Presentation Manager
Presentation Manager (PM) is the graphical user interface (GUI) that IBM and Microsoft introduced in version 1.1 of their operating system OS/2 in late 1988.
It is based on the IBM Systems Application Architecture (SAA) Common Programming Interface.
Documentation
Files
Presentation Manager on OS/2 Warp 4.5x is composed by the following files:
| Name | Comments | Alternative |
|---|---|---|
| BVHWNDW.DLL | A base video handler for textmode programs in PM windows. | |
| CYRIME.DLL | Cyrillic Input Method Editor (IME) for OS/2 PM. | |
| OS2SM.DLL | OS/2 session manager dynamic link library. | |
| PMATM.DLL | PM IFI: PM Adobe Type Manager dynamic link library. | |
| PMBIND.DLL | PM language binding dynamic link library. | |
| PMCLIP.DLL | PM Data Exchange: Related to clipboard functions. | |
| PMCTLS.DLL | PM controls dynamic link library. | |
| PMCTL.MSG | Error Messages for PMCTLS.DLL. | |
| PMCTL.REF | Core PM: PM Control Template file. | |
| PMDDE.DLL | PM Data Exchange: Dynamic Data Exchange Library. Exchange of OS/2 programs with Win16 programs. | |
| PMDDEML.DLL | PM Data Exchange: Dynamic Data Exchange Library. | |
| PMDRAG.DLL | Core PM: DLL Forwarder. PM drag/drop dynamic link library. | OSfree |
| PMGPI.DLL | Core PM: PM graphics programming interface dynamic link library. | |
| PMGRE.DLL | Core PM: DLL Forwarder. PM graphics engine dynamic link library. | OSFree |
| PMMERGE.DLL | Core PM: Presentation Manager API library. | |
| PMMLE.DLL | Core PM: DLL Forwarder. PM multiline entry dynamic link library. | OSFree |
| PMMRGRES.DLL | Core PM: Resource library for PMMERGE. Contains the current "window theme". | |
| PMPRE.DLL | PM IFI: PM presentation driver. | |
| PMPRINT.QPR | PM print queue processor. | |
| PROG.DLL | ||
| PMSDMRI.DLL | PM CUA control dynamic link library. | |
| PMSHAPI.DLL | Core PM: DLL Forwarder. PM shell APIs dynamic link library. | OFree |
| PMSHLTKT.DLL | Core PM: PM shell's dynamic link library. | |
| PMSHELL.EXE | Presentation Manager Shell Program. | |
| PMSPL.DLL | Core PM: PM spooler dynamic link library. | |
| PMTKT.DLL | PM shell's dynamic link library. | |
| PMUNIF.DLL | PM IFI: OS/2 PM Uni Font IFI Driver. | |
| PMVDMH.DLL | PM VDM: Win16. Support for seemless WinOS2. | |
| PMVDMP.DLL | PM VDM: DOS. PM virtual DOS machine private dynamic link library. | |
| PMVIOP.DLL | Core PM: PM VIO calls private dynamic link library. | |
| PMWIN.DLL | Core PM: DLL Forwarder. PM dynamic link library. | OSFree |
| SEAMLESS.DLL | PM VDM: Win16. Allows Win16 program present in a PM window list and participate in PM message exchange. | |
| SHIELD.DLL | PM VDM: . | |
| SHPIINST.DLL | PM Functions. | |
| TRUETYPE.DLL | PM IFI: A PM Truetype Font Driver. |
Articles
Publications
- OS/2 Warp 4 - PM1.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 1 of 5 [1]
- OS/2 Warp 4 - PM2.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 2 of 5 [2]
- OS/2 Warp 4 - PM3.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 3 of 5 [3]
- OS/2 Warp 4 - PM4.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 4 of 5 [4]
- OS/2 Warp 4 - PM5.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 5 of 5 [5]
- OS2 WARP V3 Presentation Manager Programming Guide: The Basics - 1994
- OS2 WARP V3 Presentation Manager Programming Guide: Advanced Topics - 1994
- OS2 WARP V3 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Volume 1 - 1994
- OS2 WARP V3 Presentation Manager Programming Reference Volume 2 - 1994
- OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide Volume I P/N 10G6261, Form # S10G-6261, ISBN 1-56529-154-9 [6]
- OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide Volume II P/N 10G6494, Form # S10G-6494, ISBN 1-56529-155-7 [7]
- OS/2 2.0 - Programming Guide Volume III P/N 10G6495, Form # S10G-6495, ISBN 1-56529-156-5 [8]
Replacements
- The FreePM project tried to clone Presentation Manager but the project was not finished.
- The OSFree Project produced some DLLs alternative for the forwarder DLLs.