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2011 Rexx Symposium schedule available 0 45 (12/4/2011 10:08:09 AM) comp.lang.rexx See: http://www.rexxla.org/events/2011/schedule.html Free access to the webcast via WebEx. Note that the Symposium is in Aruba, which is on Atlantic Standard time (UTC -3:00) -- Les (Change A... LesK

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Variables names 16 50 (8/17/2012 6:00:07 PM) comp.lang.rexx I am working my way through my Classic Rexx execs trying to get them to work with ooRexx. The buggest obstacle so far is the loss of "#" in variable names. In just one exec with over 6K lines, there were over... JenMurphy1 (60)

RexxVariablePool -> SY_FETCH 7 52 (8/19/2012 1:43:09 AM) comp.lang.rexx Is there a working example of a RexxVariablePool() call with SY_FETCH? All examples I've seen so far set a variable. The name of the Rexx variable is know, and with my miserable attempts the RexxVariable... what.ever (135)

Sorting twice -> once 5 42 (8/19/2012 2:23:35 AM) comp.lang.rexx 1. The highest score wins 2. Players with the same score are sorted by name 3. Data cannot be merged permanently, the new World Record is "8" by "4Carl II" instead of "8 4Carl II" 4. This should alwa... what.ever (135)

"execs" or "scripts" 26 70 (8/21/2012 4:31:29 PM) comp.lang.rexx I notice that most people call the Rexx routines "scripts". I come from an old VM/CMS and MVS/TSO world where they were called "execs". I have to admit that "scripts" kinda grates on my ears (eyes?) a bit. ... JenMurphy1 (60)

ooRexx replacement for DOSDir()? 9 57 (8/21/2012 5:42:15 PM) comp.lang.rexx How do I get the equivalent of the old DOSDir() function in ooRexx on Win XP? Is there a list somewhere of old Classic Rexx functions and their equivalents in ooRexx? ... JenMurphy1 (60)

Where Is My Null Parameter? 14 62 (8/22/2012 7:13:42 AM) comp.lang.rexx Where is my null parameter? Console log: E:\test>type nullparm.rex parse arg parms say 'parms=>'parms'nullparm "a" "" "c" parms=>"a" "" "c"nullparm "a" "" parms=>"a" ""nullparm "" parms=>rexxtry REXX-... CyberSimian3 (13)

Tolerating shebang on tokenised programs 3 44 (8/24/2012 9:45:22 AM) comp.lang.rexx Some environment require you to put a "shebang" at the top of your code, often something like this: #!/usr/bin/rexx -- So, you write your code any it works, with the shebang at the top. Then you token... Steve.J.Swift (321)

wordposAtIndex() / wordAtIndex(): find the number of the word at a given index position 8 38 (8/28/2012 2:22:37 PM) comp.lang.rexx I am looking for a function that would return the number of a word at a giv= en index position. Example: assuming function syntax is wordposAtIndex(n, haystack) wordposAtIndex(10, "Georg Friedrich H=E4nd... mukenx1 (6)

ooREXX Program cannot be started again and again 14 45 (9/4/2012 5:17:07 PM) comp.lang.rexx Hello I have a huge oOREXX program that uses ooDialog. The program runs fine and can be started several times. But is a specific amount of instances of this program are executed I cannot start another one. ... mberg (14)

FINALLY got OOREXX working under Ubuntu!! 73 56 (9/18/2012 11:49:24 AM) comp.lang.rexx I see the secret is the !# line indicating where the REXX interpreter lives. Why isn't it smart enough to recognize the "/*" in the first line like just about every other platform?? Also, I had to use Sy... Spammers2242 (58)