GpfRexx    -----   Visual GUI Programming for OS/2 PM

Gpf, the GUI Programming Facility, is a WYSIWYG Graphical User Interface 
builder for creating Presentaton Manager (PM) applications for OS/2.  REXX 
is a high level procedural language, provided with OS/2, that uses 
English-like commands to implement custom program logic. GpfRexx combines 
the easy to learn and use REXX language, with the ease of a What you See Is 
What You Get visual programming environment to greatly simplify PM 
programming.  With Gpf, the designer simply paints the PM screens as they 
ought to appear and Gpf takes care of the rest, yet Gpf is much more than a 
simple screen painter or Dialogue Editor.  

With Gpf, as windows, dialogues, and PM controls are created, the design 
hierarchy is defined.  Navigation code, custom logic and context sensitive 
help are created and linked to objects as they are designed.  From this 
point and click design environment, a new PM application or utility can be 
completed in a fraction of the time required using conventional design 
techniques.  

 -CUA '91 Controls
 -Complete support for all the powerful new OS/2 PM objects like NoteBooks, 
  Containers, etc.
 -Built in SQL support
 -Automatic generation of SQL calls for the OS/2 database, DB2/2
 -Multi-Media
 -Including Multi-Media controls at design and run time
 -Multi-Threaded
 -Build multi-threaded applications using three different techniques for 
  maximum flexibility

Graphical WYSIWYG programming is the simplest and natural way to program a 
GUI
 -Draw objects as they should appear to the end user
 -Modify fonts and colors to customize standard controls
 -Attach built-in or custom logic to controls at creation time 
 -Point and click to create embedded SQL calls to fill ListBoxes, 
  Containers, DropDown lists, or to associate Entry Fields with table 
  columns
 -Attach information messages and context sensitive extended help at 
  creation time
 -Generate Royalty Free executable (.EXE) programs 
 -Easy maintainance
 -Easily re-enter and modify the design from the same WYSIWYG editor
 -Write custom logic in a language already known, no proprietary language 
  to learn

--Extensive on line and interactive help 
 -Information messages prompt user with correct Gpf control and definition 
  usage
 -Interactive CUA warning messages assist in producing IBM SAA compliant 
  designs
 -Extended Help for controls and function usage

--Test and Debug provide rapid design checking
 -Test mode permits instant exercise of controls as they are created: 
  Buttons, Menus, etc.
 -Multiple Thread Debuging allows breakpoints, and variable checking and 
  modification
 -Trace facility permits viewing events, action calls, and User Fucntion 
 execution

--Upgrade Path
GpfRexx design definitions are compatible with Gpf 2.1.  Designs created 
with GpfRexx may be loaded into Gpf 2.1 to generate native C or C++ for 
OS/2 PM.  This can provide significant performance gains and eliminates any 
limits imposed on your application by the REXX subsystem.

GpfRexx is compatible with GpfTools, an external utility that may be 
purchased separately, enhances all Gpf GUI design products by providing 
Re-usable Objects, Design Merging, Design Browsing, and Automatic 
Documentation. 

Other products - call for information and pricing

--System Recommendations:
 -8 Mbytes of hard disk space for default installation  with all samples
 -VGA color monitor or IBM 8514 video system
 -6 Mbytes system memory minimum (8 Mbytes recommended for DB2(SQL) 
  applications)
-Mouse or compatible pointing device

Ordering Information:
In North America:*
Apical Software Inc.
	40 Falls Road
	P.O. Box 432
	Moodus, CT   06469-0432
	U.S.A.
Phone:(203)873-3300,  Fax:(203)873-3302
BBS:(203)873-3304
Sales only:(800)831-0017
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