Windows console and command prompt ramblings

Author: Rex Conn

Redirection / Piping and Unicode at the Windows Command Prompt

  04/16/2020
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Questions about how to do Unicode input / output and piping appear regularly on the JP Software Support Forums. It can be a complicated issue due to the way [...]

UTF-8 at the Windows Command Prompt with Take Command / TCC v26

  04/1/2020
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TCC has for the past 20+ years supported Unicode using UTF-16, the format used internally by all Windows versions since NT.  In the past few [...]

Windows Batch Debugging in Take Command / TCC v25

  10/18/2019
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One of our primary aims in version 25 was to enhance the batch debugger / IDE. We implemented nearly all of the IDE feature requests in the Suggestions [...]

Managing License Keys in Take Command Version 25

  10/18/2019
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Take Command and TCC v25 have some new options on the registration dialog to allow users to view their registered computers, generate manual keys for [...]

Take Command / TCC v25 Released

  08/27/2019
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We released Take Command, TCC, TCC-RT, and CMDebug 25.0 today, and you can download a fully functional evaluation version from our web site [...]

Take Command v25 Public Beta

  08/15/2019
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Version 25 is now available as a public beta. See What's New in Version 25 in the help for information on the new features. Version 25 is feature complete; we [...]

Take Command v25 Call for Features

  03/28/2019
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We're beginning the design phase for Take Command / TCC / CMDebug / TCC-RT version 25. If you have suggestions or compatibility issues, please post them [...]

Take Command / TCC 24.0 Command Dialogs

  03/27/2019
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"Take Command doesn't have enough commands, and is too easy to learn".  Said nobody, ever.TCC has 246 internal commands, with thousands of options. [...]

Key Redefinitions in TCC v24

  01/29/2019
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When is a UI Update a Major Update? In the last few years, JP Software has adopted an unofficial policy that odd-numbered major releases are [...]

Take Command / TCC / CMDebug / TCC-RT v24.0 Released

  12/11/2018
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We released Take Command, TCC, TCC-RT, and CMDebug 24.0 today. You can download a fully functional evaluation version from our web site. We will be sending [...]