DM> I have used EMX/GCC to produce OS/2 and OS/2 PM executables.  However, I 
 DM> am not really interested in producing text-based 
 DM> applications;  I am interested in producing OS/2 PM 
 DM> apps (and possibly in the future - WPS 32-bit apps).  
 DM> Unfortunately, there is no resource editor for gcc2 
 DM> which was the reason I abandoned programming for OS/2 
 DM> and switched back to Win.    Many OS/2 compilers 
 DM> are too pricey and/or resource hogs.  Such as 
 DM> VisualAge C++.  It is too expensive, and even if it 
 DM> was given to me, I couldn't use because of it its 
 DM> RAM/HD space/processor needs.  

If you were to use only the portions of IBM VAC++ that are equivalent to
with EMX/GCC gives you,  as I do,  the above claim is not true.

In addition (with out much memory or disk use),  you also get a great GUI
based debugger,  and the choice of two simple dialog editors (not to be
confused with Visual Builder).

You also get a free issue of the devcon cdrom's (5 or 6 cd's now) when you
register it.

The "visual" part of IBM's compiler is written in SmallTalk,  and
is a resource hog.  It is quite powerful,  but not for me.  That doesn't
mean I still don't like/use the rest of the package.

 DM> The other day, I received DAPIE - Developer's API 
 DM> (Application Program Interface) Extensions or DAX 
 DM> version 1.0 by the FTN ibmNET.

 DM> Anyways, my question I wanted ask you how well does 
 DM> this DAPIE work with EMX/GCC? IBM Cset/va? Borland? 
 DM> Watcom? and others?

DAPIE officially supports IBM Cset++ 2.1 (I have been using it with VAC++
3.0 and Watcom 10.0).

 DM> out there?  Or is there a converter that could convert 
 DM> the resources created in BC++ for win to os2?

On the devcon cdroms there is a tool called SMART which does a good job at
converting resources, icons, bitmaps, and help.


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