JP Software Take Command/16 Update Documentation Version 1.02 -- April 17, 1996 Copyright 1988 - 1996, JP Software Inc., All Rights Reserved. Published by JP Software Inc., P.O. Box 1470, E. Arlington, MA 02174 USA, (617) 646-3975. 4DOS is a registered trademark and 4OS2, Take Command, and Take Command/32 are trademarks of JP Software Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Check through this file for a comprehensive list of what's changed in Take Command/16 for Windows 3.x since version 1.01. Additional documentation on new features is in the online help. Information about product changes before version 1.01 may be viewed at our web page (http://www.jpsoft.com) by selecting Take Command and then Product History. Many product history files are also available in our Compuserve forum (GO PCVENB or GO JPSOFT, library 10 / JP Software, look for files named UPxxxxxx.ZIP). Some of the descriptions below may be more detailed than you need; if you aren't using a feature, feel free to skip to the next item. If you are new to Take Command with version 1.01, you can skip this file entirely, and begin with the Introduction and Installation Guide. This file is divided into the following sections: General Features and Enhancements Startup and Initialization Command Changes Technical, Compatibility, and Bug Fixes Significant new features and those which affect most users are marked with "**" in the lists below. Other items discuss smaller or more technical changes. This file is formatted at 58 lines per page, and contains form feeds and page footers. It can be viewed with a file viewer such as the LIST command, or printed on most PC printers using the command: copy updat102.doc prn Printing it with a program that formats the pages is not likely to work due to the formatting included in the file. (4/96-1.02) Take Command 1.02 [04-17-96] UPDAT102.DOC page 1 Take Command/16 1.02 Change List General Features and Enhancements --------------------------------- ==> ** Increased the maximum history size from 8K to 32K. ==> ** The print dialog now allows printing a marked block of text, by using the "Print Selection" button. The button will only be enabled if text is marked. ==> In the find files dialog, removed the file description / date / time text field from under the list box, due to difficulties synchronizing updates of this information with list box scrolling. This information is still available by double- clicking the file name in this list box. Startup and Initialization -------------------------- ==> Added a new .INI directive: AppendToDir = [Yes | NO]: If set to "Yes", TCMD will append a trailing '\' to directory names when doing filename completion. Command Changes --------------- ==> IF ISWINDOW: Now supports wildcards in the window name. ==> ** LIST: Enabled mouse button 2 for "copy & paste" operation inside LIST. To use this feature, hold the button down and select an area by dragging the cursor. When you release the button, the marked area is copied to the clipboard. This is the same behavior that was already available in the command window. Technical, Compatibility, and Bug Fixes --------------------------------------- ==> DESCRIPT.ION now allows either a space, tab, or comma as the delimiter between the filename and the description. This is for compatibility with some third-party description files. ==> Fixed a problem with marking more than one line using the keyboard (e.g. using Shift-Home at the end of a multi-line command). Take Command 1.02 [04-17-96] UPDAT102.DOC page 2 ==> Fixed a problem with files executed via executable extensions. Double quotes are now added if the name contains whitespace. ==> Fixed a problem with NUL characters in batch files. ==> Fixed a problem with redirection and NoClobber (NoClobber was effectively being ignored). ==> Fixed a problem with the HistCopy directive. ==> Fixed the Find Files dialog so the Disks box correctly reflects choices made with the radio buttons. ==> If you are using TCMD/16 as the Windows shell you may now hold down the SHIFT key when starting TCMD to prevent programs in the STARTUP group from executing (as you can in Program Manager). ==> Take Command now passes the Pause key on to other applications (this should resolve problems found while using SpinWizard). ==> The PATH search routine now queries if the specified drive is ready before attempting to find an external command, which avoids a critical error message. ==> DDEEXEC: Added a wait to solve a problem slower systems may have with terminating DDE links and fixed a problem with DDEEXEC not passing the command arguments. ==> DO: Now allows embedded equal signs in a test condition. ==> FOR: Fixed a problem with include lists in the FOR arguments and enabled extended parent directory names. ==> IF: Added a work-around for constructs like: if 1 == 0 echo foo && echo bar to emulate CMD.EXE's behavior of basing the && condition on the result of the IF test. ==> INPUT: Fixed a problem with using INPUT /E in a transient shell and solved a problem with INPUT /W /E which prevented the existing value from being displayed unless a key was pressed. ==> KEYSTACK: Fixed a sporadic problem with feeding keystrokes to message boxes. ==> LIST: Fixed problems with: Using Find with wrap on; marking wrapped lines; marking long lines with several embedded tabs; and selecting long filenames from the Open dialog. Take Command 1.02 [04-17-96] UPDAT102.DOC page 3 ==> LIST: Improved LIST's ability to find the end of each line properly in files with unusual line terminations (e.g. CR or LF alone, LF/CR, CR/CR/LF, etc.). ==> MD: Fixed a problem with /S and UNC names. Take Command 1.02 [04-17-96] UPDAT102.DOC page 4