Device Manage for OS/2

DevCon for OS/2 - Developer Connection

 		Operating systems:
ArcaOS, eComStation, IBM OS/2 Warp
eComStation myths 

(Unsorted)  
 
 
Compilers  
 
 
Tools  
 
 
REXX  
 
 
Drivers/kernel  
 
 

 

 

Additional control elements

 

 Name: File open container
Purpose: Find and select files
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: FOC

 

 

 Name: Toolbar
Purpose: Toolbar with square buttons
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Toolbar

 

 

 Name: URL Link
Purpose: Clickable line of text
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: URL Link

 

 

 Name: Message box
Purpose: Modern message box
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Message box

 

 

 Name: Edit color dialog box
Purpose: Easy color select for PM applications
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Color wheel
Developer: Alessandro Cantatore, Paul Ratcliffe

 

 

 

 Name: Progress bar
Purpose: Modern progress-bar: round, linear, with animation
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Progress bar

 

 

 Name: Calendar
Purpose: Calendar window
Documentation: Calendar
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)

 

 

 Name: STFV
Purpose: Simple text format viewer (HTML viewer)
Availability: Implemented, not published
Developer: Alessandro Cantatore

 

 

 Name: Image window
Purpose: Window to show pictures
Availability: Implemented, not published

 

 

 Name: Vivid ListBox
Purpose: Listbox ready to show pictures and text
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Vivid ListBox

 

 

 Name: Merlin notebook / XML
Purpose: Notebook, description is loaded from xml
Availability: eCo Software runtime (win)
Documentation: Merlin/XML

 

 

 Name: Application implemented as Dialog window
Purpose: If your application should be represented as dialog window
Developer: Victor Smirnoff
Documentation: Application / dialog window

 

 

 Name: About dialog
Purpose: Add About dialog to your program without efforts
Developer: eCo Software

 

There is no reason to implement:

  • Dialog to input registration key for shareware programs. Why? To prevent appearence of fake forms aimed to stole the reg.keys.

 


 

 

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop

PNG icons on Desktop. (instead of ancient .ico designed in 1994)

PNG icons on Desktop

eCo Software: it's a significant achievement that we have created PNG icons engine for OS/2 Desktop. and designed the set of system icons. In other words, we have modernized the external view of OS/2.

Now we can discuss how to attract new users.

// надо на ENG!!
Blonde Guy

Buy OS/2 application: OS/2 Doctor to analyze what is broken in OS/2 (15$)

 
Every conference is important.

Warpstock Europe 2016

Interview with Lars Erdmann
talking about USB drivers development

What was happening at that conference? The work on ArcaOS was starting..

 

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