Control Program: Difference between revisions

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OS/2's Control Program.

The API is composed by:

Control Program Functions
Keyboard Functions
Mouse Functions
Video Functions

Documentation

Control Programming Interface API

Files

Name	Comments	Alternative
ANSICALL.DLL	ANSI terminal support	OSFree
BKSCALLS.DLL	Base keyboard calls	OSFree
BMSCALLS.DLL	Base monitor calls	OSFree
BVSCALLS.DLL	Base Video Subsystem	OSFree
DOSCALL1.DLL	DLL that contains entry points for base APIs
KBDCALLS.DLL	Keyboards calls dynamic link library	OSFree
MONCALLS.DLL	Monitor API	OSFree
MOUCALLS.DLL	Dynamic link library for mouse calls	OSFree
MSG.DLL	Message dynamic link library	OSFree
NLS.DLL	National language support dynamic link library	OSFree
OS2CHAR.DLL	OS2 character dynamic link library	OSFree
QUECALLS.DLL	System queue calls dynamic link library	OSFree
SESMGR.DLL	Session manager dynamic link library	OSFree
VIOCALLS.DLL	Base video calls dynamic link library	OSFree

Publications

Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Consolidated (PDF)
CP1.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 1 of 3 (Web), (INF)
CP2.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 2 of 3 (Web), (INF)
CP3.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 3 of 3 (Web), (INF)
API Addendum Volume 1 (PowerPC Edition) - IBM Tookit 4.5 (Web),
Legacy OS/2 Programming Reference - IBM Tookit 4.5 (Web),
1992 - OS/2 2.0 Control Program Programming Reference P/N 10G6263, Form # S10G-6263 (PDF)

Links

Alternative Versions

OS2Linux (Open Source - Common Public License) tried to clone some of the functions of Control Program to run under Linux. [1]
The Phoenix OS/4 is aimed to try to generate an OS/2 kernel clone/replacement. It also included some replacement for the Control Program.
The OSFree Project generated some of the forwarder's DLLs of this component.

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 ==Files==
-{| border="1"
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Name||Comments|| Alternative
 |-
-!Name !!Comments !! Alternative
+|| [[ANSICALL.DLL]] || ANSI terminal support|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[ANSICALL.DLL]] || ANSI terminal support. || OSFree
+|| [[BKSCALLS.DLL]] || Base keyboard calls|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[BKSCALLS.DLL]] || Base keyboard calls. || OSFree
+|| [[BMSCALLS.DLL]] || Base monitor calls|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[BMSCALLS.DLL]] || Base monitor calls. || OSFree
+|| [[BVSCALLS.DLL]] || Base Video Subsystem|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[BVSCALLS.DLL]] || Base Video Subsystem. || OSFree
+|| [[DOSCALL1.DLL]] || DLL that contains entry points for base APIs||
 |-
-|| [[DOSCALL1.DLL]] || DLL that contains entry points for base APIs. ||
+|| [[KBDCALLS.DLL]] || Keyboards calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[KBDCALLS.DLL]] || Keyboards calls dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[MONCALLS.DLL]] || Monitor API|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[MONCALLS.DLL]] || Monitor API. || OSFree
+|| [[MOUCALLS.DLL]] || Dynamic link library for mouse calls|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[MOUCALLS.DLL]] || Dynamic link library for mouse calls. || OSFree
+|| [[MSG.DLL]] || Message dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[MSG.DLL]] || Message dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[NLS.DLL]] || National language support dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[NLS.DLL]] || National language support dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[OS2CHAR.DLL]] || OS2 character dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[OS2CHAR.DLL]] || OS2 character dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[QUECALLS.DLL]] || System queue calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[QUECALLS.DLL]] || System queue calls dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[SESMGR.DLL]] || Session manager dynamic link library|| OSFree
 |-
-|| [[SESMGR.DLL]] || Session manager dynamic link library. || OSFree
+|| [[VIOCALLS.DLL]] || Base video calls dynamic link library|| OSFree
-|-
-|| [[VIOCALLS.DLL]] || Base video calls dynamic link library. || OSFree
-|-
 |}
-==Articles==
 ==Publications==
-* Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Consolidated ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.pdf PDF]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.odt ODT]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.djvu DJVU]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.docx DOCX]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.epub ePUB])
+* Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Consolidated ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Presentation%20Manager%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference.pdf PDF])
 * CP1.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 1 of 3 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/cp1/ Web]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Control%20Program%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference%201.inf INF])
 * CP2.INF - Control Program Programming Guide and Reference, Part 2 of 3 ([http://cyberkinetica.homeunix.net/os2tk45/cp2/ Web]), ([https://archive.org/download/ToolkitDocs1/Control%20Program%20Programming%20Guide%20and%20Reference%202.inf INF])
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 * 1992 - OS/2 2.0 Control Program Programming Reference P/N 10G6263, Form # S10G-6263 ([http://www.os2museum.com/files/docs/os220tl/os2-2.0-cpref-1992.pdf PDF])
-==Alternative Versions==
+==Links==
-* The [[OS2Linux]] (Open Source - Common Public License) tried to clone some of the functions of Control Program to run on the Linux OS. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/os2linux/]
+;Alternative Versions
+*OS2Linux (Open Source - Common Public License) tried to clone some of the functions of Control Program to run under Linux. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/os2linux/]
 * The [http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/OS/4 Phoenix OS/4] is aimed to try to generate an OS/2 kernel clone/replacement. It also included some replacement for the Control Program.
 * The OSFree Project generated some of the forwarder's DLLs of this component.
-==Links==
 [[Category:Components]]