-=> Quoting Peter Fitzsimmons to Phil Crown <=- 

 PC> How is Watcom for making PM apps?  I thought I read that it is "not the
 PC> best compiler" when it comes to making PM apps, but I don't remember
 PC> what it is lacking?

 PF> Watcom will _compile_ PM programs just fine;  And if you are happy
 PF> with the standard IBM toolkit PM tools (ie: dlgedit.exe) you'll be
 PF> happy to know that Watcom includes the IBM Toolkit.   What watcom does
 PF> not have is an OS/2 version of its fancy Windows resource editor.

It also seem to be lacking in the PM IDE, from what I've read in
comp.os.os2.programmer.*  I think the editor is the main complaint.

That's not a big problem, I use QEdit and compile from the command most
of the time anyway.

 PF> Many people aren't happy with dlgedit (I am;  it's a hell of a lot
 PF> better than the old dlgbox.exe from the os/2 1.x days).  If you have
 PF> been used to Borland's "resource workshop",  it will feel
like a big
 PF> step backwards (except that dlgedit doesn't trap every 5 mins). 
 PF> Youmight want to check out URE (on recent devcons,  inside of the
 PF> Toolkit),  or a less buggy version of the same thing: Prominare
 PF> Designer Lite (ftp://prominare.com/pub/prominare/pdlite.zip). 
 PF> I've got the full-blown Prominare Designer (it even spits out some
 PF> nice skeleton C/C++/OWL/ICLUI/Others code),  but I don't grok it.

 PC> Does Watcom have a PM C++ Class Library included?

 PF> No.

I've found a nice little C++ Class Library that supports all the major
compilers, is free and comes with complete source code. OCL120.ZIP,
v1.30 is due out soon.  Using this lib will make switching compilers a
breeze, theoretically. :-)

Also, since its under development, and I'm learning C++, I can mature
along with the library, theoretically... :-)

Phil - Fido:  1:124/8014.0 | Internet:  phil.crown{at}bluecafe.com

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