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NEW OS/2 DEVELOPMENT TOOL: WATCOM's VX-REXX Object Development Kit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca)
Thu Aug 31 12:47:47 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 10:05:45 GMT
From: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca
Reply-To: giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca
Submitted by: Eric Giguere (giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca)
Source: Eric Giguere (giguere@csg.uwaterloo.ca)
Date received: 1995 August 29
Date posted: 1995 August 31
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POWERSOFT'S WATCOM PRODUCTS DIVISION SHIPS
WATCOM VX-REXX OBJECT DEVELOPMENT KIT
Enables the Creation of Objects for
VX-REXX's Development Environment
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, August 29, 1995 -- Powersoft's Watcom
Products Division today announced shipment of the Watcom VX-REXX
Object Development Kit for OS/2. With the Object Development Kit
(ODK), developers can easily create native VX-REXX objects and
seamlessly incorporate these objects into the Watcom VX-REXX
development environment.
Watcom VX-REXX is an award-winning visual development environment for
creating OS/2 applications with rich graphical user interfaces. It
combines a project management facility, a visual designer and an
interactive source level debugger to deliver an easy to use and highly
productive visual development environment. The ODK extends the power
of VX-REXX by enabling the creation of new objects and enhancing the
functionality of existing objects.
"Our customers and vendor partners will benefit from the ease with
which they can create and customize objects using the VX-REXX Object
Development Kit," said Dave Boswell, vice president of marketing,
Powersoft's Watcom Products Division. "This increased flexibility
will enable developers to create more powerful OS/2 applications."
Easy Object Creation and Management
Using the Object Development Kit, developers familiar with C
programming and the System Object Model (SOM), can quickly and easily
create VX-REXX custom objects.
"The Watcom VX-REXX Object Development Kit is a blazingly fast tool
for ISVs who are developing repackageable VX-REXX objects," said Doug
Bebber, president, DB Technologies, Inc. "It makes SOM much easier to
use and it extends the power of OS/2. The boost to our productivity
is surprising -- developing VX-REXX objects has become a one-step
process."
Objects are packaged into dynamic link libraries, called object
libraries, which can then be loaded into the VX-REXX design
environment. The resulting objects appear in the VX-REXX tools window
and can be used in the same way as VX-REXX's pre-defined objects.
Starting a new object library is as simple as creating a new VX-REXX
project. A developer drags a project template, answers several
questions and the Object Development Kit generates all the necessary
header files, SOM class files and library files needed to build and
link the object library to VX-REXX's development environment. The new
class browser allows developers to easily view and modify the SOM
class hierarchy instead of directly editing SOM class files.
The Object Development Kit's documentation describes in detail the
VX-REXX architecture, how to build and debug object libraries, common
traps and pitfalls to avoid, how to build bound controls and includes
a complete reference of all the functions and methods. Several
working examples are also provided with complete source code.
Pricing and Availability
Watcom VX-REXX Object Development Kit Version 2.1 is currently
available at a suggested retail price of $199 and includes software
and printed documentation. Objects created with the VX-REXX Object
Development Kit may be distributed royalty-free.
In addition to the VX-REXX ODK, a C compiler, the IBM OS/2 2.1 Toolkit
and Watcom VX-REXX Version 2.1 are required for object development.
Supported C compilers include Watcom C/C++ Version 10.0 or later and
IBM CSet Version 2.1.
Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Powersoft's Watcom Products
Division is a leading developer of application development tools and
PC SQL database products. Watcom VX-REXX is an award-winning visual
development environment for creating OS/2 applications with rich
graphical user interfaces. Watcom SQL delivers the simplicity,
openness, scalability and cost-effectiveness required for mobile,
desktop and workgroup environments. Watcom's C/C++ products offer
industry- leading optimizing compiler technology for Intel-based PCs.
Powersoft Corporation is a division of Sybase, Inc.
For more information on Watcom and its products, please visit the
company's World Wide Web site at http://www.watcom.com/. Sample
objects are available in the VX-REXX section.
Sybase, Powersoft, and Watcom are trademarks of Sybase, Inc. or its
subsidiaries. All other company and product names may be trademarks
of the respective companies with which they are associated.
