Category:SOM Articles

EDM/2 Wiki Articles

SOM

• First steps with the SOM compiler by Prokushev (May 2007)
• Interface Definition Language by Prokushev (May 2007)
• Emitter Framework by Prokushev (July 2008)
• How to program for the WPS from netlabs.org (March 2005?)
• Introduction to SOM by Prokushev (November 2004)
• How I write my WPS Objects by By Mindy Pollack (1999)

WPS

• How to program for the WPS from netlabs.org (2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 1 by Doodle (January 2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 2 by Doodle (January 2005)
• Creating modules for Doodle's Screen Saver - Part 3 by Doodle (June 2005)
• WorkPlace Shell Programming In Assembler/2 by Micho Durdevich

EDM/2 Classic Articles

SOM

• Calling PM APIs from AVIO Sessions by Roman Stangl (August 1998)
• An Introduction to DSOM. by Gordon Zeglinski (April 1995)
• A Look at What's New in SOM 2.1. by Gordon Zeglinski (February 1995)
• Using C++ Objects in SOM. by Gordon Zeglinski (January 1995)
• Some benchmarks of SOM vs C++ based objects. by Gordon Zeglinski (November 1994)
• The use of SOM to mirror the C++ object. by Gordon Zeglinski (October 1994)
• SOM's OOP modelfrom the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit. by Gordon Zeglinski (September 1994)
• Threads in PM Applications by Larry Salomon Jr. (November 1993)

WPS

• Work Place Shell Programming by Chris Palchak
  • Part 1 Creating the SOM IDL module; Compile the IDL code; Make the C++ DLL; Register the new WPS class; Create objects of the new class. by Chris Palchak (October 1997)
  • Part 2 The code that needs to be added to the C++ program from part 1; How to write a settings page dialog in C++. by Chris Palchak (November 1997)
  • Part 3 Referencing WPS objects from a C++ program; Referencing the EA's attached to a WPDataFile child object; Saving EA's when a file is overwritten. by Chris Palchak (December 1997)
  • Part 4 The creation of the ChartFolder class. by Chris Palchak (January 1998)
• The Making of CandyBarZ by Matt Wagner (October 1997)
• Programming the WPS Using the UICL Some shared experiences to easily write applications which are completely integrated into the WPS using the UICL. by Juergen Riedl (August 1995)
• WPS Programming the Easy Way. Part 1 Overview of Object-oriented and SOM-programming, the first WPS-class. by Frank Matthijs (September 1994)
• WPS Programming the Easy Way. Part 2 Expanding the class and improving WPS integration. by Frank Matthijs (October 1994)
• Workplace Shell Development 101 Creating a class that can send all the files dropped on the program object to the associated program as a series of parameters. by Björn Fahller (March 1994)
• Utilizing Hooks for Added Capabilities by Larry Salomon Jr. (January 1994)
• Road Map for the Workplace Shell An introduction to the internal structure of the WPS. by David Campbell (April 1993)
• Writing a Direct Manipulation Spy Writing a Direct Manipulation Spy by Larry Salomon Jr. (December 1993)
• Development of a New Window Class - Part 1 by Larry Salomon Jr. (July/August/September 1993)
• Development of a New Window Class - Part 2 by Larry Salomon Jr. (October 1993)

External Articles

• IBM's System Object Model by F.R. Campagnoni(January 01, 1994)
• Object-Oriented Programming in OS/2 2.0 - Using SOM by Roger Sessions and Nurcan Coskun (1992)
• SOM at IBM Library server
• IBM Workplace Shell Programming Guide

Public Resources

• SOMGUIDE.INF - System Object Model Programming Guide by IBM
• SOMREF.INF - System Object Model Programming Reference by IBM
• WPS1.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 1 of 3 by IBM
• WPS2.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 2 of 3 by IBM
• WPS3.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Reference, Part 3 of 3 by IBM
• WPSGUIDE.INF - Workplace Shell Programming Guide by IBM