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


'''IBM VisualAge C++ Version 3.0 for OS/2''', full developer's package with a WPS integrated [[IBM_VAC_3.0_Workframe|"Workframe"]], a [[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]] for C and C++, a [[VAC_3.0_Debugger|Debugger]], Build and [[NMAKE|Make]] tools and many extras. This used to be the "standard compiler" for OS/2. If all available fixpaks are applied (which is done by applying the cumulative fixpak 8) this package can be considered the most reliable IBM "official developer's tool package" for OS/2 (the latest being version 4.0). A disadvantage is the not fully supported C++ standard (which came later than this compiler). However, you still can use templates, but no namespaces. Code portable between OS/2 and AIX.
==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.


==Version==
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.
* Last Version: Version 3.0 with Fixpack 8


== Links ==
==Program Products==
* Since IBM doesn't sell the package any more you need to get a second hand license.
;Intel
* Fixpak 8 from IBM: [http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21156462]
* [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0]] (1995) - 5622-679
* [[IBM VisualAge C++ 3.5]] (Windows 95/NT only) - 5622-880
* ''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
 
;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


== License ==
;PowerPC
Discontinued. IBM Abandonware
* 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
* IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux (Apr 2003)
* IBM VisualAge C++ V6.0 for Linux refresh (Jan 2004) - 5765-F56


==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}}


[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:IBM Product Family]]

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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