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Documentation

IBM OS/2 Toolkit Information (IBM Copyright Permission #25218)

• IBM OS/2 16/32-bit Linear eXecutable Module Format (LX) Specification, PDF.
• ADDENDUM.INF Programming Guide and Reference Addendum, INF, PDF
• ALPREF.INF ALP Programming Guide and Reference
• DNAL1MST.INF SystemView Agent DMI Programmer's Guide .
• DPIL1MST.INF SystemView Agent DMI Programmer's Guide
• MMAPG.INF Multimedia Application Programming Guide.
• MMREF1.INF Multimedia Programming Reference, Part 1 of 3 .
• MMREF2.INF Multimedia Programming Reference, Part 2 of 3 .
• MMREF3.INF Multimedia Programming Reference, Part 3 of 3 .
• MMSSPG.INF Multimedia Subsystem Programming Guide .
• NMAKE32.INF Enhanced Program Maintenance Utility (NMAKE32).
• OGLBASE.INF OpenGL Programming Reference .
• OMFREF.HTM IBM OS/2 16/32-bit Object Module Format (OMF) Specification
• OPEN32.INF Open32 Programming Guide and Reference .
• PDGUIDE.INF Problem Determination Programmer's Guide .
• PMBDTECH.INF Bidirectional Language Programming Guide .
• RC16.INF Legacy Resource Compiler Guide and Reference .
• REXXPG.INF Object REXX Programming Guide .
• RXSTRING.TXT RXSTRING Library of Functions.
• SG244640.INF The OS/2 Debugging Handbook (SG24-4640-00) .
• SRVFPQR.INF OS/2 Server Family Programming GReference .
• TCPPR.INF TCP/IP Version 4.21 Programming Reference .
• TOOLSREF.INF Tools Reference .
• UNIAPI.htm Unicode Programming Reference .
• USETLKT.INF Using Your Toolkit .
• XPG4REF.INF C Library Reference.

IBM OS/2 Toolkit Information (IBM External Submission #24167)

• Control Program Programming Guide and Reference
• GPI Guide and Reference
• Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference
• System Object Model Programming Guide
• System Object Model Programming Reference
• Workplace Shell Programming Reference
• Workplace Shell Programming Guide

IBM Device Driver Development Kit 2004 (IBM External Submission #21953)

• AP2 - Automated Audio Device Driver Test Tool
• Assembly Language Processor (ALP) Assembler Reference
• Display Device Driver Reference for OS/2
• Graphics Adapter Device Driver Reference
• Input Output Device Driver Reference
• LAN Device Driver Documentation
• MMPM/2 Device Driver Reference
• Object-Oriented OS2 Audio Device Driver Samples
• Pen for OS2 Device Driver Reference
• Physical Device Driver Reference
• Presentation Device Driver Reference for OS2
• Printer Device Driver
• Storage Device Driver Reference
• Using Your DDK
• Virtual Device Driver Reference for OS2
• Basic USB Device Driver Stack for OS/2 Warp Programmer’s Reference. Version 1.1 (02/22/2002)

IBM OS/2 Development Related Contents

• OS/2 Application Binary Interfase for PowerPC (32-BIT) by IBM - (Dec 8, 1995)
• IBM OS2 16-32-BIT Object Module Format (OMF) and Linear Executablet Module Format (LX) - lx386 By IBM - (Oct 9, 1996)
• The System Object Model (SOM) and the Component Object Model (COM): A comparison of technologies summarized by IBM - (May 16, 1994)
• OpenDoc/SOM and OLE/COM Presentation by Berthold Reinwald
• Object-Oriented Programming in OS/2 2.0 Using SOM by Roger Sessions and Nurcan Coskun
• OS/2 Network Related Presentations by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 11

IBM Developer Connection Volume 11

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 10

Developer Connection News (April 1996)

• Tips & Techniques - Java - April 1996
• Tips & Techniques - LAN Systems - April 1996
• Q's & A's - April 1996
• IBM Revamps Developer Support
• PV - Program Visualizer Technical Information
• Go Cross Platform With the Developer Connection by Jackie Walker
• Java - An Exciting World of Opportunities by David Mounce
• What's New on Volume 10? by Karen Foley
• Using the IBM Developer API Extensions for OS/2 Warp by Todd Crowe
• Finally... Software MPEG Video Playback! by Lauren Post
• OpenDoc for AIX by Leigh Williamson
• Mustering DCE Registry Objects with the Managed Object Class Library by Theodore Shrader and Gregg Wilson
• Strategies for Using the DCE Managed Object Class Library by Theodore Shrader and Gregg Wilson
• Enabling DCE Application Servers for System Management by Rick Cohen and Umesh Khatwani
• DSS Directory Services by Joe Lucas
• 32-Bit Memory Management in OS/2 by Monte Copeland
• DBCS Enabling of Applications by John Howard
• The Power of Hyperwise by Cathy Longenberger
• SMARTsort: The Choice for Handling Workstation Data by Tony Gilbert
• PMCX: A Combined Solution by Matt Smith, Prominare, Inc.

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 9

IBM Developer Connection Volume 9

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 7

Developer Connection News (April 1995)

• Operating System Evolution by Jeri Dube and Paul Giangarra
• VisualAge C++. A panoramic View by Jim Williams
• Evolving the Blueprint for visibility through integration by Ken Ast and John Sweitzer
• Setting the Stage for Object REXX scripting by Mike Baryla
• Hello World: Part II, OpenDoc Views and Presentation Types by Robert Tycast
• Workplace Shell Processes and Threads by Deepa Desai
• Development Tools for OS/2 for the PowerPC by Robert Spinneweber
• Migrating Your Source Code to OS/2 Warp, Part 2 by Ingrid Rodriguez
• The Road to the Final Four by Yvonne Nonte Stoetzel and Gregg Mason
• One Call Does It All by Monte Copeland
• Writing Multithreaded Graphics Programs by Kelvin R. Lawrence
• APIs and Frameworks by Robert J. Knaus
• Writing OS/2 Device Drivers with WATCOM C by Joseph Nord and Robert Rose
• Hyperwise: What's New in Version 2? by IBM
• Q's and A's - April 1995 by Amir Kolsky
• Tips and Techniques - April 1995 by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 6

Developer Connection News (January 1995)

• A Diary of a Programmer's Vacation in Florida by Randell S. Flint
• Countdown to PowerPC by Scott L. Winters
• Delivering the OS/2 API Commitment by Jeri Dube
• OS/2 for the PowerPC: The Development Environment by Jay A. Tunkel
• Writing OpenDoc Part Handlers: Hello World by Robert Tycast
• On the Road with Object REXX by Mike Baryla
• The Enhanced Workplace Shell Programming Interface in OS/2 Warp Version 3 by Cathy Bloomfield
• Workplace Shell and DSOM: Together at Last by Eric Osmann
• Migrating Your Source Code to OS/2 Warp by Ingrid Rodriguez
• OS/2 for the PowerPC: Development Tools Coming Online Fast! by IBM
• Using the OS/2 Workplace Shell and DirectToSOM C++ by Robert Warren
• DDTT: A New API Test Tool by Vince Rapp
• Personalize Your OS/2 Warp Boot Screen by Allen Wynn and Joe Polimeni
• Extend Your Programs with REXX by Monte Copeland
• Monitoring Display Driver Interface Calls by Mike Cooper
• The Merging of Object-Oriented and Distributed Systems by Rob High
• Q's and A's - January 1995 by IBM
• Tips and Techniques - January 1995 by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 5

Developer Connection News (September 1994)

• Workplace: Advancing the State of the Art by Miles Barel and Jeri Dube
• What's in it for me? - Workplace by IBM
• DIVEing into OS/2 Games! by Darren Dobkin
• OS/2 Enters the DSP Age by Linden deCarmo
• The Long Road by Sheila Harnett
• Fonts R Us! by Kelvin R. Lawrence
• Going the Extra Yard by Yvonne Nonte Stoetzel and Gregg Mason
• What's New for Programmers in LAN Server 4.0 by Tom Herrick
• Using the CTOI Tool by Amy Conner
• Getting the Bugs Out with IPMD by Patrick Gerstle
• Extra Extra!! by Michelle Harr and Tina Lemire
• Easing the Windows to OS/2 Migration Path Using Common Functions by Jeff English, One Up Corporation
• Is That Valid? by Matt Smith
• New and Improved: The GRE22 Printer Device Driver Model by Michael R. Cooper and Monte Copeland
• A Sample GRE22 Hardcopy Driver by IBM
• Making your OS/2 Device Driver APM-Aware by Frank J. Schroeder
• Writing OpenDoc Part Handlers: Hello World by Robert Tycast
• More Cool Stuff by IBM
• Tips - September 1994 by IBM
• Q's and A's - September 1994 by IBM
• The Road to Hyperwise! by Cathy Longenberger

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 4

Developer Connection News (June 1994)

• Creating Animation for MMPM/2 by Darren Dobkin
• Open Scripting Architecture: Scripting for the Masses by Robert Tycast
• OpenDoc Glossary by IBM
• Insights - It's Renewal Time by IBM
• Writing Object Oriented Multimedia I/O Procedures by Ron Jones
• What Is the Future of OS/2 Multimedia? by Brad Noe
• Snapshot of the PSP LAN Systems API Strategy by Kim Wilkens
• An Introduction to Universal Language Support by Lisa Abbott
• Internationalization Glossary by IBM
• The OS/2 Debug Kernel by Charlie Schmitt and Monte Copeland
• Creating CID-Enabled Installations by Andrei Malacinski, Ken Greenlee, and Ernie Lovenhouse
• A Closer Look at Software Installer by IBM
• Filling You In: Areas, Paths, and Clipping by Kelvin R. Lawrence
• Ready! Set! Build! by Yvonne Nonte Stoetzel and Gregg Mason
• Communication Between OS/2 and WIN-OS/2 - Part 3 by David Kenner
• Sharing the Parallel Port by Frank J. Schroeder
• Q's and A's - Jun 1994 by IBM
• Tips 'N Techniques - Jun 1994 by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 3

Developer Connection News (March 1994)

• Initializers and Destructors in SOM by Scott H. Danforth
• Workplace OS/2: Just Good Old OS/2 ... For the PowerPC! by Scott Winters and Jeri Dube
• Workplace OS/2 and OS/2 32-Bit API Strategy by Ken Borgendale and Arnold Bramnick
• 10 Tips to Effective Multimedia Programs by Linden deCarmo
• OpenDoc Technology: Basic Concepts by Robert Tycast
• Bento Technology by Kirk Searls
• SMART Review by Ingrid Rodriguez
• The Shell Game - Alternative Shells for OS/2 by Monte Copeland
• Avoiding the Build Lab Blues by Gregg Mason and Yvonne Nonte Stoetzel
• Communication Between OS/2 and WIN-OS/2 Processes by David Kenner
• What is a Transform? by IBM
• Using Transforms in your PM Graphics Applications by Kelvin R. Lawrence
• New Tricks for Dynamic Linking on the OS/2 2.x Operating System (Part 2) by John Keenleyside
• DDK Notes - March 1994 by Tony Arcuri
• Tips 'N Techniques - March 1994 by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 2

Developer Connection News (November 1993)

• LIFE AFTER MAXIMUM ENTROPY or Operating Systems Unification at Last by Scott L. Winters and Jeri Dube
• OpenDoc: An Idea Whose Time has Come! by Robert Tycast
• Side by Side Comparison - OpenDoc vs. OLE2
• The OS/2 Graphics Subsystem in the Workplace OS Family by Kelvin R. Lawrence
• Snap! Crack! Bang! With OS/2 2.1 Multimedia Support (Part 2) by Gary G. Allran
• Modifying Your PM Programs for Pen for OS/2 by Vera Dulaney and Kevin Lee
• Maximizing the Audio Support in OS/2 2.1 by Linden deCarmo
• 32-Bit OS/2 Exception Management by Monte Copeland
• Communication between OS/2 and Windows Processes by David Kenner
• Migrating Windows Applications to OS/2: Making it Work by Jeff English. One Up Corporation
• The Five Phases of the Porting Process
• New Tricks for Dynamic Linking On The OS/2 2.x Operating System by John Keenleyside
• Why DLLs?
• KwikINF (Quick Information Access into Online References) by Paul Brightly
• DDK Notes - Nov 1993 by Judith A. Courter
• DDK Q's and A's - Nov 1993 by IBM
• Tips 'N Techniques - Nov 1993 by IBM

The Developer Connection for OS/2 Volume 1

Developer Connection News (August 1993)

• IBM Ships Premiere Issue of The Developer Connection for OS/2 by David Kenner
• Workplace OSs: Doors to the Future by Paul Giangarra
• An Open Letter from the Publisher and Product Manager of The Developer Connection for OS/2 by Barbara J. Britt
• A Snapshot of the IBM Personal Operating Systems Strategy by Sam Kahn
• Pen for OS/2 by Judy Schwait
• Snap! Crack! Bang! With OS/2 2.1 Multimedia Support - Part 1 by Gary G. Allran
• Multithreading Presentation Manager Applications by Monte Copeland
• Creating Multithreaded Applications with WATCOM VX-REXX by Brian Vink
• Graphics Interface Kit/2 Brings Ease to Creating GUIs
• Graphics Interface Kit/2 and The Developer Connection for OS/2 by Seth Eilbott
• IBM Device Driver Source Kit for OS/2 by Judith A. Courter
• Question and Answers - August 1993 by IBM

Links

• HOW TO CONVERT FROM 2.1 BASE VIDEO INTO 3.0 BASE VIDEO IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MONITOR CONFIGURATION FEATURE OF THE 3.0 SYSTEM ICON
• Device Drivers for OS/2 2.x are compatible with OS/2 Warp V3 and do not require additional modifications.
• Driver Development Support Center's (DDSC) Cyber DUDE
• GRADD FAQ
• OS/2 keyboard translate table design
• Developing NDIS LAN device drivers FAQ
• How do I get started writing OS/2 device drivers
• OS/2 OO Books: A Roadmap
• VIDEO PLAYBACK - NO AUDIO BUG
• SOME WATCOM COMPILER TIPS FROM DUDE USERS
• Introduction to DASD, SCSI and CD-ROM Programming Interfases
• Developer Guide for OS/2 for SMP Version 2.11
• OS/2 Resource Manager Architecture
• Device Driver FAQ
• OS/2 Hardware Compatibility List 1995
• OS/2 & LAN Systems Development Tools Guide
• New XGA Display Driver Entry Points
• New VGA Display Driver Entry Points
• Developer Connection DDK Transitional Questions and Answers
• NDIS Implementation Information for IBM LAN Systems - OS/2 Messaging and National Language Support
• INSTALLABLE FILE SYSTEMS FOR OS/2 VERSION 2.0
• SAMPLE CODE CHUNKS, FROM A DEVICE DRIVER

Developer Support News

• [1] 1994 Issue 1 - 17 January 1994
• [2] 1994 Issue 2 - 15 February 1994
• [3] 1994 Issues 2 and 3 - 15 February 1994
• [4] 1994 Issue 4 - 15 March 1994
• [5] 1994 Issue 5 - 15 April 1994
• [6] 1994 Issue 6 - 13 May 1994
• [7] 1994 Issue 7 - 15 June 1994
• [8] 1994 Issue 9 - 27 July 1994
• [9] 1994 Issue 11 - 14 September 1994
• [10] 1994 Issue 12 - 14 October 1994
• [11] 1994 Issue 13 - 14 October 1994
• [12] 1994 Issue 14 - 15 November 1994
• [13] 1994 Issue 15 - 15 December 1994
• [] 1995 Issue 2 - 15 February 1995