Updates & new entries in version 2.80

   *  General 
      Update            Distribution 
   *  General hints for OS/2 commands 
      Update            Using meta chars 
      Update            The CMD command 
      Update            The XCOPY command 
      Update            The DETACH command 
      Update            The SHUTDOWN command / The SETBOOT command 
      New               The EXTPROC command 
      Update            Reserved directory & file names 
   *  General hints for REXX 
      New               REXX and Y2K 
      Update            The function SysFileTree() 
      Update            The function STREAM() 
      New               Changing file attributes 
      Update            Parameters eaten by the CMD.EXE 
      Update            Parameters eaten by the REXX interpreter 
      Update            Writing general routines for compound variables 
      New               When to Quote Variables in Functions and/or 
                        Procedures 
      New               Using Persistent Variables 
      New               Check if a REXX program is already running 
      New               Distinguish between empty and omitted parameter 
      New               Catching CTRL-C 
      Update            The function LINEOUT() 
      Update            Maximum files per session 
      New               Investigate the overheads of function calls 
      New               Test program to test the overheads of function 
                        calls 
   *  Hints for Object REXX 
      Update            New features in Object REXX that are useful in 
                        Classic REXX programs also 
      Update            Using Object REXX and the WPS 
      New               Object REXX for Linux 
      New               Object REXX for AIX 
      Updated           Object REXX for OS/2 
      Moved             Object REXX for Windows 95 / Windows NT 
      New               Using Classic REXX if Object REXX is the default 
                        REXX 
   *  Troubleshooting 
      Update            Troubleshooting 
      New               Error:  Failure during initialization 
      Update            SYS0008 - 2 - 
      New               EXPOSE does not work as expected 
   *  REXXUTIL functions 
      Update            The function SysPutEA() 
      Update            New REXXUTIL functions in Object REXX 
   *  Change the WPS with REXX 
      New               Getting the filename of WPDatafile objects 
      Update            IDs for the setup string MENUITEMSELECTED 
      New               Release or hold a printer queue 
      Update            Transient Objects 
      Update            Get the object ID for an object handle 
      New               Force the WPS to reRead the Extended Attributes 
   *  Sample source code 
      New               Sample for using BEEP to play sounds 
      New               Sample for persistent variables 
      New               Convert Microsoft/IEEE Float binary into a string 
                        in Classic REXX 
      New               Convert Microsoft/IEEE Float binary into a string 
                        in Object REXX 
      New               Determine what day of the week a date falls on 
   *  Sample programs 
      Minor Update      Template v3.07 for a REXX program 
   *  Literature 
      New               Creating Java Applications Using NetRexx 
      New               Object REXX for Windows NT and Windows 95 
                        Programming Guide 
      Updated           Object REXX for Windows 95/NT 
   *  Additional Software for REXX 
      Update            GNU-Regina - REXX for DOS 
      New Version       Eurit 20/30/40 Phone API 
      New               ORexx/SQL Object Framework 
      New Version       REXXCC - a REXX "compiler" 
      Update            DrDialog - visual REXX programming 
      New               GIF_INFO - get information about GIF files 
      New Version       RxLBox - menu routine in REXX 
      New               NETUTL - REXX functions that enhance NET commands 
      New Version       Bullet/2 
      New               RxiUtl - Utils for Internet Access 
      New               Syslvl - a DLL for Syslevel calls 
      New Version       REXX/SQL 
      New Version       WPTOOLS 
      New               NNTP client and SMTP client/daemon for use with 
                        WARP IAK 
      New               EADump 
      New               REXX2EXE a REXX "compiler" 
      New               REXXBUILD - a REXX pre-processor 
      New Version       RxIni 
      New               MD5 Algorithm in REXX 
      New               FastIni 
      New Version       REXXGDB2 
      New               rxPortIO - Hardware I/O read and write services 
      New Version       RexxSem - use semaphore in REXX 
   *  Sources 
      Update            Internet -- FTP 
      Update            Internet -- Newsgroups / Listserver 
      Update            Internet -- WWW 
   *  Miscellaneous 
      New Version       NetRexx 
      Update            Return code of the function ADDRESS 
   *  Non-REXX related information 
      Update            CONFIG.SYS statements used by OS/2 
      Update            Environment variables used by other OS/2 programs 
      New               NETBIOS return codes