Workplace Shell: Difference between revisions

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The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell used in OS/2 version 2.0, Warp 3 and Warp 4, and eComStation.

WPS is contructed on OS/2 over System Object Model (SOM) and Presentation Manager (PM). It is a set of objects that creates the desktop metaphor for OS/2's GUI.

Documentation

Workplace Shell API/Classes

Files

Name	Comments
COMETDLL.DLL
PMSPOOL.EXE	Support for the printer spool.
PMVDDROP.DLL	Drag'n'drop-related WPS class
PMWP.DLL	PM Workplace Shell dynamic link library
PMWP.MSG
PMWP.REP
PMWPMRI.DLL	PM Workplace Shell dynamic link library
WPCOMET.DLL
WPCONFIG.DLL	Workplace Shell configuration dynamic link library
WPCONMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell configuration dynamic link library
WPINET.DLL
WPPRINT.DLL	Workplace Shell printing dynamic link library.
WPPRTMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell printable translation support.
WPSTKMOU.DLL	Control panel objects DLL.
WPSTKMRI.DLL	Workplace Shell WPStkMou MRI.
WPVIDSYS.DLL	WPVideoSystem Class Library.

Articles

EDM/2 Articles

Replacements

xWorkplace improves and replaces some of the WPS Classes, but it is not a full replacement of WPS.

Links

Wokplace Shell at Wikipedia

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 || [[WPCONFIG.DLL]] || Workplace Shell configuration dynamic link library