Free Rexx Tools, Interfaces, and Packages

 

                                    (sorted alphabetically)

 

Tool
(with Hotlink)

Description

Originally Developed for…

Administration Tool

A “Programmer’s GUI” and administration aid designed to assist in the development and debugging of Rexx scripts for Windows.  Comes bundled with Reginald Rexx.

Reginald

Associative Arrays for Rexx

Routines that manipulate associative arrays

Regina

AuroraWare!

11 visual productivity accessories for Windows

r4, roo!

Bean Scripting Framework

Allows Java programs to call Rexx scripts, and for Rexx scripts to create and manipulate Java objects

Open Object Rexx

CheckList!

Visual list management accessory for Windows

r4, roo!

cgi-lib.rxx

(also known as CGI / Rexx)

A library of Common Gateway Interface or CGI functions from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).  These functions make it easy to retrieve and decode input, send output back to the client, and report diagnostics and errors.

Uni-Rexx

CUR for Rexx

A version of “ObjectCUR for Object REXX” for classic Rexx from Lueck Data Systems

Unknown

DlgArea, DlgAreaU

Classes for creating GUI dialogs (OODialog)

Open Object Rexx

Example scripts

Several dozen example scripts that are described in the book Rexx Programmers Reference

Various Rexxes for Windows & Linux

Example scripts using Regina’s API from C

Documentation and example scripts on how to invoke Rexx from other languages using the Regina API.   Examples are in C language.

Regina

FileRexx Function Library

Functions with new file I/O commands specific to Windows

Reginald

FileUt

Scripting interface for standard I/O

Regina

Fortran Functions from Rexx

How to call a ForTran function from rexx using a C function as an intermediary

Regina

FUNCDEF

Access to any Windows DLL from Reginald

Reginald

Generic Call Interface for Rexx
(GCI for Rexx)

This interface allows the use of almost every library function call by REXX and its own methods. The generic call interface is implemented as an extension of the SAA API.

Any SAA API-compliant Rexx (eg: Regina, Open Object Rexx)

GTK+ for Object Rexx

Modal dialog manager for Object REXX

Open Object Rexx

Hack

Hexadecimal editor for Windows with Rexx script capabilities

Regina

HtmlGadgets

Generates code snippets to support HTML coding

Reginald

HtmlStrings

Generates HTML code

Reginald

HtmlToolBar

Generates code snippets for HTML gadgets

Reginald

Internet/REXX HHNS Workbench  

A Common Gateway Interface external function library from Henri Henault & Sons, France

Various

MacroEd

Manages RexxEd macros

Reginald

MIDI REXX Function Library

Read, write, play and record MIDI files

Reginald

Mod_Rexx

Applies Rexx to Apache web page development.  Controls all Apache features through Rexx scripts.

Open Object Rexx, Regina

NetRexxJe Plugin for the jEdit editor

NetRexx plug-in for an open source, cross-platform text editor written in Java by Satguru Srivastava

NetRexx

NrxSrv

Compiler server for NetRexx by René Jansen

NetRexx

ObjectCUR for Object REXX

A cross-platform class library that includes functions for system information, logging, file system control, FTP, Win32 calls, and text file support.

Open Object Rexx

ODBC Drivers

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers for  Microsoft Access databases, dBASE files, or Excel files

Reginald

OLE/Active X support

Allows a Rexx program to invoke any Windows component that provides an OLE/ActiveX interface, part of Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

OODialog Runtime

From Open Object Rexx, supports existing Object Rexx OODialog programs

Open Object Rexx

OS/2 Utilities

A dozen utilities for OS/2 Rexx

Quercus Rexx

OS/2 Utilities

A dozen utilities for OS/2 written in Rexx

OS/2 Rexx

Poof!

135 command-line utilities for Windows

r4, roo!

Regular Expressions

Regular expressions for Rexx scripts

Reginald

Review!

Colorful text file viewer for Windows

r4, roo!

REXREF3

Produces Rexx script cross-reference listings for Windows, DOS, and OS/2

Querus Rexx

REXX 2 Exe

Converts scripts into a self-running *.exe files

Reginald

REXX Dialog

Creates GUI interfaces for Windows

Reginald

Rexx Function Pack for PHP

Rexx-PHP interface

Unknown

Rexx Math Bumper Pack

Math libraries

Regina

REXX MySQL Library

MySQL database support and interface for Rexx scripts

Regina

REXX Speech

Pronounces synthesized voice

Reginald

REXX Text Editor

Editor designed for Rexx, includes built-in graphical debugger, “help” access, other features for Rexx developers

Reginald

Rexx Tokenizer

Converts Rexx code into a tokenized format that hides the code.  Bundled with Open Object Rexx.

OORexx

Rexx/CURL

Interface to the cURL package for access to URL-addressable resources

Regina

Rexx/Curses

Interface to the curses library for portable character-based user interfaces

Regina

Rexx/DW

Provides a cross-platform GUI toolset, based on the Dynamic Windows package

Regina

Rexx/gd

Create and manipulate graphics images using the gd library

Regina

Rexx/ISAM

Interface to Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) files

Regina

Rexx/SQL

Interface to all major open source and commercial SQL databases

Regina

Rexx/Tk

TheTk GUI interface toolkit for cross-platform GUIs for Rexx scripts

Regina

Rexx/Trans

Translates Rexx API calls from an external function package into API calls specific to a  particular Rexx interpreter

Regina

Rexx/Wrapper

“Wraps” Rexx scripts into a closed-source, stand-alone executables

Regina

Rexx2Nrx

Classic Rexx to NetRexx converter by Thomas Schneider

Various

RexxED

A Rexx-aware editor for Windows from Reginald

Reginald

rexxglnx

Extends the REXX language by providing REXX external functions useful in the public Linux platform

Various

RexxGOS2.DLL

Extends the REXX language by providing REXX external functions useful in an IBM OS/2 Warp platform

Various

RexxGWin.DLL

Extends the REXX language by providing REXX external

functions useful in a Microsoft Windows platforms

Various

REXXIO library

250 functions grouped into these areas: file, directory, search, Windows GUI, keyboard, mouse, Registry, communications, events, internet, graphics, global stem functions, processes and email.

Regina, Open Object Rexx, etc.

RexxMail

Email client that uses only WPS and Rexx scripts

OS/2 Rexx

RexxRE

Regular expression library for Rexx scripts for Windows from Reginald

Reginald

RexxRE Regular Expression Library

Regular expression library for Rexx scripts for Windows from Interlog

Regina

RexxTags

Rexx Server Pages (RSP) compiler for prototyping XML tags in Rexx; an easy way to write XML tags in Rexx

Open Object Rexx, Regina

RexxUtil

Originally from IBM, this is a function library for platform-independent environmental interaction, from Reginald

Reginald

RexxUtil

The RexxUtil package bundled with Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

RegUtil

Another implementation of RexxUtil (the Windows version of RexxUtil), from Patrick TJ McPhee

Regina

RexxXML

Support for XML and HTML files

Regina

RxAcc

Generates code snippets through a keyboard accelerator

Reginald

RxBlowFish

Callable DLL implements Blowfish encryption

OS/2 Rexx

RxCalibur

Creates a library of code snippets; aids in reusing this code

Reginald

RxComm Serial Add-on

Control/access serial ports from Rexx scripts

Reginald

RXDDE

DDE client functions for Rexx under Windows

Quercus Rexx

RxDlgIDE

An Interactive Development Environment (IDE) designed to work with Rexx Dialog under Windows by Kåre Johansson

Reginald

rxJava

Rexx functions for Java (support discontinued)

Unknown

RxMath

Transcendental math functions from Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

RxProject

A Rexx script “pre-processor” that aids in managing scripting projects

Reginald

RxRegExp

Regular expressions, from Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

RxRSync

Callable DLL implements Rsync compession/differencing for OS/2

OS/2 Rexx

RxSock

Interface for TCP/IP sockets from Regina

Regina

RxSock

Interface for TCP/IP sockets from Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

RxSock

Interface for TCP/IP sockets from Reginald

Reginald

RxWav

Create and manipulate audio files

Unknown

Script Launcher

GUI panel for launching Rexx scripts under Windows

Reginald

Speech Function Library

Pronounces synthesized voice

Reginald

THE

The Hessling Editor, a cross-platform, Rexx-aware text editor

Regina

Tiny VM

Runs NetRexx programs in the Lego MindstormsTM RCX, which is part of Lego's Robotics Invention System.

NetRexx

TOC Applet

NetRexx applet that navigates a set of HTML files

NetRexx

TopHat! 

Generic interface for Forms-based applications under Windows

r4, roo!

Transcendental Math

Transcendental math functions

Various

Tutorial – introductory

Online tutorial on classic (procedural) Rexx scripting

r4

Tutorial – Using Reginald with a CGI

Tutorial plus example scripts

Reginald

Tutorial – Using Reginald to access the Internet

Tutorial plus example scripts

Reginald

Tutorial – Using mailslots with Reginald

Tutorial plus example scripts

Reginald

TXT2XML-Rexx

This is script that converts XML files to/from text files using a COBOL copybook as a reference for IBM mainframes, Windows, and Linux

Regina

Utilities – Examples written in Rexx

30-odd example Rexx scripts that perform practical utility functions for Windows systems

Reginald

W32 Funcs

Functions for Windows Registry access

Regina

Wegina

Windows front-end for the Regina interpreter

Regina

Windows Scripting Engine

Rexx for WSH ships bundled with Open Object Rexx

Open Object Rexx

Workspace for NetRexx

An interactive environment for computation and problem solving by Martin Lafaix

NetRexx

WRXUTIL.ZIP

Various functions for Windows including open/save dialogs, memory and loaded modules information

Quercus Rexx

XmlGenie!

XML to HTML conversion product for Windows

r4, roo!

                        

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