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The Arexx Application List
AMIGAphile Volume 1 Number 1 (JUNE 1992)
I would like to thank Daniel J. Barrett for giving permission to publish the changes made to this list. I would also like to thank all those who have contributed to the list and I encourage others to help with the updating and upkeep thereof.
The ARexx Application List is Copyright 1992 by Daniel J. Barrett.
All rights reserved.
HOW TO READ THE LIST
The information about each product includes:
Product name: The name of the product.
Product version: The version number of the program. Since version
numbers are constantly changing, the only guarentee
you have is that this version DOES support ARexx.
Product type: What kind of product is this? Results are in ALL
CAPITAL LETTERS so you can search for topics more
consistently.
Author: The author's name.
Status: Commercial? Freeware? Shareware? ...
Port name: The name of the ARexx port.
Number of commands: How many ARexx commands are supported.
Executes scripts by: A description of how ARexx is used from INSIDE THE
PROGRAM. (We assume that every ARexx application can
be invoked from OUTSIDE the program.) Examples are:
function keys, macro filename from a file requestor,
any key, mouse click, etc. If the program cannot
invoke scripts, then the entry is "External control
only."
Notes: Brief but important information.
NEW ENTRIES ADDED THIS MONTH
Ami-Back, AmokEd, Burf, CyberCron, dbMAN, DeliTracker, DMD,
Final Copy, FishCat, FreeDraw, GNU Emacs, JM, KCommodity, Leggi,
Postdriver, RXSER2, SRI, TLog.
Numerous other entries have been updated.
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PART 1: AREXX-COMPATIBLE APPLICATIONS
==============================================================================
Product name: 2View
Product version: 1.11
Product type: IFF PICTURE VIEWER
Author: Dave Schreiber (Fish Disk 546)
Status: freeware
Notes: Requires Workbench 2.0.
Product name: 3-D Professional
Product version: 1.56
Product type: 3D MODELING
Author: Cryogenic Software
Progressive Peripherals & Software
Status: commercial
Port name: 3-D Professional
Number of commands: 50+
Executes scripts by: File Requester
Notes: Uses ARexx as its internal scripting language.
Product name: Ami-Back
Product version: 2.0
Product type: HARD DISK BACKUP
Author: Moonlighter Software
Status: commercial
Product name: AmigaTeX
Product type: TYPESETTING, TEX
Author: Radical Eye Software (Tomas Rokicki)
Status: commercial
Product name: AmigaVision
Product type: MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
Author: Commodore Business Machines
Status: commercial
Port name: AV.REXX
Number of commands: 3
Executes scripts by: Invoking them from within a "flow"
Notes: Shares data between AV & ARexx variables.
Product name: AmokEd
Product version: 1.20c
Product type: TEXT EDITOR
Author: Hartmut Goebel
(htgoebel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de)
Status: freeware
Port name: AED || <hexnumr>. V1.28 and up: user-definable.
Number of commands: 140+
Executes scripts by: any event
Notes: Internal variable to get the unique name, if no
PORTNAME is specified.
Product name: ANIM Tools
Product version: 0.5
Product type: ANIMATION
Author: Cryogenic Software
Status: commercial
Port name: ATools
Number of commands: 20+
Executes scripts by: File Requester/[alt/shift/ctrl]Function Keys
Notes: Uses ARexx as scripting lang/to talk to ADPro.
Product name: ARexxDB
Product type: DATABASE
Author: JMH Software
Status: commercial
Number of commands: 70
Notes: Database records manager
Product name: Art Department Professional
Product type: GRAPHICS CONVERSION
IMAGE PROCESSING
Author: ASDG Incorporated
Status: commercial
Port name: ADPro
Number of commands: 55+
Executes scripts by: function key
Product name: A-Sound Elite
Product type: DIGITAL SAMPLE EDITOR
Author: Deltaware Products
Status: commercial
Notes: Stereo audio sample editor
Product name: A-Talk III
Product type: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Author: Oxxi
Status: commercial
Port name: ATK
Number of commands: 47
Executes scripts by: file requestor
Product name: Aztec C
Product version: 5.0
Product type: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Author: Manx
Status: commercial
Port name: (not applicable)
Number of commands: (not applicable)
Executes scripts by: Automatically when compilation fails.
Product name: CyberCron
Product version: 1.3
Product type: PROGRAM SCHEDULING
Author: Christopher A. Wichura (caw@miroc.chi.il.us)
Status: freeware
Port name: CYBERCRON
Number of commands: 17
Executes scripts by: Launch
Notes: Requires OS 2.04. ARexx not necessary but useful.
Product name: CygnusEd Professional
Product version: 2.0
Product type: TEXT EDITOR
Author: ASDG, Inc.
Status: commercial
Product name: dbMAN
Product version: 5.31
Product type: DATABASE
Author: Versasoft
Status: commercial
Port name: DBMAN
Number of commands: 320
Executes scripts by: Function call
Notes: dBase III+ compatible relational database
Product name: DeliTracker
Product version: 1.21 (18 May 1992)
Product type: MUSIC
Author: Frank Riffel, Peter Kunath
Status: shareware
Notes: Player for 40 different "tracker" module formats.
Product name: DME
Product version: 1.45
Product type: TEXT EDITOR
Author: Matt Dillon
Status: freeware
Port name: DME || <hex address>
Number of commands: 134
Executes scripts by: Any event
Notes: ARexx port is undocumented. Unique port names
are created and deleted automatically. Only way to
learn the port name is to have DME launch your
script.
Product name: Final Copy
Product version: 1.3.2
Product type: WORD PROCESSOR
Author: Softwood
Status: commercial
Port name: FinalC.1, FinalC.2, ...
Number of commands: 66
Executes scripts by: Function key, menu
Product name: FishCat
Product version: 1.2
Product type: FRED FISH DISK INDEX
Author: Matt Brown
Status: shareware
Port name: FISHCAT. May be set by user.
Number of commands: 3
Executes scripts by: External control only
Product name: FreeDraw
Product version: 0.01
Product type: PAINT
Author: Richard M. Ross; ARexx port by Tomas Rokicki
Status: freeware
Port name: freedraw
Number of commands: 9
Executes scripts by: External control only
Notes: Very minimal; a demo of how to add an ARexx port
to an application. Available in the MinRexx
Product name: JM
Product version: 1.1b
Product type: SYSTEM TASK MANAGER
Author: Steve Koren
Status: freeware
Port name: JMSERVER
Number of commands: 18
Executes scripts by: External control only.
Notes: Requires OS 2.04. Most ARexx cmds query system
status (load average, uptime, etc).
Product name: KCommodity
Product version: 1.70
Product type: INPUT HANDLER COMMODITY
Author: Kai Iske
Status: freeware
Notes: Mouse/window/keystroke/screen handler.
Requires Amiga OS 2.0 or higher.
Product name: Leggi
Product version: 2.0
Product type: TEXT READER
Author: Sebastiano Vigna
Status: freeware
Notes: Complies with Commodore's application guidelines
Product name: Postdriver Postscript Printer Driver
Product type: PRINTING
Author: Soft Service, Inc.
Status: commercial
Port name: (Not applicable)
Number of commands: (Not applicable)
Executes scripts by: (Not applicable)
Notes: "ARexx can activate previously saved settings."
Product name: SRI (SAS/C Rexx Interface)
Product version: 1.00
Product type: PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
Author: Matthias Scheler, Michael Illgner
Status: freeware
Notes: Interface SAS/C 5.10a (or newer) with text editor
Product name: TLog
Product version: 2.01
Product type: PHYSICAL FITNESS
Author: Ed Bacon
Status: shareware
Notes: Daily record for athletic training.
==============================================================================
PART 2: COLLECTIONS OF AREXX SCRIPTS
==============================================================================
Product name: DMD
Product version: 2.00
Product type: TEXT EDITOR MACROS
Author: Fergus Duniho
Status: freeware
Port name: (not applicable)
Number of commands: (not applicable)
Executes scripts by: (not applicable)
Notes: Macros for DME text editor. See entry for DME.
==============================================================================
PART 3: UTILITIES FOR AREXX PROGRAMMERS
==============================================================================
Product name: RXSER2
Product type: SHARED LIBRARY
Author: Joseph Stivaletta
Notes: Library for ARexx serial port communication
If you wish to contribute to this list please use the following form and
contact either Daniel J. Barrett or myself.
Product name: <Name of software product>
Product version: <the version number>
Product type: <PAINT, WORD PROCESSOR, ANIMATION, etc...>
Author: <Author or company's name>
Status: <commercial, shareware, freeware, public domain>
Port name: <ARexx port name. Be careful with upper/lower case!>
Number of commands: <number of ARexx commands provided>
Executes scripts by: <menu,gadgets,function keys,any key,mouse,any event>
or <External control only.>
Notes: <Any BRIEF but important notes>
Daniel Barrett
Department of Computer Science
Lederle Graduate Research Center
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
USA
INTERNET: barrett@cs.umass.edu
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