    Personal REXX for Windows Readme February 26, 1993

    The following items may be of interest to you as a user of this
    release of Personal REXX for Windows.

        This release is provided on one 3.5" and two 5.25" diskettes. If
        you do not install all options for Personal REXX for Windows, you
        may not need to use both 5.25" diskettes.

        The Output Options dialog allows you to change the colors used to
        display text in the REXX I/O window. You may wish to do this,
        especially if you have a monochrome display.

        You can obtain context sensitive help from the REXX source window
        by placing the cursor on a REXX keyword or function and pressing
        F1. If specific help is available, it will be displayed.

        The second argument for the function SPAWN() is optional and is
        erroneously defined as required in the written documentation

        The WINSOUND() function may play the name of a sound located in the
        [sounds] section of WIN.INI not the [sound] section as stated in
        the written document.

        The new WINSENDKEYS() function is not included in the written
        documentation but is included with this release. This function
        allows you to send keystrokes to another window from a REXX
        program. On-line help is available for this new function.

        The directory RXFILMAN contains a sample application using REXX. It
        implements a file manager extension which adds a menu to the
        Windows File Manager. When an item is selected from this menu a
        REXX program is run. This REXX program may use installed REXX
        external functions to get information from the File Manager about
        the currently selected drive or files. The source code to implement
        this application can be found in the API subdirectory, and will be
        of interest to developers and other users who wish to take
        advantage of the Application Programming Interfaces of Personal
        REXX for Windows. RXFILMAN is an example of what can be
        accomplished with REXX. For further information read RXFILMAN.WRI
        in the RXFILMAN subdirectory.

        If you are new to the REXX language you may find the REXX code in
        the Samples and Learn subdirectories of interest.


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