Microsoft Systems Journal: March 1990
PSS ID Number: Q60935 Article last modified on 04-16-1991
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary: The following is a list of the filenames, S numbers, and descriptions for the source code from the March 1990 issue of the “Microsoft Systems Journal” (Vol. 5, No. 2): 1. S12546 TRACER “TRACER: A Debugging Tool for OS/2 Presentation Manager Development,” by Daniel Hildebrand, Page 63 This file examines some existing debugging tools and their effectiveness and then presents a simple program called TRACER that is useful for tracing and debugging OS/2 Presentation Manager applications. 2. S12547 OS2NLS “Using the OS/2 National Language Support Services to Write International Programs,” by Asmus Freytag and Michael Leu, Page 1 This file explains how to write a single application that can utilize all native languages, using the built-in National Language Support facilities of OS/2. Two demonstration programs are included. 3. S12548 CLIPBRD “Building an Extensible Clipboard Viewer Through the Use of Dynamic-Link Libraries,” by Kevin P. Welch, Page 27 Viewer demonstrates advanced clipboard-handling techniques, which allows viewing clipboard contents using dynamically linked libraries. 4. S12549 CHECKER3 “CHECKERS for Presentation Manager Part III: Moving the Pieces,” by Charles Petzold, Page 75 Part III of the checkers series. An added interface moves the pieces using a mouse or keyboard. Validation of moves and jumps has also been added. These files can be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on the keyword, the Q number of this article, or the S number listed above. These files were archived using the PKware file-compression utility.
