Description
PowerBatch is a visual batch file processor. The batch actions are stored as XML so you can simply define file/folder operations without any programming skills. PowerBatch currently supports file/folder copying, deleting, cleaning, compression and decompression.
A batch file contains a list of actions (commands) that are executed in the defined order. When you open a batch file, all actions are analysed for potential problems and any items that might cause a problem are highlighted. This helps to avoid failures before the batch is started. The analysis performs simple checks if the files/folders exist and it also performs checks if an action doesn't negatively affect the following actions. For instance, if one action deletes a folder and the next one should copy that folder to another location, the following warning is displayed in the action list: "
The folder might be deleted by one of the previous actions."
Download (ver 10.2.35)
Installer, 1.12MB
Zipped installer, 833KB
Documentation, 279KB
Requirements
.NET Framework 3.5
Basic XML syntax knowledge
Release notes
Release 10.2.35 (06-12-2010)
- Improved 7-Zip detection in 64-bit environment; default paths are used if nothing is found in windows registry. (Program Files, Program Files (x86))
- Changed (shortened) formatting of aliases %DATETIME% and %TIME% to yyyyMMdd-HHmmss and HHmmss.
- .NET Framework 3.5 is required by the installer.
Release 10.1.35 (03-12-2010)
- Improved 7-Zip detection
- Aliases and actions are reloaded prior to each validation and batch execution. (The batch doesn't have to be reloaded anymore to force updating dynamic aliases like %DATETIME% or %TIME%)
- The setup installs .NET Framework 3.5 if not present
Release 9.1.2- complete facelifting.
- copy operations preserve file time stamps
- "bypass security checks" menu item
- new aliases "PCNAME", "TIME" and "DATETIME"
- new xml editor with highlighting
- action columns autofit on header click, autofit on load
- Consolas font used if installed
- find, goto, replace, cut, copy, copy as rtf, paste, delete, select all menu items.
- fix: the batch file has not been removed from memory after closed from menu.
- single executable - may be simply copied and used at another machine after the installation.