VisualAge for C++ for Windows is the newest member of the award winning IBM family of VisualAge for C++ products. It adds support for Windows 95 and Windows NT to the existing range of platforms, which includes OS/2, AIX, OS/400, MVS, and Sun Solaris. 

VisualAge for C++ uses a construction-from-parts paradigm, which makes the development of object-oriented, cross-platform applications faster, easier, and less error prone. Applications developed using VisualAge for C++ for Windows will run on Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Windows 3.11.

The VisualAge for C++ family of consistent tools and C/C++ language standards lets you take advantage of your heterogeneous computing environment.

WorkFrame gives you a view of your project that puts all the tools and information in one window for easy and fast access. No matter what the complexity of the number of projects a developer has to deal with, WorkFrame can provide the required access in an optimized way.

The IBM Open Class Library contains over 450 predefined software parts to help you quickly build single-source C++ applications across multiple platforms. The source code for the library is included so that you can customize it to suit your needs.

The Visual Builder is an advanced object-oriented visual application development tool to help you rapidly prototype and build Windows applications.

The Data Access Builder includes support for DB2, and has been extended to create C++ classes to access Sybase and Oracle relational databases via Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).

With Direct-to-SOM, flexible and reusable System Object Model (SOM 2.1) objects are created directly from the C++ compiler. It also generates the corresponding Object Management Group (OMG) COBRA-compliant Interface Definition Language (IDL) for interlanguage or Distributed Workstation SOM applications.

The Editor is a powerful, 32-bit, fully programmable application.

The Browser allows you to explore both compiled and uncompiled source, easing the difficulty of learning and using C++ classes and class libraries.

The Performance Analyzer graphically represents your application's hot spots.