choice.com and winnt

[teelo]

Has windows NT removed the command CHOICE.COM ???
If so, is there a similiar command that can be used in Win2000/NT????????

 

[MiggyD]

I didn't know that NT had Choice. If you have DOS 5, 6 or Win 95/98/ME then you should be able to find it.

I'm not certain on XP though.
--MiggyD

NOTE:
In Win 95/98/ME it's in the (windows)\COMMAND folder.
In DOS it's obviously in the DOS folder (or use EXTRACT to get it out of the OEM disketts.)

 

[Alt255]

Create your own Choice.com. Since this is a BASIC forum, I guess this is appropriate....

Use Quick Basic 4.5 or higher:[tt]

' Start QB with the /l qb.qlb parameters....
' Create a program with this code and compile it
' as MYCHOICE.EXE
DECLARE SUB Bye CDECL ALIAS "_exit" (BYVAL RetVal%)
C$ = COMMAND$
IF C$ = "" THEN
PRINT "Tap a key. A value will be returned in ERRORLEVEL. ";
ELSE
PRINT C$;
END IF
DO
I$ = INKEY$
IF I$ <> &quot;&quot; THEN
' Subtract 64 from the ASCII value
' of the key press.
' &quot;A&quot; will return 1, &quot;B&quot; returns 2, etc.
RetVal% = ASC(I$) - 64
EXIT DO
END IF
LOOP
Bye RetVal%
[/tt]
Then create a batch file to use MYCHOICE.EXE....[tt]
@ECHO OFF
echo CAPSLOCK should be ON
MYCHOICE Select A, B or C (A,B,C)?
IF ERRORLEVEL 3 GOTO Cpressed
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 GOTO Bpressed
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO Apressed
GOTO Done
:Cpressed
ECHO C WAS PRESSED
GOTO DONE
:Bpressed
ECHO B WAS PRESSED
GOTO DONE
:Apressed
ECHO A WAS PRESSED
one

 

[teelo]

What I meant was, did Windows NT stop using choice.com
I was always able to use it in Dos and win9x but not in Win NT.

 

[Alt255]

That sounds like a purely academic question. Are you interested in trapping and passing keystrokes or do you just want to know why Microsoft didn't include the 16-bit utilities when it shipped NT?

Do no harm.​

 

[csomervi]

I'm sitting in front of a Windows NT4 SP6a machine and CHOICE works here.

Here's text captured from the DOS window...

Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM)
(C) Copyright 1985-1996 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>choice /?
CHOICE [/C[:]choices] [/N] [/S] [/T[:]c,nn] [text]

/C[:]choices Specifies allowable keys. Default is YN
/N           Do not display choices and ? at end of prompt string.
/S           Treat choice keys as case sensitive.
/T[:]c,nn    Default choice to c after nn seconds
text         Prompt string to display

ERRORLEVEL is set to offset of key user presses in choices.



C:\>ver

Windows NT Version 4.0

C:\>ver

- Chuck Somerville

 

[vjc000]

Hi,

No, &quot;choice&quot; is not part of Windows any more.
SET /P is way to go.

Type command line command:
SET /?
and scroll down till section
SET /P variable=[promptString]

It is up to you how to develop the solution.

Happy reading and good luck.
vjc000.

 

[ccastelein]

typical choice code below:

SET Q=Y
:QUERY
set /p Q=Do you want to install?: Y
if /i %Q% equ n goto end
if /i %Q% equ y (command XXX) ELSE GOTO LOERROR
GOTO end
:LOERROR
ECHO INVALID RESPONSE
SET Q=Y
goto :QUERY
:end

 

[teelo]

OK, thanks, sorry I didnt understand before, I was actually meaning win2k...
I had just been trying to use choice for a batch file and was confused then as to why I couldnt, but now I know...

I will try that set /? then...

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