#RexxPlus
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I am looking for Rexxplus.library and Rpstart better known as the Rexx Plus
stuff.. If anyone has it, can you upload it? Thanks!
Frank,
RexxPlus is a commercial product. It's not available for public
distribution. If you are interested call Dineen Edwards, Inc. at 313-352-4288.
A runtime license is required to distribute executables. Certain support files
are covered by the license because they are required by any RexxPlus
executable.
Bob
Rob,
Yes, I know. But the message requested someone upload RexxPlus and the
compiler is not distributable, only those support files required to run a
compiled program on another machine not equipped with RexxPlus. Those support
files and the runtime library may only be distributed if the author has paid
the license fee.
On a related topic, do you know if Dineen Edwards is still in business?
I've sent EMAIL and regular mail to Mark, but haven't heard from them. I also
no longer see their ads in the magazines, so I wonder if the venture has died.
I don't know. Its been a while since I spoke with them. The latest version of
the compiler is 1.34. I was reporting bugs on a regular basis prior to that
version. Haven't had any worth reporting with v 1.34.
It would be a shame if they folded…
Bob
Bob,
Well, my last version was 1.3, so you are a few versions ahead. I left
Mark a message on Bixnet. Maybe he'll respond. If not, I may call to see if
they are still around. I'd hate to see them fail. I've used the compiler a
lot. Lately, I've needed some new rp libs for some of the newer rexx libraries
such as rexxreqtools. I sent him a disk with the library in the hope that he
would send me the rp lib, but never heard back. Either they aren't around, too
busy, or it was lost in the mail.
If you know how to build a dummy ARexx library, the rp library is easy to
create. Instead of calling the function, it just tells the compiler that the
function exists in the library.
Bob
Bob,
Unfortunately, I am not equipped to build a shared library. It's not
too critical a problem. My scripts that use those libraries are just not
compiled.
BTW, have you come across the demo, ZedRexx? It's written by David
Junod and is selling as a commercial product for $35. It provides a simple and
almost english syntax for building GUIs into ARexx programs. I found it on
Bix, but it may be here as well. I've ordered it and am waiting for delivery,
although I played with the demo programs. It's really very nice and provides
everything one could do with Apig and/or rexxarplib. Check it out if you are
interested in that sort of stuff. In fact, it may be even more of a reason to
hope RexxPlus is still alive!
Yes. I have it on order as well. I have a rather large shared library under
developement which I hope to someday release. I have slowed down quite a bit
the development since the CA demise. I have not tried to compile any of the Zed
stuff – it needs some changes to eliminate the INTERPRET calls (the scripts
that is). BTW, the newer IBM mainframe REXX compilers now support INTERPRET so
perhaps RexxPlus will one day as well.
Bob
Bob,
Well, the ZedRexx package just arrived today! Unfortunately, David
has't finished the documentation, so the preliminary docs are very brief. The
letter promised that the completed docs would be sent (no charge) as soon as it
was completed.
I'll try to spend some time with it this weekend to see what it's like.
I have several different scripts with apig GUIs which are perfect for
conversion, but the conversion may not be quick, given the learning curve.
I sent a brief note to Junod suggesting that he may want to consider a
mod to get rid of the INTERPRET and to write the "rp" libs so a ZedRexx script
might be compiled with RexxPlus. Of course, if Dineen Edwards is no longer
around, that may be an unnecessary suggestion!
In fact, the PC Rexxes do quite a lot of things nowadays. I
particularly was intrigued by Visual Rexx for OS/2, which is sort of a rexx
version of visual basic. Talk about a full blown programming environment! I
suggested to Junod that he might try to make that marriage between ZedRexx and
CanDo, a true visual rexx for the Amiga.
The way to dump INTERPRET goes something like this:
'zWaitForEvent 'stem.' EventProc = RESULT CALL EventHandler()
..
.. EventHandler: signal value(EventProc) RETURN
Bob
Well, i am looking for rexxplus for tradewars for cnet.. perhaps its got
runtime stuff? all i need is RPSTART i have rexxplus.library..
It should be part of the archive. The run time license is required to
distribute compiled versions of the script. The license requires that it be
distributed with the necessary support files. The version numbers of the
support files must more or less match the compiler version which produced the
executable. If these files were included, even if you are somehow able to
obtain them, there is a real good chance that they are incompatible with the
compiled executable.
Excuse me, I meant to say "If these files were _NOT_ included…"
Bob