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How to create a Program Launcher (using Rebol Bind Function)

How to create a Program Launcher (using Rebol Bind Function)
I have a personal productivity problem as I have a bunch of programs all over the place on my Desktop or in my Program Files Menu. I tried many launchers freewares but none really satisfied me so I finally decided to use Rebol Shell as my launcher. It's also a ...more»
19 Dec by admin in All, Configuration, Console, Java, Setup, Shell, Syntax, Tools

How to read and parse your environment variables (System32, Java_Home, Classpath, Path…)

How to read and parse your environment variables (System32, Java_Home, Classpath, Path…)
Rebol has a native get-env function to read environment variables. For example, to test if your JAVA_HOME (JDK installation directory), CLASSPATH (for Java imports), CATALINA_HOME (for Tomcat) environment variables have been set, type in Rebol Console :get-env "JAVA_HOME" get-env "CLASSPATH" get-env "JRE_HOME" get-env "CATALINA_HOME"To parse your environment variable, just use parse/all ...more»

How to parse an HTML Web Page to extract all zip-exe or tar.gz links without using RegEX

How to parse an HTML Web Page to extract all zip-exe or tar.gz links without using RegEX
In one of the first tutorials you've learned how to easily extract text from an HTML Web Page in a few lines without using Regular Expression. As I'd like to automate the download of softwares, I'll now show you how to extract all html links from an Html Web Page ...more»

How to extract Keywords for SEO or Search Engine Indexer in 2 lines.

How to extract Keywords for SEO or Search Engine Indexer in 2 lines.
SEO guys like to analyze keywords used by their competitors after first extracting the text content (see "Extract text on an html webpage WITHOUT using Regular Expression"). As for me, I need to do the same for feeding my Experimental Search Engine NotFoundOnSearchEngine.So let's say I have this list of ...more»
8 Nov by admin in All, Tools

Do you need to copy Big Files ?

Do you need to copy Big Files ?
To copy a binary file the easiest way is to use the read / write functions:write/binary %target-file.exe read/binary %source-file.exeBut for big files, you may encounter some lack of memory. So if you are in need to copy a big file of 200 Mo like me sometimes, Carl has posted a ...more»
10 Oct by admin in All, Beginner, Internet, Protocol, Tools

Creating a simple FTP Editor (part I)

Creating a simple FTP Editor (part I)
I've been looking for a simple free ftp editor. There is one here but it isn't free. That's why I decided to craft this poor-man ftp editor. Of course I'm too lazy to craft it from scratch. So I will use the hidden source editor included with Rebol!Yes, Rebol has ...more»
9 Oct by admin in All, Tools

Programmer’s Notepad better than Crimson Editor with Code Folding and Great Project Management

Programmer’s Notepad better than Crimson Editor with Code Folding and Great Project Management
If you were desperately looking for a Rebol Editor which supports Rebol Syntax Highlighting (see an old discussion here) and even Code Folding, I just stumbled upon Programmer's Notepad (an opensource project in Visual C++):You may not like the color scheme chosen for Rebol but you should be able to ...more»

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