Hi Brad,

 BJ> Been playing with some REXX stuff... was hoping to get two separate
 BJ> REXX .CMD files running in parallel talking to each other via QUEUE or
 BJ> named pipe. 

/* */
call stream '\PIPE\Foopipe', 'C', 'OPEN'

YdbaUtil (an external REXX library) has some nice functions for
dealing with pipes.

 BJ> I've tried using the RXQUEUE functions, but either I don't correctly
 BJ> Can anyone help on this?  Is it an APAR candidate?  Am I screwing up? 
 BJ> 
 BJ> If you would, please include a sample HOST and CLIENT .CMD pair in
 BJ> yourreply...  

you should look out for a package named TEST80.ZIP:

            Example of RxQueue & Intertask Communication

This package and its contents were written by Dick Goran, author of
the "REXX Reference Summary Handbook" (CIS 72200,347; IBMLink
DEV4672; FIDO 1:209/705; Internet 72200.347{at}compuserve.com), in
response to a question posted on the CompuServe OS2DF1 forum. It is
released to the general domain with the hope that it might help
others understand the use of REXX queues and intertask
communication and synchronization between multiple programs using
REXX.

cu/2 Roland

... I program like a MAN.  I use COPY CON PROGRAM.EXE  
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 OS/2 [NR]