OS/2 Developer

This was a magazine (formerly the IBM OS/2 Developer) focused on OS/2 development.

Issues

Volume 5 - 1993

Volume 6

Number	Content
No. 3 (July/Aug 1993) - G362-0001-18	5 - Dick Conklin: What's New, OS/2? 6 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: Taligent: A New Paradigm, A New Approach 25 - Mike Kaply: The Release of OS/2 2.1: An Overview 31 - Frank J. Schroeder; Rick M. Efruss: CD-ROM Support in OS/2 2.1 40 - Shixiong Yang; Monte Copeland: Printing Performance Options in OS/2 2.1 Printer Drivers 48 - Chuck McKelley: LAN NetView: A Programming Overview 52 - Ron Douglas; Shaun Jones; William King Jr.: 32-Bit GUI Client/Server Application Development With Personal AS/2 66 - Ed van Vliet; Steve Wasleski; Rick Blevins; Andrei Malacinski: Client/Server Programming With Distributed Application/2 73 - Chris Brookins: Easel Workbench: Robust Client/Server Development 83 - Vincent Stanford; Brandon Booth: Speech-Enabling Your Applications with ICSS 91 - Marilyn Johnson: OS/2 32-Bit Porting and Technical Consulting Workshops 97 - Steve Clark: Debugging REXX Applications 108 - Theodore Shrader: Enhancing Your Smalltalk/V Programs Included: IBM Direct Summer 1993 - PC Power Tool (G326-0328-88) Included: Independent Vendor League Catalog
No. 4 (Sep/Oct 1993) - G362-0001-19	5 - Dick Conklin: Two Paths Converge 6 - Dick Conklin: Digitalk: Object Pioneer Pushes the Envelope 19 - William L. Banning; Michelle M. Buenker; Gary R, Horn; James A. Wangler: Network SignON Coordinator/2: A Plus for Network Applications 29 - Pat Scherer: The LAN Distance Product: LAN Application Transparency for the Remote User 37 - Kyle Bigler; Heather Stone; Bart Wise: Using NetWare 4.01 for OS/2 46 - Chris Andrew; Mark A. Benge; Matt Smith: A Color-Full Example: Using Color In Control Design [1] 59 - Roland Hatschka; Silvia Hansjakob: Graphics Interface Kit/2: Visualizing and Manipulating Data 70 - Pylee Lennil: Demystifying the OS/2 Presentation Manager 80 - Donald G. Johnston: Programming the Graphical User Interface Extensions of MMPM/2 86 - Frank J. Schroeder: Converting Real Addresses to Virtual Addresses in OS/2 2.x 100 - Laura Adams: SPM/2: Fine-Tuning Your Application 109 - Allen Wynn: Using LINK386 Options to Improve Performance Included: IBM OS/2 2.1 and Development Tools Programmer's Paradise Catalog
No. 5 (Nov/Dec 1993) - G362-0001-20	5 - Dick Conklin: On Sneakers, SOM, and Support 6 - Roger Sessions; Nurcan Coskun; Charles Erickson: SOMObjects Developer Toolkit: An Overview 38 - Mohammed Anwaruddin: Migrating from File-Based Storage to Object Database Storage on OS/2 46 - Chris Andrew; Mark A. Benge; Matt Smith: An Object of Many Colors: Using Custom Controls Within A Workplace Object [2] 60 - Stefano Maruzzi: Writing WPS-Compliant Applications 70 - Pylee Lennil: The IBM Microkernel Technology 76 - Dana Beatty: Programming PCMCIA: It's All In The Cards 82 - Joseph H. McIntyre: Reuse: Recognizing the Opportunities 92 - Jacob M. Rzepka; Chuck R. McKelley: Introduction to LAN NetView Application Development: An Xmp/Xom Primer 104 - Ken Greenlee; Russell Sagraves; Ruth Willenborg; Brian Young: IBM Software Installer: Installations Made Easy

Volume 6 - 1994

Volume 6

Number	Content
No. 1 (Jan/Feb 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: Proffit, Programming, and Products 6 - Brian Proffit: Judges Find a New Way to Client/Serve Papers 12 - David E. Reich: Ins and Outs of Dynamic Link Libraries 18 - Luciano Pedron: Exploring the DB2/2 Application Development Process 22 - Database Application Programming Glossary 30 - Grace Welch: Prototyping Database Applications with VX-REXX 36 - Leon Katsnelson: Whatever Happened to OS/2's Database Manager 42 - Erickson, C.; Coskun, N.; Sessions, R.: SOMobjects Developer Toolkit: Sharing SOM Objects with DSOM 54 - Brad Broyles: Building a Notebook with IBM C Set++ Objects 66 - Mark Benge; Matt Smith: A List Box Replacement [3] (Sample) 68 - So What's Wrong with the C Run-time Memory Management? 73 - Andrei Malacinski; Patrick Mueller: Extending REXX with External Functions 82 - Database Development Tools Buyer's Guide 95 - New Tools and Utilities
No. 2 (Mar/Apr 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: The Decade of the LAN 6 - David E. Reich: Efficient 32-bit Memory Management With OS/2 12 - Brian Proffit: Insurance Company Looks to Future With OS/2 18 - Hari Maduri: Locking Network File System Files on OS/2 29 - Charles McKelley; Jacob M. Rzepka: Using the LAN NetView Basic User Interface APIs 46 - Stacey Taylor: Network Management Using SNMP for LAN NetView 55 - Tom Ellis; Mike McIntyre: NetBIOS and 802.2 Applications: Problems and Solutions 66 - Theodore Shrader: Enabling Your Applications for CID 72 - Smith; Kohler; King: Increasing LAN Efficiency With CM/2 Distributed 78 - New Tools and Utilities 81 - Mark Benge; John Boezeman; James Pirkle Jr.: Visually Sampling DB2/2 89 - LAN Development Tools Buyer's Guide
No. 3 (May/Jun 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: Pushing the Multimedia Envelope 12 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: A Musical List Box [4] 18 - David E. Reich: InSOMnia and Workplace Shell Programming 28 - Brian Proffit: OS/2 Delivers United Parcel Service 36 - Dallas Foster Jr.: MMPM/2 and Workplace Shell: Tips and Techniques for Integral Compatibility 50 - Chris Dinallo: Understanding Audio Device Driver Architecture 60 - Tom Richards: Using Multimedia in Smalltalk: An Audio CD Player 70 - Linden deCarmo: Performance Tuning OS/2 Audio Applications 76 - New Tools for OS/2 79 - Tools for Debugging Your OS/2 Applications 81 - John Sweeney: Multimedia Performance Guidelines for Audio Visual Connection 85 - Multimedia Tools Buyer's Guide 90 - Bradley R. Wardell: Advanced Strategy Games Move to OS/2
No. 4 (Jul/Aug 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouse 6 - Mark Benge; Matt Smith: The Forbidden Text [5] 12 - Brian Proffit: Utility Company Adds Power with OS/2 20 - David E. Reich: More InSOMnia and Workplace Shell Programming 36 - Robert L. Tycast: Component Software for the Masses: OpenDoc is Here 42 - Vera Dulaney; Kevin Lee: The Talking Pen: Coding a Pen/Audio Application 52 - Dean Roddey: An Example OS/2 C++ Class Library System 63 - Sarka J. Martinez: A Natural User Interface: Writing a Pen-Centric Application 74 - Compilers and Interpreters Buyer's Guide 82 - New Tools for OS/2 84 - OS/2 Survives the Pits 95 - OS/2 Training Buyer's Guide
No. 5 (Sep/Oct 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: Gary Kildall, CP/M and OS/2 6 - Mark Benge; Matt Smith: Object of Desire [6] 8 - Tales from the Trenches (Building C++ DLLs) 18 - Life After Outsourcing 24 - David E. Reich: Objective OS/2 Decisions 31 - Cliff Reeves; Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: A Distributed Object Road Map for Developers 40 - Robert L. Tycast: OpenDoc Basic Anatomy 101 46 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: Client/Server Programming with CORBA Objects 50 - ORB vs. RPC 54 - Robert Lindsay: Hints for VisualAge Wrappers 61 - Lori Ruffing, Eric Snell: Writing OS/2 PM Controls in C++ (Source Code) 68 - Object-Oriented Development Tools Buyer's Guide 77 - New Tools for OS/2 Supplements Deskman REXX Report (Summer 1994) 4 - Mike Cowlishaw: REXX Motivations 8 - Rick McGuire; Steve Pritko; Gary Cole; Mark Cramer; Michael Baryla: REXX is for Lovers 18 - Grace Welch: Prototyping Database Applications with VX-REXX 23 - Steve Clark: Debugging REXX Applications 33 - Eric Giguere: Designing REXX-Aware Applications 39 - Mark Benge; John Boezeman; James Pirkle Jr.: Visually Sampling DB2/2 47 - Andrei Malacinski; Patrick Mueller: Extending REXX with External Functions 54 - REXX Buyer's Guide
No. 6 (Nov/Dec 1994)	5 - Dick Conklin: In Search of... 6 - Matt Smith, Mark Benge: Just a Matter of Editing [7] 12 - David E. Reich: Who's Up First? Thread Priorities and Scheduling 20 - John D. Webb: Color Palette Management with OS/2 29 - Scott Broussard; Eric Snell: Integrating OpenDoc Parts with Workplace Shell 34 - Suzy Deffeyes, John Spitzer: OpenGL on OS/2 46 - Liston Tatum: Engineering Object Persistence with C-Set++ and DB2/2 54 - Nick Holdapp: Line Styles and the OS/2 PM GPI 66 - Dean Roddey: A Peek at Taligent: The Graphics Subsystem

Volume 7 - 1995

No 1 (Jan/Feb 1995)

Vol 7 No 1

• 5 - Dick Conklin: More Talent, Tools, and Tips
• 8 - Guy Scharf: Product Reviewed: VX-REXX Client/Server Edition
• 16 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: An Exception You Can Handle [8] (Sample)
• 22 - David E. Reich: An API by Any Other Name...
• 26 - Joseph P. Busa: Advanced Technology Needs Advanced Testing
• 31 - Bruce Landeck: Multiple Platform Development
• 40 - Steve Hargis; Mike Skelton: Plug Those Memory Leaks!
• 50 - Mark McMillan; Gennaro Cuomo; Jürg von Känel; Guillaume Le Stum: A User-Customizable Toolbar Control
• 65 - Dieter Babutzka: An OS/2 Performance Primer
• 70 - David Liebtag: Interactive PM Programming
• 76 - New Products for OS/2
• 78 - Testing and Debugging Tools Buyer's Guide

No 2 (Mar/Apr 1995)

Vol 7 No 2

• 5 - Dick Conklin: Porting Applications
• 8 - Guy Scharf: Product Reviewed: VisPro/C, VisPro/C++
• 16 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: This Isn't the Gutenberg Press
• 22 - David E. Reich: Power Applications
• 26 - Steve Evans: Eicon Technology Plays it Smart
• 33 - Dean Roddey: Taking the Plunge: Converting an OS/2 Application to 32 Bits
• 42 - Bernie Thompson: Warp and Windows: How Similar, How Different
• 49 - Derrel Blain: Porting Applications to OS/2: a Historical Review of OS/2
• 56 - Alan Auerbach: Don't Throw Away Those 16-Bit Object Libraries
• 66 - Lou Miranda: Programming for the Windows Guru
• 74 - Application Migration Buyer's Guide
• 78 - New Products for OS/2

No 3 (May/Jun 1995)

OS/2 Developer - Vol 7 No 3

• 5 - Dick Conklin: Dragging and Dropping
• 6 - Guy Scharf: Prominare Designer Release 4
• 12 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: Fonts 101
• 18 - David E. Reich: Hey Mr. Postman
• 24 - Andy Cubbon: Object-Oriented User Interface Design with VisualAge
• 30 - Kathleen Panov; Larry Salomon Jr.; Arthur Panov: Some GUI Basics: Window Messages and Queues
• 36 - Dean Roddey: Writing Exceptionally Robust Software
• 42 - Mark Gayler, Steward Manley: Designing and Implementing a Reservations System Graphical User Interface
• 48 - John Calcote: Thunking: Using 16-Bit Libraries in OS/2 2.0
• 57 - Benetta Perry: Translated Products: Designing and Testing
• 65 - GUI Development Buyer's Guide
• 68 - Warped Books
• 70 - New Products for OS/2

No 4 (Jul/Aug 1995)

OS/2 Developer - Vol 7 No 4

• 5 - Dick Conklin: Objects, Notes, and PL/B
• 6 - Guy Scharf: IBM Developer Connection for OS/2
• 12 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: Printing Made Easy?
• 16 - David E. Reich: Some are from the Mars, Some are from the Venus
• 21 - William P. Blocker: PL/B - A Portable High-Level Programming Language
• 26 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: The Server Side of CORBA
• 31 - Maggie Sanders: Searching for a Cross-Platform Development Tool
• 34 - Rick Runyan: Parts: The Newest Cottage Industry
• 39 - Steve Kupec; Charles Carrington: Beginning Application Development with Lotus Notes
• 44 - F.R. Campagnoni: Distributed Objects: Application Design Tips
• 53 - Tony Walsh: A Lotus Notes REXX API
• 57 - Object-Oriented Buyer's Guide
• 61 - New Products for OS/2
• 63 - Lotus Notes Buyer's Guide

Supplement

• REXX Report (Summer 1995)
  • 4 - Blake Watson: REXX Trek - A Comparison of REXX Visual Builders
  • 9 - Mark Ramsey: E-Mail Enabling REXX
  • 13 - Gowri Sankar Sivaprasad: Intro to Workplace Shell Programming Using REXX
  • 17 - Merrill Callaway: Combining REXX and Postscript
  • 22 - Markus Pelt-Layman: PDS Transfers Using EHLLAPI in REXX
  • 31 - Bret Curran: Object REXX~HowCool?
  • 35 - Craig Hodgins: Six Simple Code-Tuning Techniques
  • 39 - Bruce E. Högman: Designing REXX Programs for Multiple Languages
  • 42 - Rony G. Flatscher: The Workplace Shell: Objects to the Core. Samples
  • 52 - REXX Buyers Guide

No 5 (Sep/Oct 1995)

OS/2 Developer - Vol 7 No 5

• 5 - Dick Conklin: Power(PC) to the People
• 6 - Guy Scharf: Visual SlickEdit for OS/2
• 10 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: Manipulating Dialogues in C++ (Sample)
• 15 - David E. Reich: Extending the OS/2 API
• 20 - Charles Dircks: OS/2 for the PowerPC: Fact or Fiction
• 23 - Stephen Tower; John Morris: Porting to the PowerPC
• 27 - Randall S. Flint: Getting There From Here: Moving to the PowerPC
• 34 - Jim Monroe: Building an OS/2-Based Airline Reservation System
• 38 - Robert C. Yeager: OpenDoc - More Than Just Documents
• 50 - Charles Meyer: Normal Form and Other Mantras of Effective Database Design
• 57 - Bart Jacob: A Multi-Platform Database Library
• 62 - Tools for the PowerPC Buyer's Guide
• 67 - Database Development Tools Buyer's Guide
• 72 - New Products for OS/2

No 6 (Nov/Dec 1995)

OS/2 Developer - Vol 7 No 6

• 5 - Dick Conklin: Serving Our Clients
• 6 - Guy Scharf: CCC/Manager for OS/2
• 12 - Matt Smith; Mark Benge: What's In a Bitmap? [9] (Sample)
• 20 - David E. Reich: Drag Me, Drop Me, Treat Me Like an Object
• 24 - Steve Krantz: Client/Server Migration - The Office Client Rollout
• 30 - Michael Barillier: OS/2 Server Design Using Named Pipes
• 35 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey; Jeri Edwards: When CORBA Objects Meet Transactions
• 40 - Jeffrey Altman: DB2/2 Communication Using Novell's NetBIOS Over IPX
• 46 - Mark McMillan: A Multicolumn Drag/Drop Listbox
• 58 - Scott Broussard: Accessing Multimedia Data from OpenDoc
• 64 - Client/Server Tools Buyer's Guide
• 70 - New Tools for OS/2