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== Description ==
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IBM VisualAge C++ also commonly known in the OS/2 user community as '''VAC''' and as '''VAC++''' in the [[AIX]] community, is a multi-platform C and C++ development package that replaced the [[C Set++]] package with a more modern visually oriented development system written in [[Smalltalk]] like the rest of the [[VisualAge]] products. It came with a WPS integrated [[IBM_VAC_3.0_Workframe|"Workframe"]] that replaced the mostly text based [[WorkFrame/2]] and was a integrated product unlike the latter tool, an [[IBM_VAC_3.0_Visual_Builder|"Visual Builder"]] for visual programming of visual and non-visual parts, [[VAC_3.0_Compiler_and_Linker|compiler/linker]], a [[VAC_3.0_Debugger|Debugger]] and sundry build and [[NMAKE|Make]] tools and other utilities.
'''IBM VisualAge C++''' (''VA C++'') is a family of C and C++ development packages available for different platforms and operating systems.
 
==History==
The OS/2 version that replaced the [[IBM C Set++ for OS/2]] product with a more modern visually oriented development system written in [[Smalltalk]] like the rest of the VisualAge products. It came with a WPS integrated [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Workframe|"Workframe"]] that replaced the mostly text based [[WorkFrame/2]] and was a integrated product unlike the latter tool, an [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Visual Builder|"Visual Builder"]] for visual programming of visual and non-visual parts, [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 Compiler and Linker|compiler/linker]], a [[VAC_3.0_Debugger|Debugger]] and sundry build and [[NMAKE|Make]] tools and other utilities.


If certain rules were followed code written under the VisualAge C++ system was portable between OS/2, MS Windows and AIX without any changes, and the package offered a number of tools and libraries to ease porting between the supported operating systems.
If certain rules were followed code written under the VisualAge C++ system was portable between OS/2, MS Windows and AIX without any changes, and the package offered a number of tools and libraries to ease porting between the supported operating systems.


==Versions==
==Program Products==
* Version 5 was delivered in 2000 and it and later versions were only made available for [[AIX]]
;Intel
====Version 4====
* [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0]] (1995) - 5622-679
A radical update to VAC that merges the IDE and compiler into one program that brings with it a host of benefits that are not really or not easily possible with a traditional C compiler such as incremental compilation
* [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.5]] (Windows 95/NT only) - 5622-880
* ANSI/ISO 1998 C++ compatible, also supports and comes with ANSI/ISO STL, and [[Open Class]] 4.0.
* ''C and C++ Compilers for OS/2, AIX and Windows NT Version 3.6'' - 5648-A81, PN 04L3535
 
* [[IBM VisualAge C++ Professional 4.0]] (Dec 1998) for OS/2 Warp and Windows NT
====IBM C and C++ Compilers Version 3.6.5====
As VisualAge 4.0 was a radical step forward it meant that as it stood the tool-chain was not compatible with earlier C projects that were developed in VAC version 3.x or C/Set, this was in particular problematic for driver development that all relied on code that needed quite a bit of massaging to work with 4. This could become something of a cost issue for IBM since re-writing their entire driver codebase could get expensive and it was decided that releasing an updated version of the 3.x tool that only received limited updates was cheaper than wasting time on updating older code for no other reason. So a command line compiler with a version number 3.6.5 is shipped with VAC4. IBM called it the "IBM C & C++ Compiler" rather than VisualAge since it did not feature any visual tools, but actually it is an update of the compiler included in VAC 3.x.
* VAC 3.x is command line only and therefore does not support any visual tools including the IDE, Visual Builder, Configuration Optimizer, Data Access Builder, IDE debugging. Text mode debugging using classic IBM or third party tools is supported however.
* Incremental compilation is not supported
* Like the rest of the 3.x branch,  3.6 is ANSI C++ 1992 compliant rather than ANSI 1998 as VAC4 is and it does not support ANSI/ISO STL, however unlike the older 3.x versions it ''does support'' [[Open Class]] 4.0.
* Last known version is 3.6.5-FP2
 
====Version 3.0.x====
Initial release of the VisualAge C++ toolkit, it gets version number 3 since it is a follow on to the [[IBM C Set]] package.
* ANSI 1992 C++ compliant, supports templates but not namespaces that were introduced in a later ANSI STL standard.
* Available in German and Japanese in addition to English.
* IBM kept issuing fixes up until 2001 for the compiler which meant that it was in many ways the most stable C toolkit available for OS/2 both in regards to code and app stability, it is the most preferred version of the tool especially for driver programming although most application developers that do not need the visual tools that come with 3.0.x prefer using the later 3.6.5
* Last known version is 3.0.8-TFP2 for the English version, 3.06 for the German and Japanese versions
 
== Links ==
* VAC 3.0.8 [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/visualagecpp/fixes/v30os2/english-us/fixpak8/ Fixpack 8] - Note you will also need the Post fix pack 1 and 2 located in the "tempfix" directory to update it to 3.0.8-TFP2 and the [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/visualagecpp/fixes/v30os2/english-us/tempfix/eurofix/ Eurofix file] that post dates TFP2
* VAC 3.0.6 [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/visualagecpp/fixes/v30os2/german/ Fixpack 6 for the German version] and [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/visualagecpp/fixes/v30os2/japanese/ Fixpack 6 for the Japanese version].
*
 
==Extensions==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/dev/32-bit&file=drgdrp.zip LPEX macro extension] by [[Lars Erdmann]]


== License ==
;OS/400
* Commercial software - Discontinued.
AS/400 Host Server
* IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V3R6 (1996) - 5716-CX4
* IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V3R7 (1998) - 5716-CX5
* IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V4R4 (2000) - 5769-CX5


==Author==
;PowerPC
* [[IBM]]
* IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V4.0 (Jul 1998) - 5765-D52
* IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V5.0 (Mar 2000) - 5765-E26 - introduced ISO C++ 1998
* IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V6.0 (Jul 2002) - 5765-F56, PN 45P8290
Available for [[AIX]] and later Linux PowerPC with an additional separate command line only compiler equivalent to the "IBM C and C++ Compilers" that is known as simply "C for AIX".


==Related Articles==
;Linux on pSeries
* [[A Review of VisualAge C++ Version 4.0]] by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (May 1999)
* IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux (Apr 2003)
* [[C++ Compiler Review - Part 1]] by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (August 1995)
* IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux refresh (Jan 2004) - 5765-F56
* [[VisualAge C++ Tips]] by [[Dave Briccetti]]  (August 2000)


==Publications==
==Publications==
*Carrel-Billiard, Jakab, Mauny, Vetter: Object-Oriented Application Development with IBM VisualAge for C++ for OS/2. ISBN 0-13-242447-9
*Nilsson, Jakab: ''VisualAge for C++ Visual Programmer's Handbook'' - Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-614322-9
*Nilsson, Jakab: VisualAge for C++ Visual Programmer's Handbook. ISBN 0-13-614322-9
 


== Links ==
* There is a number of optional tools and utilities to be found on the {{L-IBM|/ps/products/visualagecpp/tools/}}, these are mostly for the 3.x branch.
* Updates for the AIX versions of VisualAge C++ can be found here: {{L-IBM|/aix/products/ccpp/ptfs}}


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Latest revision as of 23:01, 15 September 2024

IBM VisualAge C++ (VA C++) is a family of C and C++ development packages available for different platforms and operating systems.

History

The OS/2 version that replaced the IBM C Set++ for OS/2 product with a more modern visually oriented development system written in Smalltalk like the rest of the VisualAge products. It came with a WPS integrated "Workframe" that replaced the mostly text based WorkFrame/2 and was a integrated product unlike the latter tool, an "Visual Builder" for visual programming of visual and non-visual parts, compiler/linker, a Debugger and sundry build and Make tools and other utilities.

If certain rules were followed code written under the VisualAge C++ system was portable between OS/2, MS Windows and AIX without any changes, and the package offered a number of tools and libraries to ease porting between the supported operating systems.

Program Products

Intel
OS/400

AS/400 Host Server

  • IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V3R6 (1996) - 5716-CX4
  • IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V3R7 (1998) - 5716-CX5
  • IBM VisualAge C++ for AS/400 V4R4 (2000) - 5769-CX5
PowerPC
  • IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V4.0 (Jul 1998) - 5765-D52
  • IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V5.0 (Mar 2000) - 5765-E26 - introduced ISO C++ 1998
  • IBM VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, V6.0 (Jul 2002) - 5765-F56, PN 45P8290

Available for AIX and later Linux PowerPC with an additional separate command line only compiler equivalent to the "IBM C and C++ Compilers" that is known as simply "C for AIX".

Linux on pSeries
  • IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux (Apr 2003)
  • IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux refresh (Jan 2004) - 5765-F56

Publications

  • Nilsson, Jakab: VisualAge for C++ Visual Programmer's Handbook - Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-614322-9

Links

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