Posted by Daniel Chambers on 2005/12/02

Now that I have finished my final school year, I have had time to work on Command Console again. As such I have now completed the base functionality that replicates and extends on that of v2.0. Basically, it does everything except generate the links on your desktop (DesktopLinks).

This core functionality is useful in its own way, so I have released the 'Alpha Pre-Release' Version 1 of Command Console. I am using it myself, and so far it has been rock-solid stable.

Jump over to the download page to grab this pre-release.

Command Console allows you to run 'Command Files' that open things from the run dialog. For example, you can create a command file called 'dls' that opens your downloads folder. So instead of opening Explorer and navigating to your downloads folder, you simply type 'cc dls' in the run dialog.

Posted by Daniel Chambers on 2004/12/01

Command Console C++ has now been put into the code mill!
Finally the successor to the ridiculously good (WARNING: self-flattery) Command Console v2.0 (so badly coded in Visual Basic I'm not providing it here for download), has been started.

The new Command Console (christened C++ because it is programmed in C++, as opposed to v2.0 which was programmed in Visual Basic) will bring the version number up to v3.0. It will bring with it a whole bunch of new goodness, such as being able to put multiple commands inside one Command File, being able to extend the command when you execute it, and being able to have cool hyperlinks on your desktop that execute Command Files. See here for a screenshot of that.

I hope to get major work on the design and code done over these Christmas holdiays. But unfortunately, next year is my Year 12 year and I'm predicting a low flow of free time in which to code, so I'm hoping it can be all done by the end of January (read: ages after January).