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U1-03: Batch File Utilities
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1033 Batch File Editors Small Programs Disk
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Batch File Editor 1.4 (BATCH)
Tisdell, Mike
$0
is a small, simple editor for editing batch files.
BatMaker
creates batch files for you.
Boxes
Oedware
$?
allows you to draw four different types of boxes and inter-sections with
cursor keys. Use any ASCII character to paint or line a box.
CopyCon 3.12
Data Acquisition Inc.
$10
is a clever name for an editor for working on batch files. Although it can be
used for any small text file, it has many features to make creating batch
files easier, such as macros to enter GOTO, ECHO and other common batch
command, plus line drawing capabilities. A help screen is also included. The
program even uses F6 to save and exit, just like DOS's COPY CON command.
ED (OEDLIN)
Oedware
$?
is a screen/text editor designed with many features specifically for creating
and modifying Batch Files.
SCR1
"Try-It-You'll-Like-It" Software
$24
is a processing system that was created to assist in creating menus and help
screens. The SCREDIT.COM program provides a method of retrieving, editing and
saving screen images that can be used in a batch file. SCRBATCH.COM was
created to display the screen image and optionally accept a response from the
keyboard and set the ERRORLEVEL (so it can be tested using the IF batch
subcommand).
WISP 3.0
Sitting Duck Software
$15-$45
is a programming language specifically designed for creating menuing systems,
interactive tutorials, demos, batch files, etc. It does not create executable
files, but the WISP.EXE file needed to run the programs is just 8k and fast,
Making it a reasonable alternative to compiling. An editor/debugger and
several sample files are included.
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1008 Batch File Input Utilities Small Programs Disk
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Press Any Key 3.0 (ANYKEY)
Smith, Dave
$5
(formerly Accele-Press) displays a "press any key" message in 18 different
ways including a shake screen, squish screen, flash, fade out, zoom, and more.
Adds style to your batch files. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #18068.)
Answer 3.00
Schweiger, Frank
$0
unlike utilities limited to getting a single keypress, allows you to get a
whole string of text from the user or via redirection from a text file.
Ask
Y/N input by user (in response to question in the batch file).
AT Command Scheduler (AT)
Frolik, Bill
$?
will issue a command in DOS at a specified time. If you are not in DOS at that
time, the command will be postponed.
BatKit 5.4 (12-93 CD)
Mississippi Data Equipment Company, Inc.
$25
started out as a nice way to get a keypress from a user in a batch file. Now it
has grown into a powerful batch file utility that lets you control the cursor
position, screen colors, tones, get multi-letter responses rather than just a
single letter, and more. You can make quite an impressive batch file menu with
BATKIT, as the accompanying sample batch files will show you.
Batch Control 1.2 (BC-WW)
Woodward & Woodward
$5
is for prompting users for input from within batch files. Among the controls are
the ability to limit response to the number pad keys, to the function keys, to a
list of alphanumeric characters, to require a password, to disable Ctrl-Break,
to use a special character in place of the cursor, to have a time limit for
response, and more.
Batch Query 2.25 (BQUERY)
MorganSoft
$?
lets you get input from a user in a batch file, restricting such input to a
specified list of characters, such as menu items. For example, if you say "Press
1-4 or Q to Quit", and specify the list of acceptable characters as
"1,2,3,4,qQ", BQ will set errorlevel according to the position in the list, as
determined by the commas. In this example, both "q" and "Q" are in position 5,
so if "Q" is pressed, errorlevel will be set to 5. To allow alternatives for
each position, such as pressing a number or the first letter of a command, the
list could be given something like this: "1Mm, 2Rr, 3Cc, 4Qq", in which case
pressing "1", "M" or "m" would be equivalent.
The program also will allow a mouse to be used to make a selection and
will set errorlevel the same as with the keyboard selection. This is the first
simple batch file input utility we have seen that supports a mouse.
Chkey
is another batch file utility that checks for a keypress, but unlike others
that wait for a key to be pressed, this one checks to see if a key has already
been pressed and if so, which one. If no key has been pressed before this
utility executes, that will be indicated also.
EPShell
WeeBee Software
$?
Extended Pause lets you prompt users for input and take action according to
the input from within a batch file. While there are other utilities that do
this, the set of EP*.* files are also a good lesson in using batch files,
creating menus and using ANSI.SYS control commands.
Funckey
Humenny, Mike
$0
is another batch file utility which lets you get a keypress from a user. The
twist to this one is that while it is waiting for the key, it displays the
time (to seconds) in a box anywhere on the screen that you specify. (Note
that contrary to common practice, FUNCKEY expects the column number to be
entered first, then the row, when entering the screen location for the clock.)
GetDigit (GETDIGI)
Rhea, Tony Alan
$0
accepts a prompt from the command line and accepts a one digit response to that
prompt. On exit, the DOS ERRORLEVEL is set to the digit. Non-numeric keys are
ignored and Ctrl-Break will not exit.
Hit
is a unique way to ask a user (in a batch file) to "hit any key to continue".
The animated graphics show a duck hitting the keyboard of a computer with a
sledge hammer.
IfCRC 1.0
Bennett, David
$0
allows you to execute commands within a batch file based on whether or not a
certain file matches a given CRC value. Although primarily written to execute
a certain command based on whether a file has been altered or not, It could
also be used to check a daily transfer from a remote site or even used to
check for computer viruses.
IFF 5.0a
Knauer, John Jr.
$25-$45
combines the functions of several other small utilities into one package. IFF
lets you ask simple Y/N questions, check to see if a disk is formatted, search
for a file and change to its directory, test for amount of free space on a
disk, multi-character responses can be taken from the keyboard and acted upon
and more. A Prompt option lets you create a menu in the batch file and get a
selection from the user.
Insist
Wisan, Richard
$0
is a batch file utility that prints out specified text and beeps insistently
until it gets input from the keyboard. INSIST2 is similar, but gives up on
beeping after about 10 minutes. Assembler source is included.
Pause2
Pakin, Scott
$?
is an improved version of DOS's pause command. The problems with DOS's
command are that, when ECHO is off, it only displays one message ("Strike a
key when ready . . ."), and it doesn't alert the user when it appears. This
program allows users to display any message they want, which could include
beeps.
Pausex
Witriol, Robert M. D.
$0
is a variation of DOS's PAUSE command. It provides a secret way out of a
batch file by pressing X instead of Enter.
PCMenu
Slone, J. Eric
$5
is a windowed menuing system which may be easily used in batch files and in
applications development (i.e. dBase) for professional looking pop-up menus.
SEV
Staelens, John H., Jr.
$0
will allow keyboard input, or the output of a program, to be captured into a DOS
environment variable. It afects all environments, not just the current or
master. Requires DOS 3+. C source included. (Not on this disk. Order by name.)
Supe