This is a demo version of VX-REXX in an installed format.  This package is needed because the installer of the original VX-REXX demo package no longer functions in later versions of OS/2 (and eComStation).

To use this package, unzip the attached zip file from the top level of the destination drive.   After unzip, you will find a VXREXX directory.

Edit your config.sys to include x:\vxrexx in LIBPATH, PATH, DPATH, and HELP.  You will also need to include an environment variable:

REM BEGIN VXREXX
SET VXREXX=x:\vxrexx
REM END VXREXX

where x: is the drive for the VXREXX directory.

You may have to set the VXREXX entry for the LIBPATH to go in the front if you experience difficulty running VXREXX programs from VRXEDIT.  This is due to a versioning conflict between the version of resource compiler expected by VXREXX and older versions of that program provided by IBM.

To create the desktop objects, attach to the VXREXX directory and run the REXX cmd file BUILDVRX.CMD, and then BUILDCSO.CMD.

Note that this is the *demo* version of VX-REXX.   I received permission from Watcom to upload this package due to difficulty with the installer.   If you need validation of such permission, you are welcom to contact me.

Kim Cheung 07/19/02
kimwaic@deltanet.com