DbfREXX
Description
A REXX extension that allowed you to work with xBase database, index and memo files from your REXX program. Shipped as a compiled royalty free DLL for 16 and 32 bit versions of OS/2 and later for the 32 bit version of MS Windows.
Features
According to the company sales blurb
- Meaningful function names familiar to the xBASE programmer.
- Network support.
- File and record locking.
- Functions for opening, creating, updating, reading, and indexing dBASE files.
- Soundex searching
File format support
- DBF (dBASE, Clipper, Foxpro database)
- DBT (dBASE, Clipper memo fields)
- FPT (Foxpro memo fields)
- NDX (dBASE index)
- NTX (Clipper index)
Version
- Last known version: v.3.1 for OS/2 and MS Windows.
Interpreter & framework support for v.3.1
- Classic REXX built into OS/2
- Object REXX built into OS/2
- Watcom VX-REXX
- VisPro REXX
- Quercus Systems Personal REXX for OS/2
- Object REXX for Windows
- Quercus Systems Personal REXX for Windows
Note that this is just what the company explicitly supported, other REXX systems like the Regina REXX interpreter and the GpfREXX GUI builder appear to work as well.
License
- Commercial - Discontinued
- Last known prices for dbfREXX ca. 2003 were USD 129 for the basic library for each platform, USD 189 for "Gold" version that had both the OS/2 and MS Windows version bundled and USD 995 one time payment and USD 395 per year for a site license. dbfREXX could also be bought in a bundle with dbfLIB for USD 329. Prices in the 1990's were higher than this.
Author
API
This is a list of the calls the dbfLIB dll/library accept, they are listed here simply as a reference for those that may have the library but not the handbook.