Publisher's Synopsis
OS/2 2.1 is the latest version of IBM's PC operating system. This revised edition will teach business application developers the techniques and basic skills necessary to create business applications using IBM's OS/2 Presentation Manager (PM) and Micro Focus COBOL. It covers all aspects of PM from a simple, display-only window application to a multiple-window, DLL-supported, SQL-based, fully-functioning business application.;Topics include an introduction to current concepts and realities associated with programming in the OS/2 PM environment, an introduction to OS/2 PM, basic PM function calls necessary to initiate a PM application, and the development and enhancement of PM applications. Included with the text is a diskette of object code, executable code, SQL, transaction input and output files, and resource and icon files.
