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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.]] | [[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 | 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 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 | 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]]. | ||
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. | 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== | ==Version== | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=JBA+guidelines Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days] by mtalexa@ibm.net | * [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=JBA+guidelines Teach yourself JBA Guidelines in 21 days] by mtalexa@ibm.net | ||
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* [ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/cplusplus/gbase31.zip Demo version of Gudelines 3.1] - From hobbes | |||
==License== | ==License== | ||
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Revision as of 23:51, 30 December 2014
Description
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.
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 3.21 (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
Links
- Demo version of Gudelines 3.1 - From hobbes
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