Batch Files

[SirCrono6]

Hurray! Hundredth post! Well, anyways. If you write a batch file, say this is the "code":

@echo off
cls
:Menu  
  echo 1: Print Hello!
  echo 2: Exit
  CHOICE/C:12
    IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO :End
    IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :Hello

:Hello
  cls
  echo Hello!
  pause
  cls
  GOTO :Menu

:End

When you do the CHOICE it automatically prints [1,2]?
Is there a way to prevent it from doing that? I know how to put my own prompt before that appears, but do I have to have that part appear too?

- SirCrono6

[ober]

I don't know much about batch files, but can you do something like that?? Batch files are sequential and will not wait for you to make a choice, AFAIK. That's why they are called batch files... they do a batch task... they are not meant for user interaction unless you're doing something like FTP where you need to enter a password, and even then, I think you have to put the password in the batch file.

Why not write a simple C program to do that you want?

[Thantos]

Actually you can get user input on .bat files.

Back in the DOS 5 days I cade a menu system setup that multi layered and multi colored. Was pretty cool. The problem is that MS has removed a lot of the commands that make it work with the newer editions.

For the batch file I got an unreconized command for CHOICE

[khpuce]

Originally posted by Thantos
Actually you can get user input on .bat files.

Back in the DOS 5 days I cade a menu system setup that multi layered and multi colored. Was pretty cool.

I did the same thing about 12 years ago. I am pretty sure I still have the codes (printed) somewhere in my house because I loved that one.

IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO :End
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :Hello

I can't remember exactly but think you need to put it in this way -

IF ERRORLEVEL ==2 GOTO :End
IF ERRORLEVEL ==1 GOTO :Hello

[Shadow]

I think this is what you're looking for:

REM Replace your CHOICE Choose one /C:12 line with
REM CHOICE /C:12 /n (no prompt, i think)
REM
REM or these 2 lines:
REM echo Choose an option
REM CHOICE /C:12 >NUL

@echo off
cls
:Menu  
  echo 1: Print Hello!
  echo 2: Exit
  CHOICE /C:12
    IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO :End -- you don't need the colons here, you do below though
    IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :Hello

:Hello
  cls
  echo Hello!
  pause
  cls
  GOTO :Menu

:End

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/choice.html
http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/dosindex.html - for more commands

[Dave Evans]

Originally posted by Thantos
Actually you can get user input on .bat files.

---stuff snipped from Thantos's reply---

For the batch file I got an unreconized command for CHOICE

For Windows XP, you can use SET

Look here:
http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13909.html


Dave

[vasanth]

wow. i though i knew most of the DOS stuff.. Looks like i am wrong..