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Number   :  9452
Date     :  2004-12-07
Author   :  des4212001
Subject  :  Re: Good Old Choise Command
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--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Garry Deane"  wrote:
> 
> In fact CHOICE.EXE was available in NT if you bought the
> Resource Kit. Later it became available as a free download
> from MS. It was also possible to use a w9x/DOS copy of
> CHOICE.COM. However none of these actually worked very
> well in the multitasking NT+ environment and had a habit
> of failing when invoked several times.
> 
> I now use a CHOICE substitute called GETKEY from
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/stewartb/
> 
> Bill's writeup explains the benefits, but for me, having
> a timeout makes CHOICE/GETKEY superior to SET/P. GETKEY
> works pretty much the same as CHOICE but with slightly
> different syntax. A simple example is:
> 
> getkey -k YN -n -d Y -t Y,10 -p "Proceed with backup? : "
> if errorlevel 2 goto :eof
> :: Do the backup
> 
> Garry

In case no one else has noticed, I'll make it clear:

Garry is the Man!

I just made Getkey a part of this system. Don't get me wrong, set /P 
has it's place too, but Getkey is definitly the replacement of 
Choise! Resource Kit? You have to ah, pay money for that, right?

DES



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