who wrote to ALL:

 EC> Anyone have any exposure to IBM's recent release of
 EC> VisualAge; maybe the  beta CD release?
Visual Age C++ for OS/2.
It is a new name for CSet++/2 v.3.0. The theme for this release
is OBJECTS :-)
The Visual Builder is a C++ version of the 'Visual Age Smalltalk'.
Though it seems that the C++ builder is the same slow Smalltalk
version.

 EC> If anyone if familiar with GuideLines, how does VisualAge
 EC> compare ...  does VA generate complete programs, make files,
 EC> resource, etc? 
It is NOT familiar. OK, it's a visual builder like Guidelines, but
Visual Age is more like an Object builder.
It generates UICL C++ Code for the C++ Compiler.
One problem I think is the support for resource file managment when you
are compiling to different languages (support for resource DLL's). But
IBM is said to be working on it.

 EC> Is there easy access to object properties and events?
 EC> Is there a good supple of objects?
YES! And you can define your own...parts...

 EC> How does it compare to products for Windows, such as
 EC> VisualBasic,  Delphi, PowerBuilder?

You need 32 MB of RAM on your Pentium if you're an Object developer!

Med venlig hilsen
     Henrik Falk (hfalk{at}ibm.net) 
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