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- Hi,
-
- just a quick note inserted here by Simon before the docs
- on Roger's BPAINT program.
-
- Arexx was implemented in Blitz 2 by Greg Abbiss, a big thanks
- to Greg for not only providing an excellent extension to Blitz2
- but also for showing that it wasn't so silly of me to put the
- library writing docs in the User Guide (so there Mark...)
-
- Note:
-
- The amigalibs.res file can be expanded to contain the macros
- and constants included from arexxres.bb,
- load in arexxres.bb, compile and run it (shouldn't do anything),
- then create resident called blitzlibs:amigalibs2.res, your new
- amigalibs2.res file now contains all the macros/constants/types from
- the arexxres.bb AS WELL as all the amiga libraries.
-
- Now you can remove the include arexxres.bb and replace the resident
- file listed in the options as amigalibs.res with amigalibs2.res.
-
- If you didn't follow this, don't worry, its probably better to just
- use the include arexxres.bb abyway....
-
- Thank you for your time, now over to Roger....
-
-
-
- BPAINT a little example of using Blitz 2's Arexx Library
-
- BPAINT is just here as a practical demonstration of how easy it is to
- create your own arexx interface for a programme
-
- The paint programme is just a window you can paint to. Nothing flash
- just something to replicate what say a real application would do
-
- The programme opens a message port and looks for a arexx script, it then
- processes that arexx script and you see the result.
-
- This programme demonstrates how to add your own arexx commands and do
- basic rexx handling. Look for a proper tutorial next Blitz User
-
- Sorry for the quick nature of the programme and documentation but we
- have all been a tad busy at Blitz HQ :-)
-
- Credits
- -------
-
- Greg Abbiss, A great personal friend of mine, who happened to write
- the Arexx library for Blitz, this is no small acheivement
- and I and I'm sure everyone at ACID software thank Greg
- for the skill, time, and effort he has put into it
-
- Roger Lockerbie (ME!) for writing this little BPAINT programme. Once
- again as with the Sabotage proggy, If you want
- to know about a specific subject in depth then
- write me mail C/- BlitzUser to ACID Software
- (or fax for that matter)
-
- Have fun......
-
- Roger
-
-