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Number   :  4016
Date     :  2003-03-10
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: DOS Chlice Command
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--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Sperger"  wrote:
> I have just moved from 98SE to XP and find the Dos Choice
> command no longer works. I have long used this to create
> a menu for selection of which xxcopy back up to execute.
> 
> Is there another Dos command or is there a third party
> Choice command available?

You can use CHOICE from the Resource Kit or even a copy of the W98 
version but it is not really recommended because CHOICE doesn't work 
correctly in a multitasking environment (at a minimum, the default 
delay part can have problems).

In W2k/XP and above, you can use SET /P to do the work of CHOICE.

:ask
set /p "choice=Enter Y or N to proceed [Y]: "
if not defined choice set choice=Y
if /i %choice%==N goto :abort
if /i %choice%==Y goto :proceed
echo Enter Y or N & goto :ask

There are also a number of freeware replacements for Choice such as 
Bill Stewart's GetKey 
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/stewartb/files/getkv8.zip)

Garry



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