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Take Command and TCC Version 30 – Search and Replace in Files (SREPLACE.EXE)

I have been dissatisfied with the tools for searching and replacing text in files -- something I need to do on a regular basis. I needed an app that would: Automatically recognize ANSI and Unicode files (UTF8 and UTF16, with or without BOM's). Support the filename matching features of TCC (i.e., extended wildcards and regular [...]

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Take Command and TCC Installer Analytics

  09/9/2017
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I've been gathering system information about Take Command installations for the last several months. (The installer only sends system configuration information; it doesn't [...]

CMD Compatibility and CMDebug / TCC-RT, Part 1

  09/5/2017
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The goal of our new stand-alone batch debugger CMDebug is to run CMD.EXE batch files with as close to 100% compatibility as possible. I asked users to send me any CMD batch [...]

CMDebug Windows Batch File Debugger

  09/1/2017
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We have a number of users who tell us that they want to use Take Command's batch debugger, but their company only allows the use of CMD.EXE to run batch files. Although we do [...]

Windows Processes and Job Objects in TCC v21

  07/28/2017
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When Windows creates a new process, it doesn’t create a parent / child relationship with the new process. This means a new “child” processes will continue running [...]

Command Dialogs

  06/21/2017
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Take Command 21.0 Command Dialogs One of the biggest (and the most complex to implement) new features in Take Command 21.0 is the expanded Command [...]

Take Command 21.0

  06/19/2017
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Take Command 21.0 We released Take Command 21.0, and you can download a fully functional evaluation version from our web site. See What’s New in Version 21.0 in the [...]

TCC RT (RunTime) Released

  10/30/2016
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JP Software released TCC RT (RunTime) today. I've had frequent requests from business users for a run-time version of TCC, so developers can write scripts and then deploy [...]

Take Command 20.0 Released

  08/13/2016
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We have released Take Command 20.0. You can download v20 at: https://jpsoft.com/downloads/v20/tcmd.exe Note that the installer is a combined x86 / x64 installer; it will [...]

Take Command 18.0 Released

  06/28/2015
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We've just released the latest update to our Take Command and TCC suite - Take Command 18.0. Take Command 18.0 has hundreds of new features, including: · 7 new [...]

Take Command 17.0 Released

  12/4/2014
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JP Software has released Take Command 17.0. After the major UI changes in 16.0, we have made even more changes to the internals for 17.0. Take Command, TCC, and the IDE / [...]