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[Technotika]

Hi Guys
I have managed to get this working great deploying ghost images from some shares, however the final stage is causing me some malady.The last phase of the boot launches a custom script. I have a menu system allowing users to choose which ghost server to build from depending where they are in the country. However the menu system I am using limits me to characters 1-9 and I need more (choice.com choice /C:123456789 etc)I wanted to use Set /p which is a lot easier and would open up different characters aswell however it doesnt work causes the command window to echo the last line before the set /p stuff. Sample of the script below, you 'll get idea, hoping some one knows a better system. Just wish set /p would work.

Thanks for any help!

[Sha0]

Sample of the script below, you 'll get idea,

Where?

hoping some one knows a better system. Just wish set /p would work.

IIRC, set /p was introduced with a Windows NT version. Maybe you could benefit from the menu system used in Bart's modular boot-disk?

[Technotika]

thanks shao, I managed to find the %binaries% options for choice.com which opens up more than enough more menu options - thanks though - gonna check any way!

[wendy]

look instead for a proggie hight 'input.com'. This does what set /p does: reads a variable, and sets it to a value.

Also try rexx.

[Jotnar]

You can also use a program called EditVar

http://www.westmesatech.com/editv.html

Cheers

[Wonko the Sane]

.. or maybe, since the "final" goal is having a menu system, a "menu system app" :
http://www.pc-tools.net/dos/pwrmenu/
http://saliu.com/menu.html
http://replay.web.ar...menu/index.html

a *few* more:
http://www.eunet.bg/...msdos/menu.html

or maybe even a GUI one:
http://www.mevis-res...as/desktop.html
or
http://replay.web.ar...2524/mosxt5.zip

a *few* more (if you like to dig in the past):
http://qbasicgui.datacomponents.net/


Wonko