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Batch file with command box

Good day

Does anyone know how to create a batch file that brings up a a command box with "yes" or "no" answer, and depending on your answer must perform specific command, i.e you have a batch file and when it runs brings up a box asking do you want to copy or cut, if you select copy it must run the "copy" batch file, if you select cut it must run the "cut" batch file.

Urgent help needed please

oBdA

Try this:

@echo off
setlocal
:InputLoop
cls
echo.
echo Do you want to copy or cut?
set /p Input=Please enter 'copy', 'cut', or 'cancel': 
set Choice=
for %%a in ("copy" "cut" "cancel") do (
	if /i "%Input%"=="%%~a" set Choice=%Input%
)
if "%Choice%"=="" goto :InputLoop
if /i "%Choice%"=="cancel" (
	echo Operation cancelled.
	goto :eof
)
if /i "%Choice%"=="cut" (
	echo Cutting ...
	call cut.bat
	goto :eof
)
if /i "%Choice%"=="copy" (
	echo Copying ...
	call copy.bat
	goto :eof
)

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iamdieter

ASKER

Thank you, it works. any posibility of making it a box where users can click instead of type?

Raheman M. Abdul

Examples: Create batch files in dos eg. helloworld.bat and GoodBye.bat

We can do this by using powershell:

Save the following in cutCopy.ps1

$a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell
$intAnswer = $a.popup("Do you want to Copy or Cut Operation?", `
0,"Copy or Cut Files",4)
If ($intAnswer -eq 6) {
cmd /c c:\test\helloworld.bat
} else {
cmd /c c:\test\GoodBye.bat
}

The above code calls the batch files depending on selection
Try to run it

sarvjita

@ECHO OFF
REM - LABEL INDICATING THE BEGINNING OF THE DOCUMENT.
:BEGIN
CLS
REM - THE BELOW LINE GIVES THE USER 2 CHOICES (DEFINED AFTER /C:)
CHOICE /N /C YN /M "TYPE 'Y' IF 'COPY' AND 'N' FOR 'MOVE' (Y or N)"%1
REM - THE NEXT TWO LINES ARE DIRECTING USER DEPENDING UPON INPUT

IF ERRORLEVEL == 2 GOTO TWO
IF ERRORLEVEL == 1 GOTO ONE

GOTO END
:TWO
MOVE /Y [PATH]<SOURCE FOLDERNAME> <DESTINATION FOLDERNAME>

GOTO END
:ONE
COPY <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>
:END

(AND SAVE AS "SOME_NAME.BAT")

Raheman M. Abdul

To run the given code,

Start-> Run -> Powershell (Enter)

Copy paste the following code:

$a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell
$intAnswer = $a.popup("Do you want to Copy or Cut Operation?", `
0,"Copy or Cut Files",4)
If ($intAnswer -eq 6) {
cmd /c c:\test\helloworld.bat
} else {
cmd /c c:\test\GoodBye.bat
}

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Bill Prew

A few techniques discussed here you might want to look at:

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/usermessages.php

In addition, there's a nice little utility called WBAT at the link below that can do this, and more:

http://www.horstmuc.de/ui.htm

~bp

Steve Knight

Another way I use for things is a dynamically created VBScript within the batch file:

Steve

@echo off


call :askYesNo "Please choose Yes or No" "Title for box"
echo %answer%
if %answer%==6 echo You chose Yes
if %answer%==7 echo You chose No
if %answer%==2 echo You pressed cancel or the X


exit /b
REM call :AskYesNo "Message" "title"
:AskYesNo
  set answer=
  set vbs="%temp%\getanswer.vbs"
  echo wscript.echo MsgBox^("%~1",vbYesNoCancel,"%~2"^)>%vbs%
  for /f %%a in ('cscript //nologo %vbs%') do set answer=%%a
exit /b

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