Book Descriptions

VisualAge Smalltalk Communications/Transactions Guide
This book describes how you can use the communications and transactions support provided by VisualAge Smalltalk. This support includes TCP/IP, CPIC, APPC, and HLLAPI.

VisualAge Smalltalk Database Guide
This book describes the VisualAge Smalltalk database features. This includes information on the VisualAge database parts, the Smalltalk classes provided with the database features, and the VisualAge Smalltalk ODBC support.

VisualAge Smalltalk Domino Connection Guide
This book shows you how to access the functions of the VisualAge Domino Connection feature programmatically rather than visually. It shows you how to write scripts to enhance and extend the functions that you add to your applications and how to extend and alter the functions of the VisualAge Smalltalk Domino Connection.

VisualAge Smalltalk Getting Started
This book introduces you to visual programming with VisualAge Smalltalk products. It gets you started with the VisualAge Smalltalk tools and concepts and steps you through the creation of sample applications. VisualAge Smalltalk Getting Started provides an overview of the VisualAge development environment, the three editors, and all the parts on the palette.

VisualAge Smalltalk Installation Guide
This book provides detailed information on installing VisualAge Smalltalk Version 6.0. VisualAge Smalltalk Installation Guide also covers installing and administering a team development environment using EMSRV.

VisualAge Smalltalk Migration Guide
This book covers upgrading existing VisualAge Smalltalk applications to Version 6.0. You should review this book prior to loading your existing applications into Version 6.0.

VisualAge Smalltalk Reports Guide
This book explains how to build reporting capabilities into your applications built with the VisualAge Smalltalk products. It gives you instructions for using the reports parts and gives you reference material specific to those parts.

VisualAge Smalltalk Server Guide
This book helps you use the VisualAge Smalltalk Server Workbench and Server features. It discusses how to build Smalltalk applications for processing in a server environment such as Windows NT, AIX, Sun Solaris, AS/400, or OS/390. It covers how to install the Server Workbench feature, create applications using the Server Workbench development environment, create XD passive images, package server applications, run them in a server environment with files provided by the Server feature, and perform other tasks such as stack dump debugging and performance monitoring.

VisualAge Smalltalk Server Smalltalk Guide
This book helps you to understand the Server Smalltalk (SST) framework which you can use to develop client-server applications. The SST Guide covers two main topics: Information for the occasional user of SST and Information for the advanced user of SST.

VisualAge Smalltalk Web services Guide
This book guides you through using VisualAge Smalltalk Web services. It will cover how to take advantage of the pluggability and extensibility built into the VisualAge Smalltalk Web services platform.

IBM Smalltalk Programmer's Reference
This book is a comprehensive description of IBM Smalltalk. It includes examples, syntax, and semantic summaries that show how to use the IBM Smalltalk classes. It covers such topics as Common Language Implementation, Common Language Data Types, Common and Extended Widgets, Common Graphics, Common File System, Common Process Model, the Socket Communications Interface, the virtual machine API, the IBM Smalltalk implementation of national language support (NLS), inter-process communication (IPC), and object linking and imbedding (OLE).

IBM Smalltalk User's Guide
This book discusses how you can build applications using IBM Smalltalk and the Smalltalk browsers. It also discusses how your team can collaboratively develop software components. It covers such topics as creating editions and versions of software components, performance tuning, packaging into executable programs or image components (ICs), crash recovery, name-space support and PRAGMAs, and ENVY tools such as Swapper.

VisualAge Smalltalk User's Guide
This book shows you how to build applications with VisualAge Smalltalk products. It gives you a detailed look at the VisualAge Smalltalk tools and concepts while building example applications. The VisualAge Smalltalk User's Guide is the logical follow on for VisualAge Smalltalk Getting Started. Topics covered in the User's Guide include Windows 95 controls, external functions support, DDE support, OLE support, building reusable parts, debugging and packaging VisualAge applications, and extending the parts palette. This book also contains information regarding Bidirectional Languages and VisualAge XML Support.

VisualAge Smalltalk Parts Reference
This book includes complete reference information on all the parts provided on the VisualAge Smalltalk parts palette including their attributes, actions, events, and settings.

VisualAge Smalltalk Web Connection Guide
This book documents the Web Connection feature of VisualAge Smalltalk. It explains how you can use the Web Connection feature to develop VisualAge applications that are accessible from World Wide Web browsers. It also explains the Web Connection HTML file wrapper.