CA-Realizer

Description

A cross platform visual business Basic development system for 32 bit OS/2 and 16 bit MS Windows that offered a number of RAD tools including a forms builder, report writer etc., and an exellent debugger. Later versions were also delivered in a separate 32bit Windows version although initially it compiled 16 bit Windows executables only but the last version offered target support for Win3.1 32s, WinNT and Win95. Original list price was US$ 247 (1994).

Note that software developed under versions 1 and 2 of the compiler does not work under Windows 2000 or later. Software developed with version 3 will work in any 32bit version of windows including Windows 10 Preview, but apparently not in any of the 64 bit version unless it is specifically compiled for the WinNT target.

Versions

• CA Realizer v.1.0 1992
• CA Realizer v.2.0 1993 - v.2.07 1994 (Last known version of the 2x branch that has full OS/2 support)
• Last known version: CA Realizer v3.0a 1996

Author

• Computer Associates
• Within Technologies (Original Author)

Publications

• Straley's Guide to Programming with CA-Realizer ISBN:0201409445 (Book - Covers Windows and OS/2 programming using v2 of the CA Realizer tool)
• A 1994 review of version 2 from Info World
• A review of CA Realizer v2 by Computerworld