! XSET: MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2 environment variables handling

Everything you always wanted to put in an environment variable but were afraid to ask DOS, Windows, NT or OS/2 for . . .

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Introduction

  • XSET : The easy way to write efficient batch files.

  • XSET allows you to put EVERYTHING you want in a variable of the current DOS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or OS/2 environment and use it as if you had assigned it the value with the standard command SET. You will be able to write very efficient batch files including string manipulation, calculation, ...

  • XSET is the most powerful environment variable manipulation program you have ever seen. It also has a very easy and intuitive user interface (very close to the SET command) - you only need to use the functionality you need, you do not have to worry about the functionality you do not use. It is not a resident program; so it will not interfere with any of your other applications.

  • XSET is fully compatible with MS-DOS (from 3.30), DR-DOS, NDOS, 4DOS, OS/2, all Windows.

  • XSET is a shareware program. Just try it for free (this is a full-featured version - no limitation) and register if you like it. Otherwise, just delete it.

  • XSET is now a best-sellers since 1990 and is used by several thousand companies and private users around the world.


Who should use XSET ?

XSET was designed to be usable by a novice user, thanks to its intuitive and progressive user interface, but was mainly developed to help system/network administrators to establish logon or backup procedures or professional programmers to automate the tasks they encounter each day.

XSET main goal is productivity. It lets you write full-featured batch files in just a few minutes. You do not have to learn a new language or environment, you just call XSET when you need it in your usual batch files.


XSET major features

  • Catch the output of any command (internal or external) or program and put it into an environment variable
  • Manages variable contents of more than 128 characters (your path can now be as long as you want)
  • Built-in commands to modify the output of a program or a string given on the command-line (extract a part of a string, ...)
  • Built-in full floating-point calculation functionality: You can program incremental loops, input a calculation string and output the resulting number, ...
  • Built-in commands to give you access to a lot of system data (date, time, file attributes, CPU type,...)
  • Built-in commands to clear the whole environment or restore a previously saved one
  • High-level input/output user interface (line-editing, colors, windows, boxes, ...)