On october 12, 2004, ibm announced their plan to release their object rexx implementations sources under the common public license. The use and syntax of all the classes and their methods is covered in this book. Object rexx allows object oriented and conventional. Rexx exec can be a sequential data set or a pds member tsoe exec command to invoke a rexx program or a clist three ways to use the exec command. The chapter s in this part cover the following topics. Pdf files acrobat reader or as postscript files as part of the basic machinereadable material and online.
Rexx can be used as a macro language, a productembedded scripting language. Many programming languages are designed for compatibility with older languages, and are. This book describes a number of extension classes to open object rexx. On february 22, 2005, the first public release of open object rexx oorexx was announced. The oorexx pdf documentation is available online at the urls listed below. The rexx language consists of a nucleus of operators comparison, logical, arithmetic, and string. We spend countless hours researching various file formats and software that can open, convert, create or otherwise work with those files. Rexx is a power language, so this tutorial just gets you started. These references are available in both pdf and html format, the same as other oorexx documentation. Supports all object oriented features, including messaging, classes, objects, single and multiple inheritance, data hiding and. Open source telephony, pdf file about moving to open source using object rexx, from david ruggles discover real problem solving with oorexx and excel automation, pdf file from les koehler supplemental zip files. This course is designed to enable the student to create, debug, and modify programs in the open object rexx oorexx programming language. Therefore the programming language was designed to be human centric and, as a result, it can be learned and understood very quickly. It is a followon to and a significant extension of the classic rexx language originally created for the conversational monitor system cms component of the operating system vmsp and later ported to multiple virtual storage, os2 and pc dos.
It is upwardly compatible with classic rexx and will execute classic rexx programs unchanged. The object rexx programming language is an object oriented scripting language initially produced by ibm for the operating system os2. When you install oorexx as per the environment chapter, you will also have the ability to work with classes and objects. Two new documentation books, open object rexx, rexx extensions library reference and open object rexx, unix extensions reference have been added. This change provided a more efficient build environment and reduced the build times for users. This is an introductory tutorial that covers the basics of rexx and how to. Its goal is to make scripting as easy, fast, reliable, and errorfree as possible.
Rexx web programming rexx has the facility to work with web servers as well. If hercules is integrated with both rexx interpreters when built, the rexx startenable and rexx stopdisable are enabled. Programming guide free book pdf free download link book now. The dos protected mode ports, for dpmi and vcpi, both use regina. Its users range from the novice to experienced oorexx users. Your contribution will go a long way in helping us. This event signalled a new era in the history of rexx. Open object rexx tutorial overview for those who practice object oriented programming, the summary of open object rexx provided by the previous chapter is all you need. It was designed from day one to be powerful, yet easy to use. Since any classic rexx program runs under object oriented rexx, you can program procedurally or object oriented, or mix the two however you like. Regina and open object rexx come with their own documentation in html andor pdf. Kilowatt software homepage dbus language bindings for oorexx, pdf file, from prof.
In order to use rexxw with the apache web server, you need. Rxsock tcpip socket functions reference book pdf free download link book now. Object oriented rexx reference documentation home page for open object rexx from the open object rexx project open object rexx list of classes and methods, from h. The course is primarily designed for execution in a windows environment, although it can also be hosted in a linux or unix aixsolaris environment. An introduction to rexx for os390 users this article provides an os390 user with the necessary information to code a simple rexx program and to use the provided ibm documentation to build complex applications in rexx. Home sourceforge site documentation support oorexx wiki faq rexx language association project links. If you are big fan of object oriented programming oop and want to implement better designed programs in rexx, then this is an ideal tutorial. Flatscher rexx was invented to make programming easier than ever before. Open object rexx also allows for object oriented rexx programming. The will also work with ibms rexx 6000 on aix but this has been superceeded by open object rexx.
Programming guide free book pdf free download link or read online here in pdf. This is an introductory tutorial that covers the basics of rexx and how to deal with its various components and subcomponents. The rexx language is a versatile generalpurpose programming language that can be used by new and experienced programmers. This book is intended for people who plan to develop applications using rexx and the extension classes. The normal rexx interpreter will not be able to run this object oriented code. Open object rexx is a fully object oriented, open source superset of classic rexx that. The original scripting language is still useful if. It assumes you are already familiar with object oriented. The uses the builtin rexx interpreter on os2 or regina. Rexx i about the tutorial rexx restructured extended executor is designed to be a scripting language. Open object rexx pdf presents a detailed guide to a version of object rexx.
Open object rexx oorexx roundup adds features, long asked for, e. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. As part of ibm s continued support of the open source community, object rexx has been provided by ibm to the rexx language association rexxla. The project is managed by the rexx language association. This part of the book is for programmers who want to learn the rexx language. Introduction the rexx language has many features that make it a powerful programming tool. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the header. Both references are intended to document extensions to oorexx, where the documentation is not big. Please note that all of the following code needs to be run in the oorexx interpreter. Recent releases of object rexx contain an activex wsh scripting engine implementing this version of the rexx language. Rexx on its own hardly has any os related functionality, so you may want to install rexxutil and w32funcs too. Being able to visualize concepts is a great way to understand a programming language.