> If I want to learn OS/2 WPS programming from the ground up, what
> book/language combination is the best?  How would you recommend I get
> started?  How about video courses?  I've seen quite a bit of video courses
> teaching C, Visual Basic, etc. but none teaching C specificly for OS/2. 
> Does anyone know of one?

The best information is contained in the "Developer's Toolkit". 
You can get it on the "Developer's connection cd-rom", which is
published quarterly by IBM.  (Each new issue contains the newest version of
the toolkit.)

It has a whole folder full of online books on OS/2 programming.

First, I'd get used to single threaded text mode 32 bit programming, in C
and C++.  If you're using EMX (an excellent, FREE c++ compiler for OS/2),
the file "libref.doc" contains everything you need to know.  Then
the toolkit will get you up to speed with PM programming.

Multi-threading's pretty simple.  Use the _beginthread function mentioned
in libref.doc, and then the two types of semaphores you need (mutex
semaphores and event semaphores) are both explained in the toolkit help
files.

I'm thinking of writing a book on OS/2 programming if I get the time, but
who knows when that could be...

Rob
 
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