Using PMREXX

The syntax for PMREXX is:

 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                                                       │
 │ >>──PMREXX───┬────┬──┬─────────────┬─┬───────────┬─>< │
 │              ├─/Q─┤  └─rexxprogram─┘ └─parameter─┘    │
 │              └─/T─┘                                   │
 │                                                       │
 │                                                       │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Where:

• Q
  Close PMREXX after the REXX program ends (no "The program has ended" message box)
  /T
  Start PMREXX in trace mode
  rexxprogram
  Name of the rexx program
  parameter
  Parameter for the REXX program

  All parameter, except rexxprogram, are optional.

  Using PMREXX with the parameter /Q is useful for simple programs which only need to show a PM messagebox (using RxMessageBox). For an example see Saving the Desktop (3.0)

  (see Run a REXX program under a specific environment on how to force a program to run under PMREXX)

  Please note that you cannot use OS/2 commands that change the environment in a REXX program running under PMREXX. You have to use a similar REXX function for that purpose (e.g. directory() instead of CD, VALUE() instead of SET, etc.).

  Warning: The default address environment for a REXX program started via PMREXX in WARP 3 is PMREXX; the default environment in WARP 4 is CMD. Therefore, you cannot distinguish between the environments using ADDRESS() in WARP 4!

  Note: see also PMPopup/2 if you only want to use simple dialog boxes in REXX programs.

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