@DATABASE "ARBRE" @INDEX "ARB:Misc/Index.Text/Main" @HELP "ARB:Misc/Help/Main" @NODE "Main" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!!" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS READ ME FIRST!! BY FRANK BUNTON@{UB}@{UU} @{" COPYRIGHT © FRANK P. BUNTON 1995-1998 " LINK "ARB:Misc/Read_Me_First!!/Copyright"} @{" This is now FREEWARE " LINK "freeware"} @{" About ARexx For Beginners " LINK "About"} @{" Copyright Notice " LINK "Copyright"} @{" Trademark Notices " LINK "Trademarks"} @{" Distribution " LINK "Distribution"} @{" Registration " LINK "Registration"} @{" WB1.x Version " LINK "Non"} @{" Disclaimer " LINK "Disclaimer"} @{" Resemblances/Apology " LINK "Apology"} @{" Acknowledgments " LINK "Acknowledgments"} @{" AmigaDOS For Beginners " LINK "ADB"} @{" History " LINK "Updates"} @{" Author & Error Reports " LINK "Author"} @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Freeware" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Freeware" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS FREEWARE VERSION@{ub}@{uu} @{JLEFT}"ARexx For Beginners" is now FREEEWARE but still @{"Copyright" LINK "ARB:Misc/Read_Me_First!!/Copyright"}. The reason for this is that it is that I do not know if any changes were made to it with the release of AmigaDOS v3.5 and I have no intention of updating at this stage or in the foreseeable future. I never thought I would reach this stage but I feel that the Amiga has well and truly "missed the boat" and is too far behind other computer technology to be realistically usable in the ever changing world of computers and the internet. Maybe one day the present owners will change all this but I cannot afford to wait and see and I am not willing to spend any more time or money on my Amiga until the unbelievable happens and a new Amiga emerges that can really compete with modern computers. So, in the meantime, use it freely for non-profit purposes and enjoy! === End of Text === @ENDNODE @NODE "About" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - About ARexx For Beginners" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS ABOUT AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UB}@{UU} @{" What ARexx For Beginners IS " LINK "Is"} @{" What ARexx For Beginners is NOT " LINK "Not"} @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Not" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - What ARexx For Beginners Is NOT" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS WHAT AREXX FOR BEGINNERS IS NOT@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} @{B}What "ARexx For Beginners" is NOT:-@{UB} * It is NOT a replacement for the ARexx manual. While every ARexx @{"instruction" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/Instructions"} and @{"function" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/Functions"} is covered, "ARexx For Beginners" is @{B}not@{UB} intended to be a @{B}full and definitive@{UB} description of the @{"format" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/Format"} of all these instructions and functions. If you want that sort of thing then read the ARexx manual. * It is NOT a description of how to use the ARexx @{"commands" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/Commands"} that are available in other programs. The format of those commands is not a part of ARexx but a part of those other programs To try to describe how to use commands available in all the programs that use ARexx would be an impossible task. There are just too many of them! So, if you want to know how to use, say, Directory Opus commands for ARexx scripts then you will have to read the Directory Opus manual. If you already know how to use ARexx itself and want to know how to use commands specific to other programs, then "ARexx For Beginners" is @{B}NOT@{UB} for you!! @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Is" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - What ARexx For Beginners IS" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS WHAT AREXX FOR BEGINNERS IS@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} @{B}What "ARexx For Beginners" IS:-@{UB} What "ARexx For Beginners" attempts to do is to provide the beginner with an introduction to the use of ARexx by providing information and examples of the ARexx instructions and functions in a way that takes the user through various instructions and functions and their main options without getting too tied up in their format. In my experience, most beginners cannot quickly understand the formats given in texts about ARexx. By following through these notes, it is hoped that the beginner can become familiar with the main options of most instructions and functions without needing to worry about formats. So... whereas I may not always give you the @{B}FULL@{UB} story about an ARexx instruction or function all in the one article I @{B}WILL@{UB} attempt to cover it all by the time you have read through to the last article. However, if you want the full story all at once, all you need to do is double click on the highlighted references to follow through to later articles and read the whole story. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Copyright" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Copyright" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{U}COPYRIGHT NOTICE@{UU} The contents of this disk are NOT in the Public Domain The articles and program files on this disk are COPYRIGHT © 1995-1998 by Frank Bunton All Rights Reserved@{UB} @{JLEFT} However, it is now @{"FREEWARE" LINK "freeware"} Users of "ARexx For Beginners" may make @{B}one only@{UB} backup copy for archival purposes for their own private use. Users may make @{B}one only@{UB} printed copy of the contents for their own private use. Apart from the above exceptions, and except as provided for under the heading @{"Distribution" LINK "Distribution"}, it is @{B}NOT permitted@{UB} for any person or entity to sell or otherwise pass on a copy of "ARexx For Beginners" or any of its contents in any form whatsoever (either on disk, on paper, by electronic means or by any other method) to any other person or any Bulletin Board System, Data Base, Internet site or any other entity. If there is any evidence that the legal owner of "ARexx For Beginners" has allowed his/her copy and/or its contents, or any part thereof, to be illegally copied then that person will void all his/her rights as an owner and will become liable to prosecution. Any requests for commercial reproduction must be referred to the @{"author" LINK "author"}. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Trademarks" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Trademark Notices" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}TRADEMARK NOTICES@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} Amiga ® AmigaDOS ® Kickstart ® and Workbench ® are registered trademarks. At the time of writing (March 1997) the ownership of these trademarks is uncertain but probably resides with Amiga Technologies and/or the new owners of Amiga Technologies Commodore ® and CBM ® are registered trademarks. At the time of writing (March 1997) the ownership of these trademarks is uncertain but probably resides with Escom AG and/or the new owners of Escom. CrossDOS ® is a registered trademark of Consultron. MS-DOS ® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. IBM ® is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Distribution" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Distribution" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS DISTRIBUTION@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} This series of documents known as "ARexx For Beginners" may be freely distributed over non commercial Bulletin Board Systems, the Internet, and the Fred Fish & Aminet CD-ROM software libraries provided that the archive is @{B}not@{UB} altered in any manner whatsoever. Any other manner of distribution must not be carried out without the express permission of the @{"author" LINK "author"}. This permission will only be granted in writing on paper (@{B}not@{UB} by e-mail or other electronic means). @{B} @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Registration" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Registration" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}REGISTRATION@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} "ARexx For Beginners" is now considered to be @{"FREEWARE" LINK "freeware"}. No registration is required. However, it would be appreciated if any new users could send @{"me" LINK "author"} an e-mail to let me know that they are using it. BUT, being freeware does not mean that there is no @{"Copyright" LINK "Copyright"} on the document. === End of Text === @ENDNODE @NODE "Non" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Non Amigaguide Version" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}NON AMIGAGUIDE VERSION FOR WB 1.x@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} I have a non Amigaguide version that uses a hypertext program called "HT" which works reasonably well under Workbench 1.3 and earlier. However, @{B}BE WARNED@{UB} that this was an early version of "ARexx For Beginners" and there may be omissions and inaccuracies in it. I @{B}DO NOT@{UB} intend to waste time going through it looking for any such omissions and inaccuracies. The demand for this version would be far too small to warrant it. If you order this version, I will NOT be held responsible for any such omissions and inaccuracies. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Disclaimer" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Disclaimer" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}DISCLAIMER@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} Whilst every care was taken to ensure the accuracy of this production, the author of "ARexx For beginners", and any distributors and retailers of it, will @{B}NOT@{UB} be held responsible for:- 1. Any errors in or omissions from the articles and scripts. 2. Any problems or damage caused by users in following the advice given in the articles or by using any of the programs on in this set. In other words, if you trash your Hard Drive or wipe your Floppies or in any other way damage your disks or equipment then you are on your own! 3. Any @{"viruses" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/Viruses"} found on the disk or in the archive. It was virus free when officially put together so if there is a virus in it you have either put it there yourself or you have an illegal copy! @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Apology" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Apologies" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}RESEMBLANCES/APOLOGY@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} All persons mentioned in these articles are fictitious and any resemblances to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. In particular, I apologise to any persons named Joe Bloggs, Peter Piper or Jack Spratt and his wife for using their names!! @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Acknowledgments" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Acknowledgments" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{B}@{U}ACKNOWLEDGMENTS@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} I gratefully acknowledge the help, in preparing this disk, of:- * Commodore-Amiga for giving us such a marvellous computer! (And a brick bat for the management who let the company go bust!) * Commodore Hornsby User Group Inc. @{"(C.H.U.G.)" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/CHUG"} for giving me such enjoyment over the years. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "ADB" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - AmigaDOS for Beginners" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{JCENTER}@{B}@{U}AMIGADOS FOR BEGINNERS@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} Written especially for beginners to the Amiga and/or @{"AmigaDOS" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/AmigaDOS"} and the world of @{"CLI" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/CLI_&_Shell"}, this disk contains 76 articles, 25 glossary items and many example scripts that aim to lead the beginner through the intricacies of using AmigaDOS, the @{"Shell" LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/CLI_&_Shell"} and CLI windows and AmigaDOS script files. Many of these articles have previously appeared in "Peripheral", the magazine of @{"Commodore Hornsby User Group Inc." LINK "ARB:Misc/Glossary/CHUG"}, but have all been revised and updated for inclusion in this set. "AmigaDOS For Beginners" is @{B}not@{UB} Public Domain. Demo versions are available through my @{"web home page" LINK "ARB:Misc/Read_Me_First!!/Author"} or through Aminet. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Updates" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Updates" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UU} @{JCENTER}@{B}@{U}UPDATES TO AREXX FOR BEGINNERS@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} @{B}Note@{UB} - A version string has been included @{B}only@{UB} in the file:- Index.Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @{B}@{U}V2.1@{UU} @{U}10 January 1998@{UB}@{UU} Added @{"a section" LINK "ARB:Articles_51-60/56.ARexx_With_AG&MV/StartingExARexx"} on how to start up Amigaguide and show a document node other than the MAIN node from an ARexx script. Corrected a few links (all registered users have already been given access to these link corrections). @{B}@{U}V2.0@{UU} @{U}15 March 1997@{UB}@{UU} First Internet release Large amount of revision from previous versions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE @NODE "Author" "ARexx For Beginners - Read Me First!! - Author" @{B}@{U}@{JCENTER}AREXX FOR BEGINNERS AUTHOR@{UB}@{UU} @{JLEFT} Name: FRANK BUNTON Snail Mail: Uncertain for the near future - please e-mail me to get the current address. E-mail: bunton@acay.com.au Web: http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton Phone: In Australia (02) 4333 1224 From Overseas +61 2 4333 1224 The later versions of `ARexx For Beginners' and @{"`AmigaDOS For Beginners'" LINK "ADB"} were written on a WB3.1 Amiga 1200 68030/68882 2mb/8mb using the word processor section of "Platinum_Works!" (successor to "Scribble!"). Although @{"no responsibility" LINK "Disclaimer"} is accepted for them, I would appreciate a report on any errors or omissions in these articles and scripts. Legal owners of the full version of "ARexx For Beginners" who report such errors or omissions will be sent, free of charge, a corrected copy of the particular section. This will be sent by e-mail, not by post, unless the original was provided on disk and the owner returns the disk to me together with return packaging and postage. Such reports should be should be reported to the above. @{JCENTER}=== End of Text === @{JLEFT} @ENDNODE