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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[Image:guidelines2.png|thumb|350px|right|Screencap from a notebook test window on a very early version of Guidelines, possibly Beta.]] | |||
C++ development environment and an application generator for OS/2 that was later ported to 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 a proprietary event driven fourth generation language called '''JOT''', Guidelines then generated C++ code and you compiled it with your choice of C++ compatible compiler suite. The system was fully cross development compatible, i.e. software developed on OS/2 could be ported to Windows without any change and the other way around as well. In addition the company offered optional Client/Server back ends for AS/400, Unix SQL servers and [[ODBC]]. | |||
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. | |||
==Version== | ==Version== | ||
* '''Latest OS/2 version:''' Version 3.21 (Designer 4.07a) 1995-Oct-16. | * '''Latest OS/2 version:''' Version 3.21 (Designer 4.07a) 1995-Oct-16. | ||
* Known fixpack: Mod65 - 1995 - There was almost certainly a later version than this of both the fixpack and the program itself, but we have not been able to find it. | |||
== | ====Prerequisites==== | ||
One of the following C++ compiler products: | |||
* [[IBM VisualAge C++]] | |||
* [[Borland C/C++]] | |||
* [[Open Watcom|Watcom C++]] | |||
Early versions of the software required IBM C SET++ 2.01 or IBM VisualAge 3.0 C++ OS/2 and the OS/2 Developers Toolkit to compile the Guidelines output, later versions will not support C SET. | |||
==Publications== | |||
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=JBA+guidelines Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days] by mtalexa@ibm.net | |||
==License== | ==License== | ||
[[Image:guidelines1.png|right]] | |||
* Commercial, now discontinued. | |||
The retail price for JBA Guidelines was : | The retail price for JBA Guidelines was : | ||
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* Database Connectivity Pack (ODBC) $395 | * Database Connectivity Pack (ODBC) $395 | ||
* Lotus Notes Support Pack $99 | * Lotus Notes Support Pack $99 | ||
Note these prices from an early version of the toolkit, packaging and prices changed later on | |||
==Author== | ==Author== | ||
* [[JBA Holdings|JBA Software Products Ltd.]] | |||
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[[Category: Tools]] | [[Category:Tools]][[Category:System i Tools]][[Category:C++]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]] | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 30 December 2014
Description
C++ development environment and an application generator for OS/2 that was later ported to 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 a proprietary event driven fourth generation language called JOT, Guidelines then generated C++ code and you compiled it with your choice of C++ compatible compiler suite. The system was fully cross development compatible, i.e. software developed on OS/2 could be ported to Windows without any change and the other way around as well. In addition the company offered optional Client/Server back ends for AS/400, Unix SQL servers and ODBC.
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.
Version
- Latest OS/2 version: Version 3.21 (Designer 4.07a) 1995-Oct-16.
- Known fixpack: Mod65 - 1995 - There was almost certainly a later version than this of both the fixpack and the program itself, but we have not been able to find it.
Prerequisites
One of the following C++ compiler products:
Early versions of the software required IBM C SET++ 2.01 or IBM VisualAge 3.0 C++ OS/2 and the OS/2 Developers Toolkit to compile the Guidelines output, later versions will not support C SET.
Publications
- Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days by mtalexa@ibm.net
License
- Commercial, now discontinued.
The retail price for JBA Guidelines was :
- Professional Developers Kit $595
- Client/Server Connectivity $995
- MS Windows Code Generation $395
- Database Connectivity Pack (ODBC) $395
- Lotus Notes Support Pack $99
Note these prices from an early version of the toolkit, packaging and prices changed later on