Need basic REXX help.

[LqdTECH]

Hello friends.

I am very new to rexx and would like to get some information to make a simple script.

What I want it to do is type a phrase once a second for 3 seconds then wait 15 seconds and then repeat the same process over and over untill i turn it off..

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[rexxhead]

Look up 'say' for typing the phrase.

Look up 'Time()' for controlling when the phrase will be typed.

 

[bobham]

Could I ask WHY ????

bobh

 

[drniggi]

Hi LqdTech,

pls. give us some more information.

Are you doing some stuff in dialog-mode?
(e.g.: Do you want to provide a progressbar?)
What operating system and tp-manager do you use?

(I'm asking because I'm in a productionmanagement-team on OS/390. I dislike those kind of programmers, whose batch-rexx's try to unnecessarily write billions of silliest spool-records. Pls. don't mind...)

In ISPF Dialog this might be possible by either using "no action" panels with varying z-vars or the CONTROL DISPLAY service.

Do some RTM in

[URL unfurl="true"]http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ISPSER04/2.4.1?SHELF=&DT=20000712152926[/URL]

Have fun!

 

[drniggi]

Oh, I should have previewed my post before submitting it..

Well, again:

Lookup IBM's fine manual at

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/ISPSER04/2.4.1?SHELF=&DT=20000712152926