Display a Message

I think the easiest way would be to create a vbscript that does the messaging for you....

*********Begin VBS********
if wscript.arguments.count then
   msgbox wscript.arguments(0)
end if
*********end vbs**********

save that as msg.vbs

to call from your bat file....

use Start /wait msg.vbs "Hi there"

the user has to click okay for batch to continue
Let me know if you want something different.

Hello..

Thanks for your post.. Sounds like a good idea..

When i do this and call it from the batch file its opens the text editor to edit the msg.vbs.. am i doing something wrong :)

yes.... you have vbs registered with notepad...

either call the vbs with

start /wait %systemroot%\system32\cscript.exe msg.vbs "message"

or register vbs with cscript

Hey thank you thats great.. will this work for Windows XP | 2000 | 9x | NT ?

Many thanks

Also is it possible for the message to timeout and continue anyway if no one presses ok ?

Thank you again !!

You are good !

One more 2  quick questions :

Is it possible to add the time in the dialog box ( i.e. the time left until it continues )

Would it be possible to allow someone to PAUSE the count down ? I.e add a PAUSE button and when they click it, it displays PAUSE in the same Dialog box.

THANK YOU !
(".)

if you want to change it to an IE based window yes (much more baggage there)
otherwise no

ok many thanks...  if i set up another question could you help me with a IE based one ?

sure

Thank you please see this one :)

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20928725/IE-Based-options.html