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Open32 API enables the migration of Windows applications to OS/2 by providing a subset of the Win32 APIs on OS/2 for source code compatibility. The Open32 API provides an identical interface as the function in the Win32 environment.


In "Open32 Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp" Redbook from IBM is clarified that Open32 is not a Win32 API emulation, it is a native OS/2 function that is built on the operating system just like other interface layers like GPI, Presentation Manager, Control Program, etc.


==Files==
The OS/2 Warp Version 3.0 Toolkit includes the required Open32 headers and libraries.
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The following tools can be used to to analyse and migrate Windows code to OS/2 code:
! File Name  !! Comments
* SMART Version 2.1B
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* IBM Hyperwise Lite
|| [[PMWINX.DLL]] || Open32 API (a subset of about 800 Windows API's).
* IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2 Version 3.0
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|| [[REGISTRY.DLL]] || Windows-like registry support. Used by Open32.
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|| [[MIRRORS.DLL]] || Something Open32-related.
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|| [[WGSS4?.DLL]] || Additions to Open32 used to port Netscape Communicator
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|-
|}


==Documentation==
==Documentation==
* [http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg244719.html IBM Redbook - Open32 Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp] by [[Oscar Cepeda]]
* [[Open32 Programming Guide and Reference]]
 
;IBM Redbook
==Articles==
* SG24-4719-00: ''Open32 Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp'' by Theo Foster, Osamu Takagiwa, Franck Yu [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8413629W/Open32_Developer_Api_Extensions_for_Os_2_Warp?edition=Sg24471900]
 


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[[Category:OS/2 Warp API]]

Latest revision as of 07:05, 12 July 2020

Open32 API enables the migration of Windows applications to OS/2 by providing a subset of the Win32 APIs on OS/2 for source code compatibility. The Open32 API provides an identical interface as the function in the Win32 environment.

In "Open32 Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp" Redbook from IBM is clarified that Open32 is not a Win32 API emulation, it is a native OS/2 function that is built on the operating system just like other interface layers like GPI, Presentation Manager, Control Program, etc.

The OS/2 Warp Version 3.0 Toolkit includes the required Open32 headers and libraries.

The following tools can be used to to analyse and migrate Windows code to OS/2 code:

  • SMART Version 2.1B
  • IBM Hyperwise Lite
  • IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2 Version 3.0

Documentation

IBM Redbook
  • SG24-4719-00: Open32 Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp by Theo Foster, Osamu Takagiwa, Franck Yu [1]