Category : Batch File Utilities - mostly for DOS
Archive   : BATQUEST.ZIP
Filename : MENU.BAT
:
: This should give you a template to create your own menu system from.
:
: two handy batch file tips. 1. a colon and a space makes for a time-saving
: comment. 1. ECHO followed by two spaces and a backspace character (ascii 8)
: will echo a blank line. the problem is finding a word processor that lets
: you enter a backspace this way (usually using the alt key and the 8 key on
: the numeric keypad). a backspace looks like this
:
:menu_again
cls
ECHO
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ-------------[ My Menu ]-------------ÿ
ECHO
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿL)otus 1-2-3
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿW)ordperfect
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿd)BASE III+ÿ
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿP)rocommÿÿ
ECHO
ECHO S)ub-menu
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿR)un DOS ÿ
ECHO
ECHO ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿQ)uit ÿÿÿ
ECHO
ECHO
ECHO
BATQUEST "Your choice : " LWDPSRQ
ECHO
ECHO
IF ERRORLEVEL 7 GOTO QUIT
IF ERRORLEVEL 6 GOTO RUNDOS
IF ERRORLEVEL 5 GOTO SUBMENU
IF ERRORLEVEL 4 GOTO PROCOMM
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO DBASE
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO WP
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO 123
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:rundos
cls
echo Type EXIT to return to the menu
COMMAND
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:wp
cd \wp
wp
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:dbase
cd \dbase
dbase
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:submenu
command /c submenu
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:procomm
cd \procomm
procomm
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:123
cd \123
123
goto menu_again
:----------------------------
:quit
echo
Echo Type MENU to restart the menu
echo
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This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
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