said:
>Mr. Quackles says you did it on _purpose_ just to harass me. _____
Nah, it was just a testcase to see if you were paying attention and
thinking about what you were reading. :-) You use Classic REXX. The
discussion indicated that the documentation was in the Object REXX manual.
Naming an Object REXX manual CREXX.INF might make sense to some folks just
not me.
BTW, did I ever tell you I'm a lousy proofreader?
>Now then, I want my Classic Rexx programs to use the Object Rexx function
>calls (such as "SysBootDrive()"):
Well, since the function is defined in Classic REXX's REXX.DLL, is it
really an Object REXX function? I'd say not. It's just that IBM chose
not to update the Classic REXX manual.
>-- 2. When I do a SysLoadFuncs() should I use "OREXUTIL.DLL" instead of
>"REXXUTIL.DLL"? I currently do this:
No.
> rc = rxFuncAdd( "SysLoadFuncs", "RexxUtil", "SysLoadFuncs" )
> ...
> rc = SysLoadFuncs()
This is fine. Do a testcase to prove it to yourself. Since RexxUtil is
almost never unloaded use rexxtry:
say sysbootdrive()
>I *presume* I'm supposed to use "ORexUtil" instead of "RexxUtil" when I
>call rxFuncAdd() because the DLLs are named REXXUTIL.DLL and
>OREXUTIL.DLL. Yes?
If you do, you will probably crash something.
>-- 3. Since ORexUtil.dll is smaller than RexxUtil.dll, I'm wondering --
>am I supposed to rxFuncAdd() them *both*? Is there any reason I should
>continue to use RexxUtil? Is there any functionality in RexxUtil that
>isn't in ORexx? Does ORexUtil.dll load RexxUtil.dll by itself without me
>explicity doing so?
No, no and no. the Classic RexxUtil implements a subset of the functions
implemented by the Object REXX version. The Object REXX version
implements functions that require functionality not available in Classic
REXX's REXX.DLL.
Steven
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