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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

3326.0. "Help with ARexx" by GIDDAY::MORAN (I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way!) Thu Jan 11 1990 21:53

    I just recently downloaded VLT and I am using it now instead of 
    JR-COMM. The only problem is that I don't fully understand the ARexx
    side of things.
    
    When I select an ARexx macro it says unable to find/create port.
    This also happens when it has to sound the bell.
    
    Can anybody out there give me a brief rundown on what ARexx is, what it 
    does and how to use it.
    
    Thanks Shaun.
    
    P.S. I have the ARexxArplib.library and the screenshare.library in libs
    as well as the ARexx math library.
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3326.1Need AREXXDICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25Fri Jan 12 1990 17:014
You need to purchase AREXX by Bill Hawes in order to take advantage of
the additional AREXX supported functionailty in VLT.

3326.2it's a LanguageSALEM::LEIMBERGERSat Jan 13 1990 07:2816
    	ARexx is a language that has very powerfull scripting capabilities.
    I purchased it awhile back but just started to play with it this
    weekend. In context it allows inter process communication for programs
    that have ARexx ports,like VLT. The programm disk also contains
    several example programs that serve as examples. for instance one
    program will open up a CLI,and then display a menu with several
    buttons. You can then click on the selection you want,and it will
    launch that task. While limited the example is an excellent one
    because it shows how powerfull ARexx can be. I have to admit that
    at this time I am just getting starte,so my experiances are limited.
     I hope to see ARexx programs showing up more here on the net as
    users develop them. some have already been posted,and i expect to
    see more follow.BTW ARexx is a good language for those starting
    out,and that have had experiance with basic.
    							bill
    
3326.3Get it "free" this century :-)WJG::GUINEAUQuantum RealitySat Jan 13 1990 16:463
ARexx also comes with WorkBench 1.4

John
3326.4$$$AUNTB::PRESSLEYpin heads are people too...Tue Mar 20 1990 22:201
    How much does AREXX cost and is the documentation well done.
3326.5How to start an AREXX program?RIPPLE::LUKE_TETue Sep 18 1990 15:446
    Does anyone know how to start up an AREXX program from CanDo?  I've
    figured out how to send messages out of CanDo to other AREXX programs
    with AREXX ports with the SpeakTo command but reading the AREXX
    docs, it's not clear to me just what message I send to the REXX
    port to start another AREXX program I want to write to do some floating
    point calculations?