[Toc][Index]

Updates & new entries in version 2.00


   
   *  General 
      Update            Hints & Bug reports 
      Update            Used Material 
      New section       Non-REXX related literature 
   *  Using REXX Tips & Tricks 
      Update            Installing REXX Tips & Tricks 
      New               Icons Used in REXX Tips & Tricks 
   *  General hints for OS/2 & DOS commands 
      New               Using PIPEs 
      New               Reserved directory & file names 
      New               Simulating an AUTOEXEC.BAT for OS/2 sessions 
      New               The ARCRECOV command 
      New               The BOOT command 
      New               The CACHE command 
      New               The CALL command 
      Update            The FORMAT command 
      New               The SHUTDOWN command 
      New               The SYSINSTX command 
      New               Hints for some DOS commands 
      New               The ASSIGN command 
      New               The DATE command 
      New               The TIME command 
      New               The EXIT_VDM command 
      New               The ISWINDOW command 
      New               The READLINE command 
      New               The RENAME command 
      New               The SET command 
      New               The TRUENAME command 
      New               CONFIG.SYS statements used by OS/2 
   *  General hints for REXX 
      Updated           Writing OS-independent programs 
      New               Workaround for the // limitation 
      New               Passing parameters to Rexx Dialog programs 
      New               The function RxFuncDrop 
      Updated           Global variables across more than one REXX program 
                        
      Updated           Using variables for the tail 
      New               Using "open" compound variables 
      New               Sample for using compound variables 
      New               CALL ON SYNTAX 
      New               Reserved names for files in REXX 
      New               The PARSE instruction 
      New               PARSE instruction examples 
      New               PARSE SOURCE 
      New               PARSE VERSION 
      New               Initialization of variables 
   *  Troubleshooting 
      New               SYS0192 or SYS0008 using PIPEs 
      New               SYS0005: Access is denied 
   *  REXXUTIL functions 
      Update            New REXXUTIL functions in WARP 
      Update            SysCreateObject 
      Update            SysFileTree 
   *  Change the WPS with REXX 
      Update            WPS class hierarchy 
      Update            EAs used by the WPS 
      New               Format of the file created with 'Print settings' 
      New               Change the WPS archive flag 
      New               Creating drive objects 
      New               Icon resource in default OS/2 DLLs 
      New               Get ICONS from the OS2.INI file 
      New               Extract the icon from the EAs 
      New               The keyword PARAMETERS 
      New               The keyword DOS_AUTOEXEC 
      New               The keyword OBJECTID 
      New               Transient Objects 
      New               Sample INI file entries 
      New               OS2.INI 
      New               Font size for text (VIO) windows 
      New               Open text windows in a maximized stated 
      New               Changing the Lockup page entry 
      New               Changing "Save Desktop Settings" 
      New               Icons saved in the file OS2.INI 
      New               List all associations 
      New               List all objects 
      New               Get the display resolution 
   *  Sample source code 
      Update            Check if a name describes a device or a file 
      New               sprintf routine for REXX 
      New               Convert values from/to INTEL format 
   *  Literature 
      New               OS/2 Workplace Shell - Advanced Configuration 
      New               The OS/2 WARP Survival Guide 
      New               The REXX Sourcebook 
   *  Additional Software for REXX 
      New               Additional Software for REXX 
      New               REXXCOMP - compress/decompress file 
      New               REXXSM2 - REXX SM/2 API 
      New               QSV - DosQuerySysInfo interface 
      New               REXXGDB2 
      New               REXX/SQL 
      New               Relational Table Copier 
      New Version       RexxIPC - interprocess communication for REXX 
      Update            GNU-Regina - REXX for DOS 
      Update            RXD - Rexx Debugger 
      New               RxCLS - a REXX 'compiler' 
   *  Sources 
      Update            Internet -- WWW   
      Update            Publisher 
      Update            Magazines 
      New               c't (THE German computer magazine) 
      New               Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co KG (German publisher) 
                        
   *  Miscellaneous 
      Update            Using PMREXX 
      Update            Extend the program REXXTRY.CMD 
      Update            CMDLINE.CMD 
      Update            " Compiling" REXX programs 
      Update            Detecting some common SCSI adapters 
      Update            EMail addresses ... 
      Update            REXX & OS/2 online help 
   

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