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OS/2 based Rexx Snippets

If you use snippets from these listings, you should at least give the authors some mention in your program or documentation.

• Updating listings to an HTML page
• Using ANSI escape sequences to control text colors (intermediate level)
• APMT example, includes undocumented function (Intermediate level)
• Passing arguments and calling programs (Beginning level)
• Change an existing object's title (Beginning and intermediate level)
• Read a file into a variable quickly
• Closing Files (Beginning level)
• Simple template with variations to check command line input (Beginning level)
• Adding and Deleting Common Libraries (Beginning level)
• Check for INI, create if necessary (Beginning level)
• Read directory into queue, analyze file names, run process (Beginning and Intermediate level)
• A generic error handling subroutine (intermediate)
• Brute force FTP example (Intermediate level)
• FuncCommands - Functions and Commands in One
• Solve a system of linear equations (Intermediate to advanced level)
• Get Boot Drive
• Get Environment Variables
• Get Environment Variable Functions
• Generic "Ini" Loading Routine
• Manipulate two queues (Beginning and Intermediate level)
• Mutex Semaphore shell (Intermediate Level)
• Named Pipe Example (Intermediate to Advanced Level)
• Open the Color Palette
• Eliminator for =?iso-8859-1... from the subject-line of mails in PostRoad Mailer
• Renaming (or privatizing) Rexx functions
• A Fast Merge Sort for Stemmed variables
• A Simple Sort for a Stemmed variable
• Passing variables between routines using RXU library (Beginning level)
• Search the LIBPath for a DLL (Beginning level)
• Event Semaphore Example (Intermediate Level)
• Sending control characters to a file (Beginning level)
• How about a simple server based applet
• Fit a spline to x,y data and generate evenly spaced points (Intermediate level)
• Touch directories
• WhereIs - Search routine

VisPro/Rexx Based Snippets

A collection of useful snippets for VisPro/Rexx developers.

• Adding an "About" with time stamp to a VisProRexx generated exe. (Intermediate)
• Center a form in VisPro/Rexx
• Center a window in VisPro/Rexx
• Access and manipulate a database (Advanced level)
• Execution Environment Detection in VisProRexx (Intermediate level)
• Error code subroutines, command line and VisProRexx (Beginning level)
• Getting full path in Vispro/Rexx folders containers
• NLS Support for VisPro/Rexx applications
• Plot a line in VisProRexx (Intermediate level)
• Allowing rexx based plugins in your program
• Progress Bar in Vispro/Rexx
• Another Progress Bar for Vispro Rexx
• Setting Read Only On/Off for Multiple-Line Entry Fields
• Passing data values using the REXX queue
• Session starter
• Some SetStyleBit examples
• Changing StyleWords for Vp Controls
• Toolbars and a VisPro Sizing Trick
• Window numbers in VisPro (Beginning level)

VisPro/Rexx Info and Warnings

A collection of useful information for VisPro/Rexx developers.

• Multiple Thread Warning
• Deleting Contents of VPBackup
• Set Group Box Text
• Format menu hot keys in VisProRexx (Beginning and intermediate level)
• VisProRexx Menu Items (Beginning Level)
• New objects for VisPro?