Note: XWorkplace's source code does not contain the helpers source code. Instead, during the build process, the XWorkplace makefiles branch over to the "xwphelpers" source tree, which is also on the Netlabs CVS server. You will need to set the HELPERS_BASE environment variable to point to the "xwphelpers" source tree for this to work.

In detail, we have:

• acpih.* helpers for accessing ACPI.
• apmh.* helpers for accessing APM.
• apps.* program helpers (environments, application start).
• animate.* contains some animation code.
• cctl_*.* custom common controls.
• cnrh.* Container helper functions (new with V0.9.0, partly moved from winh.*).
• comctl.* Various window procedures.
• configsys.* contains helper functions for parsing and changing lines in the CONFIG.SYS file.
• datetime.* contains various date and time helper functions.
• debug.* parses executables and SYM files for debugging information; used by except.c (below). Introduced with V0.84, moved to SRC\HELPERS\ with V0.9.0.
• dialog.* contains PM helper functions to create and auto-format dialogs from control arrays in memory.
• dosh.* and dosh2.* Control Program helper functions.
• eah.* contains helper functions to handle extended attributes.
• encodings.* character encoding support. Handles all kinds of legacy codepages (including most OS/2 codepages) and Unicode in the form of UTF-8 and translations between then.
• except.* contains generic code for implementing powerful exception handlers. This was introduced with V0.84 and has been moved to SRC\HELPERS\ with V0.9.0. The code has been straightened out to be independent of XWorkplace with the use of exception "plug-ins." See "XWorkplace exception handling" for details.
• exeh.* contains code to load and parse executable headers and resources.
• gpih.* GPI (graphics) helper functions.
• lan.* LAN helpers.
• level.* contains helper functions for querying SYSLEVEL files.
• linklist.* contains helper functions to handle linked lists.
• map_vac.* map file parser for the VAC 3.08 format.
• math.* some math helpers.
• memdebug.* memory debugging helpers.
• memdebug_win.* implementation of the PM heap debugging window.
• nls.* contains a few helpers for National Language Support (NLS).
• nlscache.* contains a few helpers for National Language Support (NLS).
• prfh.* is new with V0.82 and contains Profile (INI) helper functions.
• prfh2.* contains Profile (INI) helper functions.
• procstat.* modified Kai Uwe Rommel's DosQProc() functions.
• regex.* extended regular expressions.
• resh.* contains resource helper functions.
• sem.* implements fast mutex semaphores a la Win32 critical sections.
• shapewin.* contains the ShapeWindows library. See the top of shapewin.c for details (new with V0.85).
• stringh.* contains helper functions to handle strings/texts
• syssound.* has code for managing system sound data and sound schemes.
• textv_html.* this code converts HTML code to escape sequences for the XTextView control (textview.c).
• textview.* all-new XTextView control as well as device-independent text formatting and printing.
• threads.* contains helper functions to synchronize threads.
• timer.* XTimers, which can be used to avoid excessive PM timer usage.
• tmsgfile.* has Christian Langanke's new .TMF (text message file) handling to get rid of those ugly .MSG files.
• tree.* contains helper functions for maintaining 'Red-Black' balanced binary trees.
• vcard.* replacement profile (INI) functions
• winh.* Win (PM) helper functions.
• wphandle.* Henk Kelder's WPS handles functions.
• xml.* XML document handling.
• xmldefs.* this file is just for xdoc and contains glossary items for XML. It is never compiled.
• xmlparse.* contains the API of the expat XML parser 1.95.2.
• xmlrole.* and xmltok*.* expat XML parser.
• xprf.* contains replacement profile (INI) functions.
• xprf2.* copy-profile functions which use the replacement profile functions in xprf.c.
• xstring.* string functions with memory management.