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Documentation for VRLOAD.EXE
Purpose:
To preload and maintain VX-REXX Resources and assure that the REXX Utility
functions are also loaded. This reduces the time for starting up VX-REXX
programs. You can recognize VX-REXX programs by the fact that they require
the presence of VROBJ.DLL in your LIBPATH to function.
How it works:
VRLOAD.EXE is a minimal VX-REXX program in itself. It does nothing but
load and wait. You will notice NO additional CPU load once VRLOAD is
started. Once the resources are resident, they do not have to be
reloaded for subsequent VX-REXX programs.
VROBJ.DLL (dated 1/26/94 or later) must be present in a directory included
in your LIBPATH statement in CONFIG.SYS.
Results:
In my brief testing, I've found that loading subsequent VX-REXX programs
takes approximately 30% less time.
Keep in mind, however, that keeping these resources loaded is at the
cost of free RAM. However, no more than your VX-REXX program would suck
up on its own.
If you're constanly using VX-REXX programs (and depending on the relative
speed of your Personal Computer, it might be worth it.
Installation:
1) Copy VRLOAD.EXE to any directory you want
2) Put a shadow of the program object in your startup folder if you
want it automatically loaded
Alternately, if you have a STARTUP.CMD file, you could start
VRLOAD.EXE from it with the following command:
start d:\path\VRLOAD.EXE
3) Reboot
Removing VRLOAD from Memory:
Nothing fancy, pop up your OS/2 Window list and use the close function.
Disclaimer (the legal crap):
VRLOAD IS PROVIDED AS IS, FREE OF CHARGE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND IS
INCLUDED IN THE AFE PACKAGE STARTING WITH RELEASE 2.3 (originally named
AFE23.ZIP). AUTHOR H.M. WEINER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE, LOSS, OR
ANY OTHER DISCOMFORT YOU MAY SUFFER FROM THE USE OF VRLOAD.
You are granted the right to use VRLOAD all you want and may share it
with friends, family or anyone else in the world provided this
documentation accompanies the program.
HMW