OpenZinc: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:40, 16 December 2022

OpenZinc is an open source, multi-platform C++ application & UI framework and widget library. It is based on older versions of the Zinc Application Framework, a MOTIF inspired commercial product from the "Professional Software Associates" company, but ZAF started out life as a UI framework that simplified the building of multi-platform applications and as such supported a wide range of operating systems including DOS, Windows (16 & 32 bit), OS/2, NeXTStep, HP-UX, DESQview, QNX, SunOS, AIX, SCO Unix and more.

With the release of version 5 developer PSA decided to realign their product towards the embedded market and dropped most of the support targets leaving only VxWorks and DOS as supported embedded platforms and with a more limited desktop support for Microsoft Windows and Unix like OS's that feature MOTIF library support. However the company allowed the OpenZinc project to release the Zinc Application Frameworks versions 1.0 through 4.2 as open source software and the project attempts to update and maintain the library for all originally supported platforms.

Supported Compilers

Borland C++ for OS/2 1.5, Borland C++ for OS/2 2.0
IBM C Set++ for OS/2 2.1 for OS/2
Watcom C/C++ 10.0, Watcom 10.6, Watcom 11.0
OpenWatcom C/C++ versions 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9

Links

License

Open source released under the LGPL v2.1

Authors

Zinc Software (Original Author)
Windriver
Professional Software Associates
The OpenZinc Project (Current maintainer)

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-OpenZinc is an open source, multi-platform [[C++]] application & UI framework and widget library.
+OpenZinc is an open source, multi-platform [[C++]] application & UI framework and widget library. It is based on older versions of the [[Zinc Application Framework]], a [[MOTIF]] inspired commercial product from the "Professional Software Associates" company, but ZAF started out life as a UI framework that simplified the building of multi-platform applications and as such supported a wide range of operating systems including [[DOS]], Windows (16 & 32 bit), [[OS/2]], NeXTStep, HP-UX, DESQview, QNX, SunOS, AIX, SCO Unix and more.
-The software is based on older versions of the '''Zinc Application Frameworks''' a [[MOTIF]] inspired commercial product from the "Professional Software Associates" company, but ZAF started out life as an UI framework that simplified the building of multi-platform applications and as such supported a wide range of operating systems including [[DOS]], Windows (16 & 32 bit), [[OS/2]], NeXTStep, HP-UX, DESQview, QNX, SunOS, AIX, SCO Unix and more.
+With the release of version 5 developer PSA decided to realign their product towards the embedded market and dropped most of the support targets leaving only VxWorks and DOS as supported embedded platforms and with a more limited desktop support for Microsoft Windows and Unix like OS's that feature MOTIF library support. However the company allowed the OpenZinc project to release the Zinc Application Frameworks versions 1.0 through 4.2 as open source software and the project attempts to update and maintain the library for all originally supported platforms.
-With the release of version 5 PSA decided to realign their product towards the embedded market and dropped most of the support targets leaving only VxWorks and DOS as supported embedded platforms and with a more limited desktop support for Microsoft Windows and Unix like OS's that feature MOTIF library support. However the company allowed the OpenZinc project to release the Zinc Application Frameworks versions 1.0 through 4.2 as open source software and the project attempts to update and maintain the library for all originally supported platforms.
 ==Supported Compilers==
 * [[Borland C++]] for OS/2 1.5, Borland C++ for OS/2 2.0
-* [[IBM C Set++]] 2.1 for OS/2
+* [[IBM C Set++ for OS/2]] 2.1 for OS/2
 * [[Watcom C/C++]] 10.0, Watcom 10.6, Watcom 11.0
 * OpenWatcom C/C++ versions 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
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 ==License==
-* Open source released under the [[LGPL v.2.1]]
+* Open source released under the [[LGPL v2.1]]
 ==Authors==
-* Professional Software Associates (Original Author)
+* Zinc Software (Original Author)
+* Windriver
+* Professional Software Associates
 * The OpenZinc Project (Current maintainer)
+[[Category:C++ Class Libraries]]
-[[Category:Tools]][[Category:C++]][[Category:DOS Tools]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]][[Category:SCO Tools]][[Category:AIX Tools]][[Category:NeXT Tools]][[Category:HPUX Tools]][[Category:QNX Tools]][[Category:Solaris Tools]][[Category:DESQview Tools]]