There are two ways to start a sample program:

• From the Desktop:

  When installed, all sample programs (with the exception of the bidirectional samples, TCP/IP samples, Problem Determination samples, LAN Server samples, some of the Multimedia samples, and some of the Workplace Shell samples) appear in the sample programs folders located within the Toolkit folder. To start a sample program, open the Toolkit folder, open the folder representing the type of samples you wish to execute, and then select the appropriate sample program.

• From an OS/2 command prompt:

  Change to the subdirectory where the sample is located, type the name of the executable file and press Enter.

Most samples include a description file (or makefile) that you can use to build the sample yourself. The name of the makefile is either MAKEFILE or filename.MAK, where filename refers to the name of the sample. To build the sample,

• Go to an OS/2 command prompt and change to the subdirectory where the makefile is located.

  You must execute these commands from the subdirectory where the makefile is located in order to build the sample correctly.

• Enter one of the following, depending on the name of the makefile:

  • When the name of the makefile is MAKEFILE, type:

      NMAKE

  • When the name of the makefile is filename.MAK, type:

      NMAKE /f filename.MAK
    

  For information about the NMAKE tool, refer to the Tools Reference.

  Note: The makefile assumes that you are using the IBM VisualAge C++ for OS/2 compiler for code compilation.

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