VX-REXX Applications and Tools for OS/2 (ArcaOS, eComStation)

Watcom's VX-REXX was a popular visual REXX application development tool for OS/2. Despite the fact its last release dates back to 1995 it is still used for many tools and applications in OS/2 (ArcaOS, eComStation).

This page is intended to become the source for many open-source projects from the past, the present and the future, which are based upon VX-REXX.

In addition it should become a resource for tools, extensions and information around VX-REXX.

Runtime libraries

Library name	Version	Release date	Author	Package	Description
VROBJ.DLL *	2.1d	19.09.1995	Watcom/Sybase	​WPI	Latest VX-REXX Runtime library, required by all VX-REXX applications *
VROBJEX.DLL	1.3.4	06.11.2021	Alex Taylor	​ZIP	​VX-REXX Extras library, additional UI controls and functions

* Note: This DLL has been distributed with every release of OS/2 since version 4.51, and with all releases of eComStation and ArcaOS

Projects

Project name	Version	Release date	Author	Package	Description
Archive Viewer	2.2.5	30.12.2022	Alex Taylor	​WPI	Simple archive viewer with support for many different formats; ​see program website for more information
eRedMan	0.9.3	12.08.2008	Herwig Bauernfeind	​ZIP	Universal port redirection utility, considered obsolete, look ​here
FT2GUI	1.0.2	06.07.2007	Herwig Bauernfeind	​ZIP	Switch between TRUETYPE.DLL and FREETYPE.DLL
FT2GUI	2.0 beta 3	10.11.2008	Herwig Bauernfeind	​WPI	Font rendering configuration applet
Icon Themes	2.23	30.12.2022	Alex Taylor	​WPI	Icon Theme utility for OS/2; ​see program website for more information
IMERJ	2.0.2	31.12.2022	Alex Taylor	​WPI	Simple REXX-based Japanese Input Method Editor; ​see program website for more information
klUsrMgr	1.1.x	xx.xx.2017	Herwig Bauernfeind	yum install/update klusrmgr	kLIBC User management utility
PDFMerge	0.8.0.1	10.06.2006	Herwig Bauernfeind	​ZIP	Simple application to merge PDF files, considered obsolete
PMDCalc Plus	1.0.0 RC1	22.01.2007	Herwig Bauernfeind	​WPI	Calculator optimized for office work
RexxAutoStart	1.91.1	13.06.2005	Herwig Bauernfeind, Chuck McKinnis	​EXE	Startup utility
WPIView	1.1.0	19.06.2010	Herwig Bauernfeind	​WPI	WarpIN archive viewer/extractor tool (WarpIN package
WPIView	1.1.0	19.06.2010	Herwig Bauernfeind	​ZIP	WarpIN archive viewer/extractor tool (ZIP package)
WPIView	1.2-test	25.08.2010	Herwig Bauernfeind	​ZIP	WarpIN archive viewer/extractor tool (ZIP package), experimental. The new test version has new functionality to ease the (re)building process of WPI archives.

Tools

Information

Credits

• Herwig Bauernfeind (*)

• Alex Taylor

• netlabs.org (hosting & support)