I'm pleased to announce SofTouch Systems has negotiated special arrangements with its REXX business partners to offer the optional REXX Book Bundle and the Software Bundle at prices you won't find anywhere else. These bundles are optional with every purchase of REXX SuperSet/2. ========================================================================= = REXX BOOK BUNDLE: Object REXX by Example and REXX Reference Summary Handbook = ========================================================================= Object REXX by Example by John Urbaniak (http://www.oops-web.com/orxbyex/) - Object REXX by Example helps you to understand and incorporate the new Object REXX principles by providing over 130 examples of Object REXX programs. The book is designed as a tutorial for Object REXX, starting with the fundamental concepts of Object Oriented Programming and the Object REXX techniques for creating, manipulating and interfacing classes, methods, and objects. This book has an immediate payback for experienced REXX programmers by providing insight into clever REXX coding techniques, and it will help beginning REXX programmers to code Object REXX programs with confidence. * * List Price: $34.95; bundle price: $49 (includes REXX Reference Summary) * * REXX Reference Summary Handbook by Dick Goran (http://www.cfsrexx.com) - Written by a REXX expert, the REXX Reference Summary Handbook is the essential REXX reference for the serious REXX programmer, and a great reference to keep by your workstation. We are delighted to offer the latest revision of this handbook which includes the new Object REXX functions including some Object REXX functions undocumented by IBM! * * List price: #31.95; bundle price: $49 (includes Object REXX By Example) * * ========================================================================= = REXX SOFTWARE BUNDLE: dbfREXX and gpfREXX = ========================================================================= dbfREXX by dSOFT Development, Inc. (http://www.dsoftdevelopment.com) - dbfREXX is the outstanding set of REXX extensions for dBASE files for those with a need to access and manipulate dBASE files. Have you ever wished for simple database routines to call from your REXX program? Now you can convert files downloaded from the mainframe to database files on your PC or LAN server and manipulate them with dbfREXX! dbfREXX supports database files from dBASE III, dBASE IV, and Foxpro in DBF, DBT, and NDX file formats. It includes database sorting and dynamic filed renaming capabilities, and database fields are accessible directly with stem variables for both reading and writing. dbfREXX supports programs written with VX-REXX or Vispro REXX. * List price: $129; SofTouch Systems price: $99; bundle price: $199 (includes gpfREXX) * gpfREXX by Apical Software (http://www.apical.com) - gpfREXX is a true OS/2 PM visual development tool that makes possible the use of REXX for implementation of custom logic. All PM navigation logic is created via point and click from a comprehensive set of built actions for interface management It generates .EXE (object) output for fast execution and it generates standalone .EXE files or an executable with separate runtime DLLs for ease of distribution. gpfREXX includes an extensive set of REXX extensions for GUI I/O and control which map directly onto system APIs, and it supports multi-threaded designs including detached user written REXX scripts. It has built-in support for OS/2 Help generation (.IPF files) and SQL support for DB2. There are no royalties on gpfREXX-generated applications. * List price: $199; SofTouch Systems price: $129; bundle price: $199 (includes dbfREXX) * These prices good through May 30, 1997 or until supplies run out, whichever comes first.