Category:PM Articles

EDM/2 Wiki Articles

• Controlling PM Controls by Alessandro Cantatore (Feb 2002)
• Implementing Flyout Menus in OS/2 by Mike La Martina (May 1999)
• Mnemonics in Dialog Boxes by Stefan Ruck (Sep 1998)
• Calling PM from AVIO Applications by Roman Stangl (Aug 1998)
• How do I? by Eric Slaats
  • Part 19 (Aug 1998)
  • Part 18 (Jul 1998)
  • Part 17 (May 1998)
  • Part 16 (Apr 1998)
  • Part 15 (Feb 1998)
  • Part 14 (Jan 1998)
  • Part 13 (Nov 1997)
  • Part 12 (Oct 1997)
  • Part 11 (Sep 1997)
  • Part 10 (Aug 1997)
  • Part 9 (Jul 1997)
  • Part 8 (May 1997)
  • Part 7 (Apr 1997)
  • Part 6 (Mar 1997)
  • Part 5 (Feb 1997)
  • Part 4 (Jan 1997)
  • Part 3 (Dec 1996)
  • Part 2 (Nov 1996)
  • Part 1 (Oct 1996)
• Split Views and Toolbars by Sergey I. Yevtushenko (Apr 1998)
• Dynamic Control Formatting by Alger Pike (Dec 1997)
• The Making of CandyBarZ by Matt Wagner (Oct 1997)
• Disabling a Window (Rectangle) by Roman Stangl (Oct 1997)
• Notebook Key Processing by Roman Stangl (Aug 1997)
• Fitting a Notebook into a Dialog by Roman Stangl (Jul 1997)
• Assembly Language Programming for OS/2 Presentation Manager by Micho Durdevich
• Bubble help by Eric Slaats (Dec 1995)
• OS/2 Frequently Asked Questions (PM Related) by Dean Roddey (Nov 1995)
• Easy Buttonbars by Eric Slaats (Sep 1995)
• Using a DLL for a PM hook by Roger Orr (May 1995)
• Programming for the OS/2 PM in C by Rick Papo (Nov 1998)
• OS/2 v4.0 Notebooks by Stephane Bessette (Mar 1998)
• Writing Multithreaded Graphics Programs by Kelvin R. Lawrence (Apr 1995)
• Building an Editor by Eric Slaats and Marc Mittelmeijer
  • Part 1 (Apr 1995)
  • Part 2 (Jun 1995)
  • Part 3 (Nov 1995)
• The Infinitely Floating Spinbutton by Marc Mittelmeijer and Eric Slaats (Feb 1995)
• Introduction to PM Programming by Larry Salomon Jr. (1993-1995)
  • A new intro, Events, Resources and Handles (Dec 1993)
  • Basic concepts and components of a simple app (Jan 1994)
  • The window procedure (Feb 1994)
  • Dialog boxes and resource files (Mar 1994)
  • Tdialog procedures and its controls (Apr 1994)
  • The dialog procedure continued and the first window class (WC_ENTRYFIELD) (May 1994)
  • WC_ENTRYFIELD cont., it's messages and associated concepts (Jun 1994)
  • WC_LISTBOX class, its use, limitations and messages(some) (Jul 1994)
  • nameDlgProc() and Listboxes (Sep 1994)
  • WC_BUTTON class (Oct 1994)
  • Ownerdrawn control and Button control (Nov 1994)
  • WC_LISTBOX class (Dec 1994)
  • Ownerdrawn capabilities of the WC_LISTBOX class. (Jan 1995)
  • WC_TITLEBAR and WC_STATIC classes (Feb 1995)
  • WC_MENU class (Apr 1995)
  • WC_MENU class continued (May 1995)
  • A sample app. with a menu control (Jun 1995)
  • Popup Menus, interacting messages for the menu control and neat possibilities for menus (Sep 1995)
  • WC_SCROLLBAR class (Mar 1994)
  • The use of scrollbars in an application (Dec 1995)
  • The slider classes (Feb 1996)
• Programming the OS/2 Switch List by Roger Orr (December 1994)

• The Design and Implementation of VIOWIN by Larry Salomon Jr.
  • Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
  • Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
• Sprites and Animation by Larry Salomon Jr.(May/Jul 1994)
  • Part 1 (May 1994), Part 2 (May 1994)
  • Part 3 (Jul 1994), Part 4
• Filling You In: Areas, Paths, and Clipping by Kelvin R. Lawrence (Jun 1994)
• Using Transforms in your PM Graphics Applications by Kelvin R. Lawrence (Mar 1994)
• Utilizing Hooks for Added Capabilities by Larry Salomon Jr. (Jan 1994)
• Sample program for OS/2 Drag/Drop facilities by Rick Fishman (Dec 1993)
• Writing a Direct Manipulation Spy by Larry Salomon Jr. (Dec 1993)
• Modifying Your PM Programs for Pen for OS/2 by Vera Dulaney and Kevin Lee (Nov 1993)
• Threads in PM Applications by Larry Salomon Jr. (Nov 1993)
• C++ Encapsulation of PM by Gordon Zeglinski (Jul/Aug/Sep 1993)
• Programming the Container Control by Larry Salomon Jr. (May/Oct 1993)
  • Part 1 (May/Jun 1993)
  • Part 2 (Jul/Aug/Sep 1993)
  • Part 3 (Oct 1993)
• Programming the OS/2 Container Control: By Example by Peter Haggar and Peter Brightbill (1993)
• Programming the OS/2 Container Control: The Basics by Peter Haggar and Peter Brightbill (1993)
• Multithreading Presentation Manager Applications by Monte Copeland (August 1993)
• Development of a New Window Class by Larry Salomon Jr.
  • Part 1 (Jul/Aug/Sep 1993)
  • Part 2 (Oct 1993)
• Introduction and a bare-bones PM application by Gavin Baker
  • Introduction (Mar 1993)
  • Processes and Threads (Apr 1993)
  • Resources (May/Jun 1993)
• Drawing your own listboxes by Roger Orr (Apr 1991)

EDM/2 Classic Articles

• Hooking: TSRs Invade PM by Michael Shillingford (Jan 1997)
• The Unofficial guide to the Palette Manager by Raja Thiagarajan (Mar 1993)

Related Categories

• SOM Articles

External Articles

• Programming for the OS/2 PM in C by Rick Papo, Gyetván András (Nov 1998) (English and Hungarian)
• Microfocus COBOL - Chapter 14: Presentation Manager Applications (16-bit)
• Microfocus COBOL - Chapter 15: Presentation Manager Applications (32-bit)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: OS/2 Presentation Manager for Mac Programmers by Dan Weston
• PM Programs and Non-PM Programs By Charles Petzold - PC Magazine (May 1989)
• Jan M. Danielsson: Multithreading PM applications

Public Resources

• PM1.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 1 of 5 by IBM
• PM2.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 2 of 5 by IBM
• PM3.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 3 of 5 by IBM
• PM4.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 4 of 5 by IBM
• PM5.INF - Presentation Manager Programming Guide and Reference, Part 5 of 5 by IBM
• Programming the OS/2 Presentation manager (text, samples) by Charles Petzold - Microsoft Press (1989)
• Presentation Manager Programming Model (9.1MB) by J. Pollock (1987)

Retail Books

see Presentation Manager Books