Im having trouble writing a batch file that will run my xcopy command and then pause and give me a series of choices a,b,c,d,e..the choices will run different commands such as loading a web page or program on my computer, basically loading .url or .lnk files and the short cuts take it from there. Can anyone give me a working example of what im trying to do, it has to work on WinXP and hopefully with all previous versions of windows. Thanks. Hw.
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No need for an external.
@echo off
title Choice example
cls
echo.
:get_choice
set /p choice="Enter your choice (a,b,c,d, or e): "
if /I "%choice%" == "a" goto :process_A
if /I "%choice%" == "B" goto :process_B
if /I "%choice%" == "c" goto :process_C
if /I "%choice%" == "d" goto :process_D
if /I "%choice%" == "e" goto :process_E
..
once you have it do something like this :)
Just copy/paste this in a bat file
-----------------------STA
@echo off
cls
choice /n /c:abcde Make a choice -
if errorlevel 5 goto choice_e
if not errorlevel 5 if errorlevel 4 goto choice_d
if not errorlevel 4 if errorlevel 3 goto choice_c
if not errorlevel 3 if errorlevel 2 goto choice_b
if not errorlevel 2 if errorlevel 1 goto choice_a
:choice_a
echo.
echo you choosed A
goto end
:choice_b
echo.
echo you choosed B
goto end
:choice_c
echo.
echo you choosed C
goto end
:choice_d
echo.
echo you choosed D
goto end
:choice_e
echo.
echo you choosed E
goto end
:end
------------------------EN
\o/
haoa: my solution is no less work than the CHOICE command, in terms of code. The CHOICE command however, requires downloading and installing an external; which makes the users code dependant - - as the CHOICE command is actually on very few machines by default.
Also, I believe that my solution is easier, as you do not have to worry about working out the corresponding integer..
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by: haoaPosted on 2005-11-16 at 03:34:39ID: 15302364
You need choice.exe which don't come with an XP installasion. You can find on the net.
If you know a little something about batch'ing then it's a simple deal ;)
for help with choice.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/t