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C++ development environment and an application generator for OS/2 that could also generate code for MS Windows. Introduced in 1992 and originally written as a tool for developing GUI front ends for the AS/400 software products from the [[JBA Holdings]] company but was extended into a general business application development tool. | C++ development environment and an application generator for OS/2 that could also generate code for MS Windows. Introduced in 1992 and originally written as a tool for developing GUI front ends for the AS/400 software products from the [[JBA Holdings]] company but was extended into a general business application development tool. | ||
You build your application in a GUI designer then write the back end in either C++ or in a proprietary event driven fourth generation language called '''JOT''', Guidelines then generated C++ code from your front-end design and JOT code and you compiled it with your choice of C++ compatible compiler suite, or had Guidelines do it for you. In addition the company offered optional Client/Server back ends for AS/400, Unix SQL servers and | You build your application in a GUI designer then write the back end in either C++ or in a proprietary event driven fourth generation language called '''JOT''', Guidelines then generated C++ code from your front-end design and JOT code and you compiled it with your choice of C++ compatible compiler suite, or had Guidelines do it for you. In addition the company offered optional Client/Server back ends for AS/400, Unix SQL servers and ODBC. | ||
Version 3.3 introduced quite advanced support for CORBA object message passing, including over a network (Distributed object message passing). | Version 3.3 introduced quite advanced support for CORBA object message passing, including over a network (Distributed object message passing). | ||
While Guidelines did nothing in the OS/2 or Windows marketplaces it survived as an in house tool and was used for most PC system development at the company, however a number of people hacked the Guidelines package to act as a GUI builder for other systems, the first version of | While Guidelines did nothing in the OS/2 or Windows marketplaces it survived as an in house tool and was used for most PC system development at the company, however a number of people hacked the Guidelines package to act as a GUI builder for other systems, the first version of ''Visual Ada Developer'' used the package as its front end for instance. | ||
[[Image:guidelines1.png|right]] | |||
==Version== | ==Version== | ||
* '''Latest OS/2 version:''' Version 3.3 - 1996 | * '''Latest OS/2 version:''' Version 3.3 - 1996 | ||
;Prerequisites | |||
* OS/2 2.1 or higher | * OS/2 2.1 or higher | ||
One of the following C++ compiler products: | One of the following C++ compiler products: | ||
* [[IBM VisualAge C++]] | * [[IBM VisualAge C++]] | ||
* [[Borland | * [[Borland C++]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Watcom C++]] | ||
Early versions of the software required IBM C Set++ 2.01 or IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 and the OS/2 Developer's Toolkit to compile the Guidelines output, later versions don't support C Set. | |||
==EDM/2 Articles== | |||
*Brad Scharf: [http://www.edm2.com/0405/scope.html Under the Scope June 1996] - Bottom half of the article has an introduction to JOT. | |||
*Brad Scharf: [http://www.edm2.com/0404/scope.html Under the Scope May 1996] - Guidelines 3.2 | |||
*[[Brad Scharf]]: [http://www.edm2.com/0402/scope.html Under the Scope Febuary 1996] - Guidlines 3.1 | |||
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* [[Brad Scharf]]: [http://www.edm2.com/0402/scope.html Under the Scope Febuary 1996] - Guidlines 3.1 | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/cplusplus/gbase31.zip Demo version of Gudelines 3.1] - From hobbes | * [ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/cplusplus/gbase31.zip Demo version of Gudelines 3.1] - From hobbes | ||
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=JBA+guidelines Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days] by mtalexa@ibm.net | |||
==License & availability== | ==License & availability== | ||
* Commercial software, now discontinued. | * Commercial software, now discontinued. | ||
The retail price for JBA Guidelines was : | The retail price for JBA Guidelines was: | ||
* Guidelines Base pack: Free - Essentially a GUI creator without any background C++ generation, so both functional as a small time GUI creator and as a demo for the full package. | * Guidelines Base pack: Free - Essentially a GUI creator without any background C++ generation, so both functional as a small time GUI creator and as a demo for the full package. | ||
* Professional Developers Kit $595 | * Professional Developers Kit $595 | ||
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* [[JBA Holdings|JBA Software Products Ltd.]] | * [[JBA Holdings|JBA Software Products Ltd.]] | ||
[[Category:C++]] | |||
Revision as of 18:24, 2 February 2017
C++ development environment and an application generator for OS/2 that could also generate code for MS Windows. Introduced in 1992 and originally written as a tool for developing GUI front ends for the AS/400 software products from the JBA Holdings company but was extended into a general business application development tool.
You build your application in a GUI designer then write the back end in either C++ or in a proprietary event driven fourth generation language called JOT, Guidelines then generated C++ code from your front-end design and JOT code and you compiled it with your choice of C++ compatible compiler suite, or had Guidelines do it for you. In addition the company offered optional Client/Server back ends for AS/400, Unix SQL servers and ODBC.
Version 3.3 introduced quite advanced support for CORBA object message passing, including over a network (Distributed object message passing).
While Guidelines did nothing in the OS/2 or Windows marketplaces it survived as an in house tool and was used for most PC system development at the company, however a number of people hacked the Guidelines package to act as a GUI builder for other systems, the first version of Visual Ada Developer used the package as its front end for instance.
Version
- Latest OS/2 version: Version 3.3 - 1996
- Prerequisites
- OS/2 2.1 or higher
One of the following C++ compiler products:
Early versions of the software required IBM C Set++ 2.01 or IBM VisualAge C++ 3.0 and the OS/2 Developer's Toolkit to compile the Guidelines output, later versions don't support C Set.
EDM/2 Articles
- Brad Scharf: Under the Scope June 1996 - Bottom half of the article has an introduction to JOT.
- Brad Scharf: Under the Scope May 1996 - Guidelines 3.2
- Brad Scharf: Under the Scope Febuary 1996 - Guidlines 3.1
Links
- Demo version of Gudelines 3.1 - From hobbes
- Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days by mtalexa@ibm.net
License & availability
- Commercial software, now discontinued.
The retail price for JBA Guidelines was:
- Guidelines Base pack: Free - Essentially a GUI creator without any background C++ generation, so both functional as a small time GUI creator and as a demo for the full package.
- Professional Developers Kit $595
- Client/Server Connectivity $995
- MS Windows Code Generation $395
- Database Connectivity Pack (ODBC) $395
- Lotus Notes Support Pack $99
or
- Guidelines for Corporate Developers $7750 per seat.