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echo: os2prog
to: Mike Bilow
from: James Laine
date: 1996-02-11 20:23:44
subject: Re: Watcom C++ ??

-=> Quoting Mike Bilow to James Laine <=-

 MB> Following up a message from James McCarte to James Laine:
 
 JM> Beware, though, the OS/2 target programs are only compatible 
 JM> with OS/2 up to version 2.1, NOT WARP! 

 MB> This is ridiculous.  Watcom supplies the old OS/2 2.1 Toolkit, not the
 MB> OS/2 Warp Toolkit.  However, this just means that there are no header
 MB> files or import libraries for those rare features which were added
 MB> between 2.1 and Warp.  If you make a program targeted to 2.1, it will
 MB> run on Warp.  The only exception is if the program is SOM-enabled, in
 MB> which case some special circumstances apply. 
 MB> Furthermore, if you get the OS/2 Warp Toolkit from somewhere else,
 MB> such as DevCon, then it will work with Watcom. 

Hi Mike.

Would you mind explaining what SOM is please.

Also, could you please discuss the DevCon toolkit, and how it would work if I 
had Watcom.

Thanks.


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