Suggestion: VIEW option to open VIEW over tab window but not keep it there
The /w option to VIEW is interesting. It is probably useful that when you use it from a Take Command tab and switch tabs, VIEW hides. But, when I change the focus to a different app by moving the...
View Article@replace[search,replace,object]
I am trying to repeat the @replace[1,2,whatever] until 1 is not found in whatever. I looked at rereplace but that doesn't solve my needs. Is there an internal way to do that or maybe a plugin?
View ArticleEXE file detail fields
Is there a way to retrieve all the verinfo[whatever.exe,descriptor] fields?
View ArticleHow is KEYBD implemented? (I want to send a RESET command to the keyboard).
KEYBD can programmatically set the three lock lights and disable/enable the keyboard. I've spent a while looking up the PS/2 keyboard protocol for an issue I am dealing with, and I would bet good $$$...
View Articleminor difference, cmd vs tcc
@echo off :: FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3" %%i IN (`REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentBuild 2^>nul`) DO SET /A "CurrentBuild=%%i" echo CurrentBuild from registry...
View ArticleHow do I make TCC use pwsh.exe instead of powershell.exe?
pshell and @pshell[] both run %systemroot%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe. Is there a way to make TCC (30.00.20.x64 on Win11 10.0.22621.2134) look for pwsh.exe? Thanks, Felix.
View Article@EXECSTR has trouble with Unicode when n < 0
@EXECSTR doesn't appear to recognize UTF-16 output when n < 0 and //UnicodeOutput=No : Code: C:\>ver /r TCC 30.00.22 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19044.3324] TCC Build 22 Windows 10 Build 19044...
View ArticleAdd inversion to FFIND's text searches (/T and /E) ...
... and return only lines that don't match. Grep uses -v, findstr uses /V. FFIND doesn't have good letters available. Is /- a possibility? See this for background.
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1431 emoji environment variables for your echo'ing convenience
I wanted to have environment variables like %EMOJI_BROCCOLI% to use for emojis. For reasons. I spent way too long programmatically generating these in python. In the end, I created a file (emoji.env)...
View Articleworking with arrays
Code: SETLOCAL setdos /x-1256789A if not isdir .\test\ md .\test\ setarray /f info[10,1] set info[0,0]=CompanyName set info[1,0]=FileDescription set info[2,0]=FileVersion set info[3,0]=InternalName...
View ArticleHelp Nit: TMP in v31
Hi @rconn; Just got my upgrade registration key for CMDebug Version 31.0 Thanks for adding the TMP pseudo-character devices to TCC. In the help for v31, it says; What's New in Version 31 New Commands:...
View ArticleError in readme.txt for v31
The most minor of nits: "What's New in Version 30" should say 31.
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[v31.00.9] Inkey with /W no longer works properly!
Code: INKEY /K"cd" %%test works, but not ... Code: INKEY /K"cd" /W5 %%test And I have a lot of scripts with /W like the following ... Code: inkey /k"cq" /w5 "c": continue; "q": quit ("c" after 5...
View ArticleEverything /o errors
Code: C:\>*everything /o TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified. "C:\Program Files\JPSoft\TCMD31\EVERYTHING64.EXE" C:\>ver TCC 31.00.9 x64 Windows 10 [Version 10.0.19045.3448]
View ArticleHow to get Windows version
The internal variable %_winver used by Take Command / TCC is useless because it returns 10.0 on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. This is Microsoft's fault, but the question remains: how do I determine...
View ArticleTake Command / TCC / CMDebug / TCC-RT v31.0.10 uploaded
I have uploaded v31.0.10 to the web site. 31.0.10 EVERYTHING - Fixed a problem with /O 31.0.10 HASH - Fixed a problem with /S 31.0.10 INKEY / INPUT - Fixed a problem with /W when combined with /K...
View ArticleAdd info to VER command in help
Please add; The internal VER command looks at the build number - if it's >= 22000, then it's Windows 11. Click to expand... to the VER command in help. Ref: How to get Windows version Joe
View ArticleSDK QPuts or Command
As I continue to learn more about using the functions in TakeCmd.dll with PureBasic, I was wondering what the advantages are of using QPuts instead of Command for displaying output. As an example,...
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Can you use escape characters (^t, ^r, ^n ...) with PRINTF?
I tried the more obvious things. None worked. The second one below had a surprising result.
View ArticleCreating a plugin without TakeCmd.lib using PureBasic
Thanks to a person who goes by the handle of yuki on the PureBasic forum, I now have an alternate method of creating a plugin for TCC using PureBasic. Ref: External .LIB compiles with ASM Backend, but...
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