DrDialog
Doctor Dialog, more commonly referred to as just DrDialog, is a REXX graphical user interface builder that allows you to create simple interfaces for REXX programs based on dialog boxes. It was written by David Morrill when he was working for IBM and was included for free with the IBM Developer Connection. It allows developers to build windowed 32-bit applications using the Classic REXX language and with some modifications can be made to work with Object REXX as well.
DrDialog is a very good tool to develop PM applications in REXX. You can use DrDialog to develop event driven REXX programs with PM GUI.
Version
- Latest version: Version v3.27, 10.04.1994
- Preresiquites
- Older version of IBM's recource editor - Needed if you want to ship DrDialog programs as .exe's or use the ResToRexx tool.
- Fix for Object REXX
- Fix for DrDialog and Object Rexx - Corrects a problem with the DrsAide tool and Object Rexx.
- Add on packages
- CWHelp Class - Adds a simple help system.
- DrDialog Control - Add on for Dr. Dialog that makes the dialogs more flexible and adds flyover help.
Known issues
- Software created with DrDialog will only work on OS/2 Version 4 or higher or eComStation system if you use Version v3.27, older versions of DrDialog will run under OS/2 2.x and 3.x but have problems with later systems.
Links
- Dr. Dialog info and install instructions - from Ecosoft/2.
- The DrDialog documentation in PDF format.
Publications
Local articles
- Tutorials
- DrDialog, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love REXX by Thomas Klein
- Review
- Dr. Dialog Review by Paul Floyd (January 1998)
License
Discontinued freeware. Author David C. Morrill indicated that the source code of this program had been lost over time (2012/11/13). DrDialog was written in a system called IBM Oberon-2 that never got distributed outside of IBM anyway so would be of a limited use.