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Welcome to the Open Object Rexx Project Wiki page
Documentation
- Official documentation for the current release of Open Object Rexx.
- Documentation notes Notes, comments and addendums as supporting documentation.
Contact
The ooRexx team can be reached by all methods provided on this site. Most discussions take place at the mailing lists. For development related issues oorexx-devel should be used. For general help there is a list called oorexx-users.
Additionally, there are forums that can be used. Most team members prefer the mailing lists though.
To get real time support there is an IRC server set up: build.oorexx.org, channel #oorexx. There are many clients available, one of them is Chatzilla for Firefox and Mozilla.
Tutorials
- Resurrecting REXX, Introducing Object Rexx [file:ResurrectingRexx.pdf] A brief history and concepts of Rexx and ooRexx with examples to illustrate concepts. Prepared by Rony G. Flatscher for ECOOP 2006.
- Local Environment and Scopes in Object Rexx [file:LocalEnvironmentAndScopesInObjectRexx.pdf] Explanation of scopes and the .local and .enviroment directories. Prepared by Rony G. Flatscher for the 7th International Rexx Symposium in 1996.
- Automation of Windows Applications with Object Rexx [file:MasterThesis_AutomationOfWindowsApplicationsWithObjectRexx.pdf] A Master’s thesis dealing with COM/OLE automation of Windows applications using Object Rexx.
- Optimizing Rexx applications NEW
- Starting OO Design
- Quick Start to Writing Test Cases for the ooRexx Intrepreter [file:ootestQuick.pdf] Or, how to write test cases, even if you do not understand that "object" stuff.
Sample Software
Section Under Development
ooRexx Sample software, in the form of stand alone programs and in the form of snippets are available in the following categories:
- Internal REXX language Tips and Techniques
- Integration of REXX with Optional Support Pacakges (such as RexxUtil, RxFTP, RxSock, and RxMath)
- Integration of REXX with other Languages (such as C++, Java (via BSF4Rexx), Python and more)
- Integration of REXX with the Operating Systems
- Integration of REXX with Tools
- Integration of REXX with Applications through Windows COM/OLE automation (such as with IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Excel,,,)
If you have sample software that you would like to share, please forward to iWeaveRexx at users.sourceforge.net for consideration.
Tips
- Handling CSV files
- To transfer data directly between CSV files and Arrays use the CSVStream Class
- Creating Bitmaps for OODialog using ImageMagick
- The BMPs that ImageMagick creates by default cannot be used with OODialog. However, if you use ImageMagick to create a ppm image then convert it to a bitmap using
convert image.ppm image.bmp
- OODialog is able to display it. Nevertheless, the 6.3.4 Q16 version of ImageMagick seems to directly convert .JPG files to BMPs that are usable by ooDiaglog. It may be that the restirction was only with older versions of ImageMagick. The command:
E:\>convert P0000034.jpg waves.bmp
- produced a BMP file of the waves at the ocean that could be used as the bitmap background of an ooDialog program without problem.
Workarounds
- Workarounds View workaround solutions for various anomalies, problems and bugs in ooRexx.
REXX-Friendly Language Editors
Edit REXX with most any text editor, but some work better than others.
For Developers
- InternalClasses Information about working with or adding new internal classes to the interpreter.
