PPWIZARD is a free preprocessor for HTML, REXX, Visual Basic or any text files.

Switch /Rexx

This is a PPWIZARD command line switch. You can set up your own default switches in the "PPWIZARD_OPTIONS" environment variable or in project files.

The input is treated as rexx source. Rexx comments are removed from the source.

This switch can be used any number of times and will affect all input masks that follow. It also becomes the default mode for all files produced via the #Output command. For backwards compatability, if an input mask is found before any processing mode switch then the last instance of a processing mode switch is used these.

Packing of the resultant rexx code (within one generated line) occurs by default. You can specify "/Pack" if you don't want this done. Turning off packing will speed up the generation of rexx code but in my mind the compression gain from leaving it on is worth it.

Other options you may wish to use are "LeaveBlankLines" & "KeepIndent".

WARNING

Note that if you are taking unknown code and passing it through the preprocessor to reduce its size you should use the "/Pack;N" option as there are situations where the operation of the code will be affected. Some good and safe reduction in code size will still occur.

PPWIZARD Manual

Thursday January 17 2002 at 6:27pm