 ([http://www.os2museum.com/files/docs/os220tl/os2-2.0-cpref-1992.pdf PDF])
-==Links==
-;Alternative Versions
-*OS2Linux (Open Source - Common Public License) tried to clone some of the functions of Control Program to run under Linux. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/os2linux/]
-* The [http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/OS/4 Phoenix OS/4] is aimed to try to generate an OS/2 kernel clone/replacement. It also included some replacement for the Control Program.
-* The OSFree Project generated some of the forwarder's DLLs of this component.
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