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Latest Winbatch News:

July 12, 2002:

Winbatch is Editor's Pick in SoftLandMark's Automation Tools List.

Quoted from the review: "There are two main benefits of using WinBatch for system automation applications. The first is the programming language. It comes complete with functions pre-wired to handle tasks you must code in other tools. The second is rapid deployment. Because most of the work is already done for you in free sample code, you finish projects faster. In short, WinBatch provides macro automation for everything on a Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95/3.1 PC." ( and 2003 has been added. -- ed.)

For another review of Winbatch, please see:

Which had the following comment about Winbatch:

"WinBatch is a scripting language for Windows. Macros can be run from icons, hotkeys, or other software macros to automate all aspects of PC operation.Besides simple file and program manipulation, WinBatch also gives you the power to stop in the middle of a sequence of actions and ask the user a question or display a status message. WinBatch can also select a file or directory to operate on, using standard Windows dialog boxes, complete with check boxes, radio buttons and file list selectors. WinBatch files can also make decisions, based on things like current system values or the user's responses."

July 10, 2002:

We've just released a new version of WinBatch+Compiler 2002F, "The Graphics Edition," with many new very requested features. At the top of the list are the vastly improved Dialogs now available in WinBatch along with a new Dialog Editor.

WinBatch dialogs now support bitmap backgrounds, picture frames and buttons. In addition, the sizes, colors, and fonts of most controls can be customized. And lots of new dialog controls have been added. This has been the most requested feature for some time. In addition, the new dialogs can be "dynamic", as in you can run WinBatch code when the user clicks on various controls in the dialog without exiting the dialogs. Controls can also be greyed or hidden depending on user input. And it comes, of course, with a Dialog Editor to assist in generating the dialogs.

In addition to the graphical dialogs, a number of other powerful new features have been added. Support for WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) has been added via OLE. WinBatch now comes with a WMI.HLP file to help you get started with WMI.

Getting and setting 158 different Windows properties has been added with the new SysParamInfo() function.

The Win32 NT and Netware networking extenders have also been almost entirely revamped.

Several new Extenders have been added, including "Pixie" which can perform all sorts of operations on various common image files.

And there have been a total of 318 new and improved functions added since the 2001A version.

Please see the following page for more information on features of this upgrade:

http://renew.winbatch.com/

This new version is a FREE upgrade to existing WinBatch 2001/2002 customers. It is also available to customers of 2000C and older with normal upgrade pricing.

This new upgrade can be downloaded from...

WinBatch:

http://files.winbatch.com/wwwftp/wb01/wbcurver.zip

WinBatch+Compiler:

http://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?compilers/compupd01.web

January 23, 2002:

The Paul's Picks Five Star 2002 Award was presented to Wilson WindowWare for WinBatch 2002B.

A Winbatch user who brought this award to our attention says, "Everyone who knows anything about software knows Paul!"

Search for Winbatch in the Shareware Library at Paul Mayer's Picks Shareware Library, "Where you can easily find a solution for virtually anything."

What Else is New?

We've been busy in the past year, and have added a whole slew of new functions and features to Winbatch since our last posting here almost a year ago. To all users who have purchased the 2001 version of Winbatch, download to the lastest version of Winbatch for free from:

Download Winbatch and Add-Ons

In additional to all the new core functions in the WIL extender and a greatly enhanced Netware Extender, in November 2001 we released the brand new LAFFDB Extender, which is a very powerful Light Ascii Flat File DataBase Extender. This free add-on to Winbatch 2001/2002 allows you to handle real database operations with standard Ascii/Ansi files, including CSV and tab delimited files among others.

For a list of what's new in the core WIL (Windows Interface Language) DLL, version-by-version, please see:

2001-2002 Winbatch: New Functions & Features

November 6, 2001:

Dave Petersen wrote a review of Winbatch in Australian.IT News:

March 1, 2001:

Announcing a brand new release of Winbatch for 2001. This version includes long-awaited User Defined Functions (UDFs) and true Arrays, both of which greatly expand and simplify Winbatch's scripting power.

UDFs allow you to define a uniquely-named function, with up to 16 parameters, utilizing existing WIL functions.

The advantage of arrays is that you can in effect link data together in multiple dimensions. This makes for easier tracking and organization. For example, say you had address book information, with names, an address line or two, multiple email addresses and phone numbers. You can use one array with 2 dimensions to store this information. X number of people by Y number of items to store should be a lot easier to work with than separate lists for the various bits of information.

Winbatch 2001 also includes several new Extenders and numerous fixes and improvements.

Some new extenders include:

1. ADSI Extender: Greatly simplifies working with the MS ADSI interface. We did the work for you, deciphering and resolving the bugs in MS's documentation, etc. It was a nightmare, but we did it!

2. NetwareX Extender: A new generation of our Netware extenders for Novell Netware.

3. New RoboScripter:

   The Control Manager extender offers quite a bit of power in automating scripts.

   Unfortunately writing a Control Manager script has been quite difficult for novices, and quite tricky even for those who are experienced.

   Developing a good Control Manager script took substancial work and lots of careful reading of the "trash.txt" file put out by the Window Analysis script.

   Even then, it was tricky to control several windows all of which had the same title.

   Up until now!

   With the release of WinBatch 2001, a new utility, RoboScripter, has been added to the new Control Manager extender, greatly simplifying matters.

4. Huge Math Extender: Performs arithmetic on huge (up to 2000 digit) numbers.

5. IP Address Grabber Extender: Get a machine's IP Addresses.

6. Process Information Extender: Retrieve information about NT processes and modules.

7. Registry Searcher Extender: This extender, in combination with build-in WIL Registry function and perform a search and replace of most registry items.

March 25, 2000:

What is a scripting program and why would you use one? Find out in a radio interview with Jim Stiles, Representative from Wilson WindowWare. Interview.

Friday, February 4, 2000:

Read more about Winbatch in our White Papers.

Jan 18, 2000:

New MAPI Extender:

This newly released extender performs MAPI operations. The ZIP file, including a fully documented help file, are available for download

Jan 14, 2000:

New IP Address Grabber Extender:

Now you can easily get a machine's IP Addresses. Download

Dec 27, 1999:

New Shell Operations Extender:

Use this brand new extender to perform Explorer-style file operations with animated graphics. Functions in this extender can also copy, delete, and move entire directory structures. It also has a simple Progress bar feature, and a MessageBox that will timeout!

Download

14 December 1999:

Winbatch 99P Now Available:

WinBatch 99 (32-bit) is an extremely powerful scripting language that lets you automate nearly anything your computer can do. After you've created your script, you can then run it from Explorer, from a systray Popmenu icon, or from a shortcut hotkey.

With WinBatch, you can automate Windows and DOS programs, create dialog boxes, send keystrokes to applications, display information in various formats to your users, manipulate files on the fly, make branching decisions with conditional statements, control application windows behind the scenes (if the windows were created with standard MFC controls), and MUCH MORE... utilizing Winbatch's over 500 functions. WinBatch also supports ADSI/LDAP/ADO, DDE, OLE2, and DLL calls.

A customized editor for WinBatch, WinBatch Studio, is now included with the WinBatch product. This integrated development environment provides a seamless interface for editing and debugging your WinBatch scripts. One of the nice features in Studio is a Variable Watch Window, where you can see the values of your variables as you step through your code. You can also set breakpoints so that you can run through your script and stop at a problem spot, peering into the watch window to scrutinize your code more closely. From within WB Studio you are a couple of clicks away from context-sensitive WIL key word lookup in the help files.

Also new with this version is the ability to add graphics to dialogs using an HTML Dialog Extender. Additional special purpose extenders are also distributed with the package, including the Postie Extender which allows you to automate POP3 and IMAP4 mailboxes and emailing. Also a Zipper Extender enables you to automate zipping and unzipping files. And a WinInet Extender full of functions for doing FTP-type operations.

The following is taken from a review of Winbatch 99 from DaveCentral:

"WinBatch is a Windows desktop automation solution -- take nearly anything your computer can do, and assign it to a simple menu selection, command or hotkey. We've put the power of a complete programming language at your fingertips, so you can create simple, useful applications -- like a utility that prints files overnight -- but we've made it easy enough for quick-and-dirty, everyday solutions, like typing "Sincerely, Mary Smith" whenever you hit a hotkey. And with our WinBatch+Compiler, you can compile your applications into .EXE files and distribute them to anyone you want, royalty-free -- great for network system administrators."

November 17, 1999

Winbatch 99P released. See Fixes and Improvements for new additions for versions up to and including this release.

Nov 15, 1999:

New Printer Control Extender:

This new extender allows you to access and manipulate printer information. Functions in this extender make it easy to get and change the default printer.

Oct 25, 1999:

New Parallel Port Extender:

Use this new extender to talk to parallel ports and communicate with obscure hardware devices, lab equipment, or various and sundry home brew controllers.

Download

Sep 30, 1999 :

New Serial Port Extender:

Use this extender to talk to serial ports. Communicate with modems, X-10 household controllers, lab equipment, pretty much any serial device. Script BBS sessions. Does X/Y/Z-modem transfers. Write a phone dialer. Get your stock quotes.

No need to try scripting HyperTerminal, do it directly with this extender.

Download

August 16, 1999

WIL Postie Extender released. The Ultimate Internet Email extender. Sends and receives POP3, IMAP4, and NNTP (newsgroup) email. Able to send an receive mime or uuencoded attachments.

Available for download

July 27, 1999:

German Help Files:

NEW! NEW! WinBatch help files translated into German. Available for download from:

Download

May 10, 1999

WinBatch 99G Released.

Amongst other things, increased the maximum number of extender entries from 200 to 500.

April 1999:

Read our latest WindowWare Newsletter: The WindowWare News - April 1999

March 16, 1999:

Make Windows Work For You!

Read a PCWORLD.COM Review:

March 1999:

Link to the March, 1999 Windows Magazine article entitled,
"No More BATS in My Belfry".

February 15, 1999: PCWeek E-Print

Tools and Tips That Automate Article - Reposted with new introduction.

February 14, 1999: PCWeek/ZDNet Review

Jan 28, 1999 :

HTML Dialog Extender:

The ultimate in WinBatch dialogs. Images, sounds, fonts colors and even animated GIF's are supported. Make your dialogs look like web pages.

January 11, 1999: Introducing WinBatch 99 and WinBatch+Compiler 99 Versions

In our latest release of Winbatch99, we've introduced many new improvements. Now script file size and string sizes have almost no limit, and the Compiler is not limited to the size of script that can be compiled.

We continue to add new networking functionality. 60+ new networking functions and 40+ new core WIL Functions.

A customized editor for WinBatch, WinBatch Studio, is now included with WinBatch. This integrated development environment provides a seamless interface for editing and debugging your WinBatch scripts. One of the nice features in Studio is a Variable Watch Window, where you can see the values of your variables as you step through your code. You can also set break- points so that you can run through your script and stop at a problem spot, peering into the watch window to scrutinize your code more closely. WB Studio also allows for WIL key word lookup in the help files.

November 1998

NEW WinBatch 98/99 (32-bit only) WIL Zipper Extender now available. Zip and Unzip files. Downloadloadable from the WIL Extenders section of our download page.

Winbatch was selected for Ziff Davis's LaunchPad site in November, 1998. Click on the link to the left to find out more.

August 14, 1998

WinBatch 98/99 and WinBatch+Compiler 98/99 initial release.

WinBatch and the following new WinBatch98 Extenders are available on our Easy to use download page.

NEW WinBatch98/99 (32-bit only) HTML Dialog extender. The ultimate in WinBatch dialogs. Images, sounds, fonts colors and even animated GIF's are supported. Make your dialogs look like web pages. Requires Windows 98 (or at least MSIE 4.0).   Available for download.

Our New WinBatch98/99 (32-bit only) WinInet Extender. Use Windows built-in services to grab web pages (SSL too!) FTP and Dial-up networking. Requires Windows 98/NT 5.0 or at least MSIE 4.0 installed.

Our new WinBatch98/99 DLL for controlling NT servers from Windows 95&98 is now included in WinBatch 98/99, available in our download area. Once you've downloaded and installed the ZIP file, open the "Win32 Network Extender.hlp" file, and check out the new "9X" functions.

Jan 1, 1998

Finally! Have perfect control over nearly all Windows dialog boxes with our new (32-bit only) Control Manager Extender. See inside list boxes, interrogate check boxes, set radio buttons, handle the new tabbed dialogs.  Available for download.

July 1, 1997

The Internet Winsock Extender is also available for download. Send Internet email. Grab Web pages. Automate FTP sessions and more.  Now with proxy/firewall support!  (32-bit only)

We're proud to announce that the editors of Windows Sources Magazine has given WinBatch their coveted "Stellar Award." Here's what they said about it: "Windows programmers, MIS professionals, and application developers will benefit greatly from WinBatch 98. It will make their lives, and any user's life, a lot easier." Download your copy now and see why.

We've redesigned our download page to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, and added several mirror servers so you can locate the one nearest you. There's also a new page that tells you about all our products in one place.

March 1, 1997

Check out our new Serial Communications Extender to talk to serial ports. Communicate with modems, X-10 household controllers, lab equipment, pretty much any serial device. Script BBS sessions. Does X/Y/Z-modem transfers. Write a phone dialer. Get your stock quotes. No need to try scripting HyperTerminal, do it directly with this extender.  (32-bit only)

Our File Searcher Extender is also available.  Search for files. Search for data in files. Do XCOPY's. Find anything. This extender knows how to traverse directory structures. (32-bit only)

And Winbatch now offers German Help Files.  Download WinBatch help files translated into German.

 

Computer Shopper raves about WebBatch

In addition to calling WinBatch "the best tool for automating tasks involving Windows and Windows applications," Paul Bonner says that WebBatch "may well be the ideal CGI scripting language for Windows-based Web servers.... Easier to learn and work with than most CGI scripting tools, and its powerful set of functions means it can handle nearly any task.... WebBatch provides seemingly limitless ways to link your Web server and all the other applications on your PC. Based on long-proven technology, it offers solid performance and fast results."

Click here to get a 60-day FREE trial of WebBatch right now!

 

WinBatch selected "Editors' Choice" for Windows scripting tools by PC Magazine in the August 1996 issue.

Did they like the over 500 functions in our WIL programming language? Or was it the complete control WinBatch gives you for tasks like sending keystrokes to applications, bullet-proofing network logins and controlling multimedia hardware? Perhaps it was our extensive help files, or our great tech support! Maybe it was the WinBatch+Compiler, which lets you create and distribute your own .EXE applications, royalty-free. Why not see for yourself? Download your copy today and teach Windows some new tricks with WinBatch! 

WinBatch and Windows Interface Language online help files -- We're in the process of revising our help files, but we've got the new HTML versions online for your perusal. Some parts are missing, but there's still more information than you probably ever wanted to know about WinBatch and WIL!

Tech Support BBS -- A Web-based BBS where you can get real tech support, help on orders, and see answers to other people's questions. You will be prompted for a name an password. Make up a userid and password for yourself.

WebBatch! WebBatch! WebBatch! -- Easy CGI scripting for the Perl-impaired. If you've wanted to make your web pages more dynamic, interface with your corporate databases or just play a few web-based games, you've got to see this.
 

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