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GpfRexx is a [[REXX]] visual development environment, it was supplied in two versions, standard GpfRexx and '''GpfRexx Professional''' that bundled the optional '''GpfRexx Tools Extensions''' toolkit with the GpfRexx product, but that package could also be bought separately as an add-on.
'''GpfRexx''' is a [[REXX]] visual development environment, it was supplied in two versions, standard GpfRexx and '''GpfRexx Professional''' that bundled the optional '''GpfRexx Tools Extensions''' toolkit with the GpfRexx product, but that package could also be bought separately as an add-on.


Because it traces its origins to [[Gpf]] it has a look and feel that is somewhat stuck in OS/2 1.x PM/Windows 2.x days and was looking archaic even in the mid 90's, underneath is quite a capable REXX development system with a robust support for threads and multimedia applications that is missing from other visual REXX products.
Because it traces its origins to '''Gpf''' it has a look and feel that is somewhat stuck in OS/2 1.x PM/Windows 2.x days and was looking archaic even in the mid 90s, underneath is quite a capable REXX development system with a robust support for threads and multimedia applications that is missing from other visual REXX products.


==Versions==
==Versions==
* Last known version: GpfRexx v1.2 (1998)
* 1.2 (1998)
: Introduces support for [[OS/2 Warp Version 4]] style notebooks.
: Introduces support for [[OS/2 Warp Version 4]] style notebooks.


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==Links==
==Links==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/dev/32-bit&file=gpfdem.zip Gpf 1.2 Demo]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000917194746/http://www.jbcsolutions.com/gpfframe.htm Homepage] (archived)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20000917194746/http://www.jbcsolutions.com/gpfframe.htm Web Archive - Homepage]


==Links & publications==
;Reviews
;Reviews
* [[Gabrielle Gagnon]]: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2KIKOEwqk-QC&pg=PA263 Visual REXX tools] - A comparison review for VX-REXX, [[GpfREXX]] and [[VisPro/REXX]] - From [[PC Magazine]], July 1996.
* [[Gabrielle Gagnon]]: [http://books.google.com/books?id=2KIKOEwqk-QC&pg=PA263 Visual REXX tools] - A comparison review for VX-REXX, GpfREXX and [[VisPro/REXX]] - From [[PC Magazine]], July 1996
* [http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0802H/vnewsf5.htm A review of GpfRexx] from the [[OS/2 Voice Newsletter]].
* [http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0802H/vnewsf5.htm A review of GpfRexx] from the OS/2 Voice Newsletter


==Licence==
==Licence==
* Commercial software, has been discontinued since about 2013.
* Commercial software, has been discontinued since about 2013.
* Original price list from ca 1999 onwards:
* Author: [[Jean-Bernard Clerin]]
:GpfRexx 1.2 $45US
* On April of 2025 Jean-Bernard Clerin released this key and his software "AS IS" freeware.
:GpfRexx Tools Extensions $25US
V 1.2 (Pro)
:GpfRexx Professional (GpfRexx and GpfTools) $59US
License To: OS/2 User
 
License Id: 45-78-40718
==Author==
Key: 50C2-9096-0C04-89B4-20DB-B246-2F1F-49E1
* [[Jean-Bernard Clerin]]


[[Category:GpfRexx]]
[[Category:GpfRexx]]

Latest revision as of 19:47, 17 April 2025

GpfRexx is a REXX visual development environment, it was supplied in two versions, standard GpfRexx and GpfRexx Professional that bundled the optional GpfRexx Tools Extensions toolkit with the GpfRexx product, but that package could also be bought separately as an add-on.

Because it traces its origins to Gpf it has a look and feel that is somewhat stuck in OS/2 1.x PM/Windows 2.x days and was looking archaic even in the mid 90s, underneath is quite a capable REXX development system with a robust support for threads and multimedia applications that is missing from other visual REXX products.

Versions

  • 1.2 (1998)
Introduces support for OS/2 Warp Version 4 style notebooks.

Known issues

  • GpfRexx 1.2 (and presumably older versions as well) has a tendency to show screen corruption on badly behaved GRADD drivers such as the ones shipped with some versions of VirtualBox, this is a video driver issue rather than a GpfRexx problem and more of an irritant than a showstopper. You can refresh the corruption by moving the Gpf windows around.

Links

Reviews

Licence

  • Commercial software, has been discontinued since about 2013.
  • Author: Jean-Bernard Clerin
  • On April of 2025 Jean-Bernard Clerin released this key and his software "AS IS" freeware.
V 1.2 (Pro)
License To: OS/2 User
License Id: 45-78-40718
Key: 50C2-9096-0C04-89B4-20DB-B246-2F1F-49E1