Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Need ideas on an ARexx port for a large, powerful database manager Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 22:21:37 GMT References: <1991Apr25.031733.9576@netcom.COM> Sender: root@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (ECN System Management) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 33 rodent@netcom.COM (Ben Discoe) writes: > Let your voice me heard, and influence the course of history! >I am in the process of adding an ARexx port to dBMAN, a dBASE 3+ clone >for the Amiga. How it will interface with ARexx should be influenced >by what its users intend to do with it, so I'm posting here for suggestions. Yea!, I may have to go out and locate this program. (An arexx port would Sell me for sure) (Where and what's the $$ ~200$?) Stuff to watch OUT for. 1) Variable case port names, some programs name their rexx port stuff like This_Is_A_Rexx_Port, and that messes stuff up. Use all upper case, same for commands too. ] 2) Avoid 20+ character commands, MFF+ has some dosies like bring_selected_to_front (ICK!) (Underlines are nasty enough) 3) DOCUMENT IT WELL! With LOTS of examples! Look at other programs, look at CBM rules, and when in doubt make it logicial. Well hope to see it out soon. -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu aka Willis F York aka Squid on IRC The only thing that Apple invented is the idea to borrow Xerox-invented ideas. (Hope THIS sig don't insult anyone!) :^)