This book describes how you can use the communications and transactions support provided by VAST Platform. This support includes TCP/IP, CPIC, APPC, and HLLAPI.

This book describes the VAST Platform database features. This includes information on the VAST Platform database parts, the Smalltalk classes provided with the database features, and the VAST Platform ODBC support.

This book shows you how to access the functions of the VAST Platform 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 VAST Platform Domino Connection.

This book describes set up and use of this suite of software quality-assurance tools including code critic, code metrics, test coverage, generation of documentation from code, and code formatting.

This book introduces you to VAST Platform beginning with how to launch it. It gets you started with the VAST Platform tools and concepts by stepping you through the creation of sample applications constructed via textual code or visual parts.

This book describes the Application Programming Interface (API) of a direct manipulation graphics framework, for use in user interfaces.

This book provides detailed information on installing VAST Platform 2021 (VA Smalltalk Version 10.0.2) and introduces the Environments tool for managing the installation. Installation Guide also covers installing and administering a team development environment using EMSRV.

This book covers upgrading existing VAST Platform (VA Smalltalk) applications to Version 10.0.2. You should review this book prior to loading your existing applications into Version 10.0.2.

This book is a comprehensive description of the most basic layers of VAST Platform “VA Smalltalk Basic,” i.e. all the classes except the parts, which are themselves described in the Visual Parts Reference. It includes examples, syntax, and semantic summaries that show how to use the Smalltalk classes in VAST Platform. 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 VA Smalltalk Basic implementation of national language support (NLS), inter-process communication (IPC), and object linking and imbedding (OLE).

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

This book helps you use the VAST Platform Server Workbench and Server features. It discusses how to build Smalltalk applications for processing in a server environment such as Windows or Linux. 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.

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.

This book discusses how you and your team can collaboratively develop and deploy software using tools in the basic development environment. It covers such topics as performance tuning, crash recovery, name-space support and PRAGMAs, and ENVY tools such as Swapper.

The Smalltalk User Guide is a logical follow on for Getting Started.

This book describes improvements to the basic IDE which streamline your software development.

This book shows you how to visually build applications from parts with VAST Platform visual development tools. The hands-on approach gives you a detailed look at the tools and concepts of the visual development paradigm while building example applications.

Examples focus on three areas:

This book also contains information regarding Bidirectional Languages and VAST Platform XML Support.

The Visual Programming User Guide is a logical follow on for Getting Started.

This book includes complete reference information on all the parts provided on the VAST Platform parts palette including their attributes, actions, events, and settings.

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

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

This book describes the Application Programming Interface (API) of a set of user interface components