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OVERVIEW
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EnvoyARexx emulates ARexx-ports on your local machine. Incoming
ARexx-messages will be forwarded to a remote machine (via Envoy). Only
the remote machine actually runs the respective ARexx-application
(host). The result of each ARexx-command will be returned to your
local machine.
EnvoyARexx is beta, so don't blame me...
DISCLAIMER/COPYRIGHT
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As usual... All rights belong to me, all risks belong to you.
Copyright © 1995 Alexander Stirmlinger, freeware, provided "as-is",
commercial usage not allowed!
USAGE
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EnvoyARexx has to be controlled via ARexx (port: ENVOYAREXX). At the
moment, EnvoyARexx's host understands only 3 commands:
CONNECTHOST <Remote_machine> <Remote_ARexx-port> <Local_ARexx-port>
(the <Local_ARexx-port> argument is optional)
DISCONNECTHOST <ARexx-port>
QUIT
Here is an example how to connect to Term's ARexx-port on a remote
machine (the remote machine's name is A2000):
1. Start EnvoyARexx on both machines.
2. Start Term on the remote machine (A2000).
3. Type rx 'address ENVOYAREXX CONNECTHOST A2000 TERM'
on your local machine.
(EnvoyARexx will now create a port 'TERM' on the local machine)
4. Type rx 'address TERM SEND LOCAL "Only Amiga makes it possible\n\r"'
on your local machine.
(Term will now output the text; please refer Term's ARexx-manual)
5. Type rx 'address ENVOYAREXX DISCONNECTHOST TERM'
on your local machine.
(EnvoyARexx will now close the 'TERM'-port on the local machine)
6. Type rx 'address ENVOYAREXX QUIT'
on both machines to quit EnvoyARexx.
Of course, you can run ARexx-scripts on your local machine. The scripts
will have no clue, that their host is actually running on an other
machine in your network.
COMPATIBILITY
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I've tested EnvoyARexx successfully with the following programs:
Term (4.3a), Spot, ADM, Scout, Ed, OEd, HiTex, NetCall, PhoneCall.
Term 4.2 crashed when I tested it with EnvoyARexx. However, 4.3a works
fine.
BETA-VERSION/FUTURE VERSIONS
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As mentioned, EnvoyARexx is beta. I released this version on the Aminet
to find out, if anyone finds this program useful and worth to develop
in the future. So, please let me know...
Alexander Stirmlinger
EMail: alex@picard.unterland.de
Fido: 2:246/1045.11
HISTORY
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0.1b : First public beta-version
0.2b : CONNECTHOST-command changed. EnvoyARexx is now able to create
local ports with different names than the remote ports.
EnvoyARexx does not longer send fixed-size data-packets. Therefore,
a faster command-execution can be noticed.
It's now possible to connect to the 'COMMAND' "port" on the remote
machine. All commands sent to the COMMAND-port will be
synchronously executed via SystemTagList ().
Debug-output removed.