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Presentation Manager (PM) is the graphical user interface (GUI) that IBM and Microsoft introduced in version 1.1 of their operating system OS/2 in late 1988.

It is based on the VisiOn shell extended and adapted to fit the IBM Systems Application Architecture (SAA) Common Programming Interface. With version two of OS/2 it gained a new portable and optimised graphics developed by Micrografx.

Programming Utilities

Dialog Editor
Font Editor
Icon Editor
Resource Compiler

OS/2 Warp 4 Presentation Manager Files

Handles

Handle	Description	Header File
HACCEL	Acceleration list	PMWIN.H
HATOMTBL	Table of atoms
HENUM	Enumeration operations
HIMAGE	Image
HPOINTER	Mouse pointer
HSAVEWP	Saved window position

Articles

Publications

Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference (Nov 1996)
OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Guide (1994)
- The Basics
- Advanced Topics
OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Reference (1994)
- Volume 1
- Volume 2

OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide
- Volume I P/N 10G6261, Form # S10G-6261, ISBN 1-56529-154-9 (PDF)
- Volume II P/N 10G6494, Form # S10G-6494, ISBN 1-56529-155-7 (PDF)
- Volume III P/N 10G6495, Form # S10G-6495, ISBN 1-56529-156-5 (PDF)

Bryan Goodyer: OS/2 Presentation Manager Programming: Hints and Tips - McGraw-Hill 1993, ISBN 0-07-707776-8

Links

Wikipedia:Presentation Manager

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 *''[[Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference]]'' (Nov 1996)
 *OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Guide (1994)
-**[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7103-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Guide_The_Basics_Oct94.pdf The Basics]
+**[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7103-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Guide_The_Basics_Oct94.pdf The Basics]
-**[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7104-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Guide_Advanced_Topics_Oct94.pdf Advanced Topics]
+**[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7104-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Guide_Advanced_Topics_Oct94.pdf Advanced Topics]
 *OS/2 Warp V3 Presentation Manager Programming Reference (1994)
-**[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7190-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Reference_Volume_1_Oct94.pdf Volume 1]
+**[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7190-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Reference_Volume_1_Oct94.pdf Volume 1]
-**[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7191-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Reference_Volume_2_Oct94.pdf Volume 2]
+**[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/os2/warp_ver_3/G25H-7191-00_OS2_WARP_V3_Presentation_Manager_Programming_Reference_Volume_2_Oct94.pdf Volume 2]
 * OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide
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 ==Links==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation_Manager Wikipedia]
+* [[Wikipedia:Presentation Manager]]
-* [http://www.osfree.org/ osFree - OS/2 Clone project]
 [[Category:Presentation Manager]][[Category:Components]]