Introduction
Hardware And Software
Writing The Book
Conventions
Ideas
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Starting VX·REXX
Managing Files
Running A Program
Making An .EXE File
Getting Help
A Sample Program
Drag-And-Drop Programming
Summary
Chapter 2 Descriptive Text Object
Message
User Interface
Obtaining Text From The
Command Line
REXX Coding
Running The Program
Line-1
User Interface
Other REXX Coding
Running The Program
Summary
Chapter 3 Dressing Up Your Windows
PauseIt
Message2
Summary
Chapter 4 PushButton Objects
Music
Interface
REXX Coding
Music-2
Interface
REXX Coding
Keyboard
Interface
REXX Coding
Summary
Chapter 5 Other Buttons
Survey
User Interface
REXX Coding
Music-3
Summary
Chapter 6 Getting Text Data From The User
Getting A Single Line With An EntryField Object
Lines
Todo-1
User
Interface
Overall
Organization
REXX
And VX·REXX Code
Getting Multiple Lines With A MultiLine EntryField Object
Lotlines
Survey-2
Edit
User
Interface
Data
Format
Summary
Chapter 7 Getting Specific Information From The User
Pick A File Name With The VRFileDialog Function
PickFile
Edit-2
User
Interface
VX·REXX
Coding
Running
The Program
Showing Error Messages With The VRMessage Function
ShowText
Edit-3
Todo-2
Showing Multiple Line Error Message Using The VRMessageStem
Function
Showing A Message And Getting A Long Response With The
VRPrompt Function
Prompt
Todo-3
Summary
Chapter 8 More Selecting Values From A List
ListBox Object
Listbox
Inserting
The List
Dealing
With Cursor Movement
Dealing
With Double Clicking
Listbox2
ComboBox Object
DropDown ComboBox Object
Summary
Chapter 9 Dressing Up Your Programs With Pictures
PictureBox Object
Image PushButton Object
Image RadioButton Object
Pictures
ViewBmp
ViewIcon
Resource Binding
Summary
Chapter 10 More On Getting Information From The User
SpinButton Object
Survey-5
User
Interface
VX·REXX
Programming
Slider Object
Survey-6
ValueSet Object
Survey-7
ViewIcn2
Summary
Chapter 11 Other Objects
Notebook Object
Notebook
Adding
The Notebook Object
The
Caption Page Of The Notebook Object
The
Color Page Of The Notebook Object
The
Size Page Of The Notebook Object
Pulling
It All Together
Container Object
Container
Getting
The Data
Working
With The Database
Manipulating
The Database
DragDrop
File Browser
DDEClient Object
Timer Object
Beeper
Summary
Chapter 12 VX·REXX Functions
Using Functions In Your Code
Functions That Work With VX·REXX Objects
Does An Object Exist?
(VRIsValidObject)
Getting An Error Message
(VRError)
Getting Information From
Objects (VRGet)
Getting Information On The
Last Event (VRInfo)
Getting The Next Event
(VREvent)
Getting The VX·REXX Version
Number (VRVersion)
Getting The Window Name
(VRWindow)
Getting The Window Path
(VRWindowPath)
Initialize The VX·REXX
Programming Environment (VRInit)
Invoking Object Method
(VRMethod)
Loading Secondary Window
Description From A File (VRLoadSecondary)
Loading Window Description
From A File (VRLoad)
Pick A File Name
(VRFileDialog)
Putting Information Into
Objects (VRSet)
Redirecting Standard I/O
(VRRedirectStdIO)
Set VX·REXX Runtime Option
Showing Error Message To User
(VRMessage)
Showing Message To User And
Getting Long Response (VRPrompt)
Showing Multi-Line Error
Message To User With Stem Variable (VRMessageStem)
Terminating The VX·REXX
Programming Environment (VRFini)
Functions That Work With The OS/2 Environment
Changing A File Type
(VRSetFileType)
Changing Drives (VRChDrive)
Changing File Attributes
(VRChAttr)
Changing File Dates And Times
(VRFileDate)
Changing The Current
Subdirectory (VRChDir)
Copying Files (VRCopyFile)
Creating A File (VRCreateFile)
Creating A Subdirectory
(VRMkDir)
Creating An Object (VRCreate)
Creating An Object Using A
Stem Variable (VRCreateStem)
Customize Printer Settings
(VRPrintJobDialog)
Deleting Files (VRDeleteFile)
Does A File Exist?
(VRFileExists)
Finding A File (VRFindFile)
Getting A Value From A .INI
Initialization File (VRGetIni)
Getting Information About
Disks (VRDiskInfo)
Getting Information About
Files (VRDir)
Getting The Disk Label
(VRDiskLabel)
Getting The OS/2 File Type
(VRGetFileType)
Is It A Subdirectory?
(VRIsDir)
Listing Of OS/2 File Types
(VRListFileTypes)
Print A File (VRPrintFile)
Putting A Value Into A .INI
Initialization File (VRSetIni)
Removing A Subdirectory
(VRRmDir)
Removing A Value From A .INI
Initialization File (VRDelIni)
Removing An Object (VRDestroy)
Renaming A File (VRRenameFile)
Showing The Full File Name For
A File (VRExpandFileName)
Sorting A Stem Variable
(VRSortStem)
Splitting A File Name Into
Parts (VRParseFileName)
Splitting A File Name Into
Parts (VRParseFilePath)
What Is The Current Drive?
(VRCurrDrive)
What Is The Current
Subdirectory? (VRCurrDir)
Function Summary Program
Summary
Chapter 13 VX·REXX Sample Programs
Where To Find These Programs
Bounce
Button
Calculator
DDE Explorer
DragDrop
File Browser
Hint and Help
Hocus Focus
Mind Game
MMW
Movies
Notebook
Popup
Printing
Q+E Text
RGB
Sample Database
Scan
Threads
Update DB Sample
Window Controller
Summary
Chapter 14 Working With Multiple Windows
Built-In Secondary Windows
Modeless Windows
The Primary Window
Window List Window
Creating A Modeless Secondary
Window
Using The Modeless Secondary
Window When The Program Is Running
Closing The Modeless Secondary
Window When The Program Is Running
Positioning The Window
Working
Music-4
Modal Windows
The Primary Window
Creating The Modal Secondary
Window
Using The Modal Secondary
Window When The Program Is Running
Returning A Value To The
Primary Window
Closing The Modal Secondary
Window When The Program Is Running
Using The Returned Value In
The Primary Window Program
Password
A Few Comments About Passwords
Summary
Chapter 15 Menus
The Menu Bar
A Cascaded Menu
A Pop-Up Menu
Menu Conventions
Menus In VX·REXX
Menu Editor
Creating A Menu
Laying Out The Main Level
Entering The Second Level
Programming The Menu Options
Creating A Pop-Up Menu
Function2
Todo-4
Summary
Chapter 16 Using Help and Hints
Help
IPF Help Files
Property Approach
ASCII File
Hints
Summary
Chapter 17 Multi-Threaded Applications
When Should A Program Be Multi-Threaded?
More On Threads
Designing A Multi-Threaded Application
Writing A VX·REXX Multi-Threaded Program
Starting A Thread
Communicating With A Thread
Getting Information On Threads
Stopping A Thread
Working
Summary
Chapter 18 Using The External Data Queue
Three Demonstrations
GETDATA.CMD And SENDATA.CMD
GETDATA.CMD Then SENDATA.CMD
SENDATA2.CMD
Understanding External Data Queues
Managing The External Data Queue
Creating A New Queue
Making A Queue Active
Putting Data Into A Queue
Putting Data Into A Queue From
The Command Line
Getting Data From A Queue
Finding The Active Queue
Deleting A Queue
Avoiding Conflicts
Using External Data Queues In VX·REXX
Sendata
Getdata
Queue
Getting
The Process Started
The
Sending Threads
The
Receiving Threads
Termination
Summary
Chapter 19 Working With Configuration Files
Which Configuration File To Use?
Configuration Functions
VRDelIni
VRGetIni
VRSetIni
Using These In A Program
Initializing The Program
Getting Stored Values
Storing Changes
Deleting Configuration
Information
Summary
Chapter 20 Working With Dynamic Data Exchange
Two Examples
DeScribe
Lotus
DDE In VX·REXX
Two Examples
WC
WC-Book
Summary
Chapter 21 Debugging VX·REXX Programs
The Error Window
The Interactive Debugger
Section List
Source Window
Variable Window
Result Window
Using The Interactive Debugger
Tracing
Stopping The Interactive
Debugger
The Old-Fashion Way
Summary
Chapter 23 Program Summary
VX·REXX Programs That Come With This Book
Beeper
Container
Debug Example
Edit
Edit-2
Edit-3
Function
Function2
Getdata
In-Line
Ini
Lines
Keyboard
Line-1
Listbox
Listbox2
Lotlines
Menu
Message
Message2
Music
Music-2
Music-3
Music-4
Music-5
Notebook
Password
PauseIt
PauseIt2
PickFile
Pictures
PostBack
Prompt
Queue
Sample
Sendata
ShowEdit
ShowText
Survey
Survey-2
Survey-3
Survey-4
Survey-5
Survey-6
Survey-7
Threads
Todo-1
Todo-2
Todo-3
Todo-4
Todo-5
ViewBmp
ViewBmp2
ViewIcon
ViewIcn2
ViewIcn3
WC
WC-Book
Window-1
Window-2
Working
VX·REXX Sample Programs
Bounce
Button
Calculator
DDE Explorer
DragDrop
File Browser
Hint and Help
Hocus Focus
Mind Game
MMW
Movies
Notebook
Popup
Printing
Q+E Text
RGB
Sample Database
Scan
Threads
Update DB Sample
Window Controller
Working
REXX Programs
REXX-1.CMD
REXX-2.CMD
REXX-3.CMD
REXX-4.CMD
REXX-5.CMD
REXX-6.CMD
REXX-7.CMD
REXX-8.CMD
REXX-9.CMD
REXX-10.CMD
REXX-11.CMD
REXX-12.CMD
TODO.CMD
Appendix A REXX Introduction
REXX Programming
Background
Introduction
Variables And Branching
Logic Testing And Looping
Subroutines
Summary
Appendix B Selected REXX Programs
Appendix C Icons
Icon Editor
Installing An Icon
Have A Disk File Ready
Create A New Icon
Paste An Existing Icon
Drop-And-Drag An Icon
The Icons That Come With This Book
Summary
Appendix D Running Your Programs
Using A Command Line
Running From The Desktop
Summary
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