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** [[Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 2]] Hockware's VisPro REXX/Bronze 2.0 by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (July 1994) | ** [[Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 2]] Hockware's VisPro REXX/Bronze 2.0 by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (July 1994) | ||
** [[Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 3]] Hockware's VisPro REXX/Gold 2.03 by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (October 1994) | ** [[Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 3]] Hockware's VisPro REXX/Gold 2.03 by [[Gordon Zeglinski]] (October 1994) | ||
| − | + | * [[Brian Vink]]: [[Creating Multithreaded Applications with WATCOM VX-REXX]] | |
| − | *[[Enhancing VX-REXX with macros]] | + | * [[Enhancing VX-REXX with macros]] |
====Articles, papers and presentations==== | ====Articles, papers and presentations==== | ||
* [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 A review of VX-REXX 2.0 by Info World] - From 1994 | * [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IzsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 A review of VX-REXX 2.0 by Info World] - From 1994 | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 13 August 2016
Contents
Description
VX-REXX is a highly-extensible REXX GUI development system for OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, it contains a core written in a low level language but every thing else is actually written in VX-REXX itself and you can extend the system simply by writing SOM objects for it.
VX-REXX was originally developed by Watcom which was acquired by Powersoft in 1994, and Powersoft merged with Sybase in 1995 who discontinued the product around 1997. And Sybase itself was later bought by SAP. Despite its discontinuation the system remains one of the most popular if not the the most popular development product in day to day use for OS/2 and eComStation systems.
VX-REXX libraries and extensions
Versions
- 06/1993: VX-REXX 1.0
- 09/1993: VX-REXX 1.01 - latest patch level 1.01c (1993-12-03)
- 1994: VX-REXX 2.0 - latest patch level 2.0c (1994-11-11)
- 1995: VX-REXX 2.1
* Latest Version for OS/2-eCS: 2.1d (1995-09-19)
Downloads
Links
- VX-REXX Tips & Tricks - From the Esstu Pack by Chris Angelico, same site also has a few programs written in VX-REXX including source.
- Dev - REXX - VxREXX - OS/2 Site collection of resources about VX-REXX
- VX-REXX on eCOmStation.it - Info on the system in English and Italian.
- List of Netlabs projects written in VX-REXX
- OS/2 Museum VX-REXX 1.00
License
Commercial software - Discontinued.
Publications
- VX-REXX Programmers Guide
- WATCOM VX-REXX for OS/2 Programmer's Guide and Reference
- Ronny Richardson: Writing Vx-Rexx Programs - 1994 - Mcgraw-Hill - Paperback, 336 pages + CD-ROM - ISBN 0079119115 - ISBN 978-0079119117 - Out of Print
Local articles
- Visual REXX Faceoff by Gordon Zeglinski
- Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 1 Watcom's VX-REXX by Gordon Zeglinski (June 1994)
- Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 2 Hockware's VisPro REXX/Bronze 2.0 by Gordon Zeglinski (July 1994)
- Visual REXX Faceoff - Part 3 Hockware's VisPro REXX/Gold 2.03 by Gordon Zeglinski (October 1994)
- Brian Vink: Creating Multithreaded Applications with WATCOM VX-REXX
- Enhancing VX-REXX with macros
Articles, papers and presentations
- A review of VX-REXX 2.0 by Info World - From 1994
- Eric Giguère: REXX and the OS/2 Workplace Shell
- Eric Giguère: Watcom VX REXX for OS/2 - Published as part of Proceeding of The REXX Symposium for Developer and Users May 18-20, 1993, page 34 (page 40 in the PDF version).
