Path: local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.ptd.net!news.ptd.net.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:32:46 -0500 From: "Mark Dodel" Organization: VOICE - http://www.os2voice.org Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx Subject: Warpstock 2005 REXX sessions User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.56.cp105d MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:32:46 -0500 Lines: 76 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.238.93.192 X-Trace: sv3-2DTg7P1aHgLUaBPT8gqKJSs18UR4KPSlem3S3sHjpx2SICSvp2auN5ygDSEae52+dro3FeEx1pysg6q!50c7L1g1hIceqiZ5Dr9YGcKIBBlpYWqWc0FauYadjUtRTRKgv/Er+yeMJy3ktq3jbfX15LrMaZPb!hO4fLpo= X-Complaints-To: abuse _at_ ptd.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse _at_ ptd.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.rexx:34039 X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/)
This years Warpstock event will be held in Hershey, Pennsylvania at the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel, October 6-9, 2005.
Besides a number of OS/2 and eComStaion related presentations and classes, there are so far two REXX sessions scheduled.
PRG-02 : May the Parse be with you
The Rexx Parse function is a unique and powerful feature of the Rexx language capable of analyzing data of all types. The Signal/Call On functions provide you with a means of invoking routines to handle various expected and unexpected conditions. This is your chance to become more familiar with these facilities and bring up any questions concerning Rexx that you might have.
Intended Audience: Anyone desiring to learn more about basic Rexx functions.
Speaker Info: Chip Davis has over 40 years of programming experience in various low-level and high-level languages. He has used the Rexx language since 1980 and has written several major applications in Rexx, including a VM/CMS emulator for AIX. He is active in the Rexx, Linux, and OS/2 computer users groups in the Research Triangle Park, NC, and currently serves as President of the Rexx Language Association.
Travel Agency Accounting using Mesa2 with REXX Scripts Originally done by hand on paper these spreadsheets started in DOS Lotus 123 and were ported to SuperCalc5 and eventually Mesa2. Salesbook and Cashbook (for a travel agency) have gradually evolved over eighteen years as the business grew. This session will show an integrated collection of spreadsheets that are structured to meet the requirement of Canadian and Ontario legal and tax reporting requirements. Supporting dual, Canadian and American currencies these sheets rely heavily on Mesa2 scripts to ease the process of maintaining accounts and commissions receivable. Session attendees will be demonstrated the use of primary and secondary data entry, script creation and execution, and how to create formulas across multiple sheets to track expense accounts monthly and yearly.
A CDROM will be distributed with notes, sample MESA2.M2 files and a demo version of MESA2. Intended Audience: General OS/2 user interested in improving their power with MESA2.
Speaker Info: Edgar Scrutton (BA York'66) (MA Windsor 78) has retired from 32 years of teaching Guidance, Special Ed, Reading, Math, Computers, and Family Studies at General Amherst High School. He now 'works for his wife' as IT expert and bookkeeper- accountant at Allison's Travel Agency in Windsor, Ontario. He has used OS/2 since 2.0 and programs in Basic, Turing, C++ and Rexx. OS/2 is the server of choice at Allison's.
For more on Warpstock 2005, please visit our web site, http://www.warpstock.org/index_2005.html
Please pass this on to any other forum that would be interested in OS/2, eComStation and REXX.
Mark
-- From the eComStation of Mark Dodel, president, Warpstock, Inc.
http://www.os2voice.org Warpstock 2005, Hershey, PA, Oct 6-9, 2005 - http://www.warpstock.org