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The fourth edition of the best-selling, award-winning REXX
Reference Summary Handbook (Dick Goran - ISBN 0-9639854-3-4)
is a 228 page, "keyboard-side" companion which details all of the
instructions and functions in SAA REXX distributed with OS/2 Version
2.1, OS/2 Warp Version 3, and OS/2 Warp Version 4 (aka Merlin).
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The Table of Contents for the Handbook is available
for viewing.
Read Dr. Dirk Terrell's
OS/2 e-Zine review
of the Handbook.
Read Carsten Whimster's
Electronic Developer Magazine for OS/2 review
of the Handbook.
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The Handbook, as indicated by its subtitle, also contains all of the
information necessary to create and maintain Workplace Shell objects
in OS/2.
The Handbook details all of the functions included in the following Application Program Interfaces (APIs):
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REXXUTIL
(Classic REXX)
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This default version of REXXUTIL, distributed with all versions of OS/2
beginning with 2.1, contains 40 functions, easily
recognizable by their Sys prefix, that deal
primarily with: OS/2 system commands, user or text screen
input/output (I/O), and OS/2 INI file I/O.
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REXXUTIL
(Object REXX)
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This expanded version of REXXUTIL, available with Object REXX,
contains an additional 38 functions beyond those available in the
Classic REXXUTIL. The additional functions include support for
Event and Mutex semaphores, REXX macrospace, National language
support including code pages, as well as many additional
miscellaneous system functions. Some of these functions are
undocumented anywhere else.
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REXXLIB
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RXWINDOW
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External function packages available from
Quercus Systems - the Personal REXX developer.
REXXLIB contains a collection of over 150 REXX extension
functions in five principal areas: compound variable handling,
interprocess communication, mathematical functions, system
services, and text-mode user interfacing. Functions include
conversion of date formats, retrieval of "tails" of a compound
variable, sorting and other array operations, "regular
expression" searches, and reading or writing collections of
variables in disk files.
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RxFTP
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The REXX File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Application
Program Interface (API) package provides access to the OS/2 TCP/IP
FTP API's.
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WPTools
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The WPTools API is unique freeware that contains two extremely
useful and unique functions which provide an interface between REXX
programs and Workplace Shell objects.
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Items new to, or updated in, the fourth edition of the Handbook include:
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Numerous examples have been added for the built-in functions. |
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New and updated REXXLIB functions. |
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Addition of the Object IDs of the new standard system objects for
Warp 4 (including the Java-related objects). |
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Warp 4 Object Class list. |
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New or updated object setup strings are included for the following object classes: |
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 WPColorPalette |
WPDesktop |
WPFolder |
| WPFontPalette |
WPHost |
WPKeyboard |
| WPObject |
WPPalette |
WPPdr |
| WPPrinter |
WPProgram |
WPRPrinter |
| WPSchemePalette |
WPUrl |
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The Handbook, which was awarded the OS/2 Magazine Editor's Choice
award, is not intended as either a tutorial or a learner's guide.
With its 40 page cross referenced index, the Handbook is an important
tool that will allow the novice REXX user and the REXX veteran alike
to easily locate any needed function as well as identifying the
various functions which deal with a particular subject.
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The Handbook has been accredited by IBM for use of the official OS/2
logo and C F S Nevada, Inc. is a member of the
IBM Independent Vendor league and Premier Developer Application
Program.
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The Handbook is available from:
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SRL & PUBORDER number S246-0078-02 |
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1-800-879-2755 (US) - phone option #1 |
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