The REXX cookbook

By Merrill Callaway

Subjects: Programming, OS/2, IBM Personal Computer, REXX (Computer program language), IBM, OS2, OS/2 (Computer file)

Description: A Tutorial Guide to the REXX Language In OS/2 & Warp on the IBM PC Features - Tutorial Approach: Not another reference manual, The REXX Cookbook is a step by step approach to learning REXX, in graduated lessons from simple stand alone programs to complex inter-process control programs . Along with presenting good programming techniques thorough treatment of parsing, string handling, queues. arrays, macros , and inter-process control (IPC) ensures that readers will have the tools to write any REXX programs they need. This book makes REXX easy! - Useful Projects: Forty real programs that do useful tasks make up all the examples. You will keep the programs you learn on! Beginners, intermediates, and advanced users of REXX will find useful programs as well as inspiration and ideas here. There are programs to sort your data, process lists, back up your system .INI files, convert character codes, and more. There are macros for the EPM and TS P F text editors; and an /P C project involving Lotus AmiPro , IBM 08212 and SOL, with an event driven GUI created in VXREXX by WATCOM. Along the way, you 'll l earn many powerful programming techniques so that you ca n write any program you need and give it a commercial quality Graphic User Interlace. - REXX and Postscript: There are no other books dealing with REXX controlling Postscript, but this extremely powerful combination is presented clearly by The REXX Cookbook. The projects include a slick utility to print envelopes right from your OS/2 Window. - THE REXX FILES: All programs in the book, as well as several more are available on disk.