VREXX

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Visual REXX is a simple library for OS/2 users to create Presentation Manager (PM) programs using REXX. VREXX provides users with a set of functions that can be called from REXX procedures. These functions open and close standard PM windows, providing programmable control over the appearance and positioning of the windows. Dialog box functions allow file selection, display of messages, entering numbers or text strings, and making single or multiple selections through radio button, checkbox or listbox controls. Table, colour and font selection dialogs are also available. And, graphics functions for setting pixels, drawing markers, lines, polygons, splines, arcs, circles and text (in multiple fonts) are included.

VREXX is very useful for little programs - for more complex applications you should use some other GUI package (for example DrDialog).

Note
If you're going to develop programs using VREXX you should have a tool like PSPM handy.

Version

  • Version 1.0 (1992-09-09)
  • Version 1.1 (1993-10-29)
Files
DEVBASE.DLL
VREXX.DLL

License

Publications

  • Chris Miksanek: A Visual OS/2 REXX Primer - Client Access/400 Expert, January/February 1997
  • Chris Miksanek: A Visual OS/2 REXX Primer: Advanced Functions - Client Access/400 Expert, March/April 1997 [1]

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