Programmer's IDE for Windows v1.3
Copyright (c) 1993-1995 by Gregory Braun. All rights reserved.

This software is free. You may copy and distribute this
program as long as all copyright notices remain intact.

Project Manager for Windows compiles and assembles programming
projects using your favorite text editor and language tools.

This program is especially useful for developing assembly
language projects that use MS DOS based assemblers and
linkers.

The Zip file contains sample Program Information Files (PIFs)
for the current versions of Microsoft's MASM, C Compiler
and Make utility. Copy these files to the directory
containing the actual development tools if they do not
already exist there.

If your programming tools have different names rename
the PIFs to match the tool name. For example, if your
Assembler is MASM.EXE rename the ML.PIF to MASM.PIF and
place it in the same directory as the assembler.

When you create a new project you can specify the
programming tools you use, as well as the type of
application to be created. Select the "Set Project Type"
and "Tool Definitions" options from the Project menu
to define this information.

Project Manager for Windows has been tested for
use with Microsoft language tools, but you can also
use it with other products as well, just remember
to change the "Tool Definitions" to reflect the
programming tools you use, and create PIF files
for the assembler, compiler and make utilities

Program Manager for Windows creates a "MakeFile"
based upon the source code modules, header files
and libraries you add to the project. This file
will be placed in the same directory as the project
file.

Check the "Use External Make File" option in
the "Project Types" dialog to use your own
custom make file instead of the standard file
created by the Project Manager.

To use an external make file it must have
the same name as the project file, but have an
extension of .MAK, The native make file is
written to a file named "basename.PMK".

To include files in the current project select the
"Add Modules" item from the Edit menu. You can
add source code modules, header files and libraries
using these menu options. The standard "File Open"
dialog will be displayed after selecting the type of
file you wish to add, select files until all are
included and then press the [OK] button to return
to the main window. You may select multiple files by
shift-clicking and ctrl-clicking in the Open File dialog.

Double-Clicking on a source code module or header file in the
list will open that file in your editor. You must "Associate"
the .H, .INC, .C and .ASM files with your text editor.
Use the File Manager's Associate function to create these
links between your text editor and the source code modules
and header files. You may also want to "Associate" the .PRO
file extension with the Project Manager itself to easily
launch the Project Manager when a project file is selected
in the File Manager.

Project Manager also has a toolbar to speed the editing,
compiling and running of the project. These same items
are also available from the Edit and Project menus.

You can force a complete re-compile of the project
by selecting the "Remake Project" item from the
Project menu.

The Project Manager builds three (3) text files that it
uses as modules are added to and removed from the
current project. These files are as follows:

    basename.PRO    - The project file itself.
                      This is the file you created
                      at the "New Project" dialog.
    basename.PMK    - The makefile needed to build
                      the project if you're not
                      using an external make file.
    basename.PDF    - The Linker Definition file
                      required for MS Windows projects.

These files are stored in the directory you
selected when the project was first created.
You can view the files mentioned above by
selecting the "View Project Files" option
on the Project menu.

MS Windows projects can have only a single
resource script named 'basename.RC', this file
will be automatically compiled and linked
into MS Windows projects. Select the "Edit Resource"
item on the Edit menu to modify this file. You
may "Associate" this file with either your ASCII
text editor or Resource Editor/Browser.

If you have comments, questions or find any bugs in
this utility feel free to contact me on CompuServe or
America On-line.

If you would like to be notified of upgrades to
Project Manager please send me a message containing
your e-mail address. When new versions of the program
are released I will send you an e-mail message.

Gregory Braun

CompuServe: 71613,2175
AOL: GreggBraun


PMAN.ZIP File Descriptions:

    PROJECT.EXE     - The application program.
    PROJECT.TXT     - The documentation file.
    CTL3DV2.DLL     - DLL required to display 3-D controls
                      in dialog boxes. Copy this file to
                      your Windows System directory if it
                      is not already installed there.                      
    ML.PIF          - Assembler PIF startup file.
    CL.PIF          - C Compiler PIF startup file.
    RC.PIF          - Resource Compiler PIF startup file.
    NMAKE.PIF       - Make PIF startup file.

Release History:

    v1.0    - In-house development and testing.
    v1.1    - Added splash box for release.
    v1.2    - Added MS Windows project type and
              multiple file selections when
              adding modules to the project.
              Fixed a bug so that object files
              are always written to the proper
              directory. Added RC.PIF to Zip file.
    v1.3    - Added file information displays.
              Simplified the "Tool Definition" dialog.
              Fixed several minor interface bugs.