Workplace Shell: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 05:22, 3 January 2020

The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell used in IBM OS/2 Version 2.0 and later releases.

The Workplace Shell for OS/2 is a Presentation Manager (PM) application utilising the System Object Model (SOM) version 1. It can be invoked by PMSHELL.EXE in a PM session.

Files

Directory	Name	Comments
\OS2\DLL	OBJDATA.DLL	WPObjData Class Library
	PMVDDROP.DLL	Drag'n'drop-related WPS class
	PMWP.DLL	PM Workplace Shell dynamic link library
	PMWPMRI.DLL	PM Workplace Shell dynamic link library
	PNP.DLL	WPS Hardware Management tool
	PNPMRI.DLL	Plug and Play MRI
	WCFGMRI.DLL	WIN-OS/2 Object MRI
	WINCFG.DLL	Win-OS2 Object
	WPCOMET.DLL	Workplace Shell Comet
	WPCONFIG.DLL	Workplace Shell configuration dynamic link library
	WPCONMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell configuration dynamic link library
	WPDSERV.DLL	WPDServer Class Library
	WPDSRVP.DLL	WPDServer DSOM routines
	WPINET.DLL	Workplace Shell Internet Integration DLL
	WPINTMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell Internet Integration MRI
	WPINSTAL.DLL	Workplace Shell Install
	WPPRINT.DLL	Workplace Shell printing dynamic link library
	WPPRTMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell printable translation support
	WPSTKMOU.DLL	Control panel objects DLL
	WPSTKMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell WPStkMou MRI
	WPVIDSYS.DLL	WPVideoSystem Class Library
\OS2\ETC	WPDSERV.IR
\OS2\ETC	WPSH.IR
\OS2\HELP	WPHELP.HLP	Workplace Shell help file
	WPINDEX.HLP	Workplace Shell index help file
	WPINET.HLP
	WPMSG.HLP	Workplace Shell message help file
\OS2\HELP\GLOSS	WPGLOSS.HLP	Workplace Shell glossary help file
\OS2\SYSTEM	PMWP.MSG	PM Workplace Shell dynamic link error message
\OS2\SYSTEM	PMWP.REP	PM Workplace

Documentation

Enhancements

xWorkplace improves and replaces some of the WP Classes, but it is not a replacement of WPS itself.

Links

Wikipedia:Workplace Shell

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 The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell used in [[IBM OS/2 Version 2.0]] and later releases.
-WPS is contructed on OS/2 over [[System Object Model]] (SOM) and [[Presentation Manager]] (PM). It is a set of objects that creates the desktop metaphor for OS/2's GUI.
+The Workplace Shell for OS/2 is a [[Presentation Manager]] (PM) application utilising the [[System Object Model]] (SOM) version 1. It can be invoked by [[PMSHELL.EXE]] in a PM session.
-==Documentation==
-* [[OS2 API:WPS|Workplace Shell API/Classes]]
 ==Files==
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 |}
-==Articles==
+==Documentation==
+* [[Workplace Shell API]]
 * [[:Category:SOM_Articles#WPS|EDM/2 Articles]]
+* [[Workplace Shell Programming Guide]]
+* [[Workplace Shell Programming Reference]]
-==Replacements==
+==Enhancements==
-* [http://xworkplace.netlabs.org xWorkplace] improves and replaces some of the WPS Classes, but it is not a full replacement of WPS.
+* [http://xworkplace.netlabs.org xWorkplace] improves and replaces some of the WP Classes, but it is not a replacement of WPS itself.
-==External Links==
+==Links==
-* Workplace Shell Programming Guide, ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Guide.pdf PDF], [https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Guide.inf INF])
+* [[Wikipedia:Workplace Shell]]
-* Workplace Shell Programming Reference, ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Reference.pdf PDF]), (INF: [https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Reference%201.inf Part 1], [https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Reference%202.inf Part 2], [https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Workplace%20Shell%20Programming%20Reference%203.inf Part 3])
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_Shell Workplace Shell at Wikipedia]
 [[Category:Components]]