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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 20th Nov 2003 23:49
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I'm doing some batch file programming, and I hate having to hit enter, F6 then enter instead of just plain enter. Is there any way i can translate enter to enter F6 enter? Google hasn't helped me at all.

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Mattman
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Posted: 20th Nov 2003 23:57
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I have no cluw what batch file programming is, but isn't CTRL+Z undo?

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 00:02
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No, CTRL+Z ends the batch entry if you do something line COPY CON G.BAT - it returns you back to the command line.


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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 00:11
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Ctrl Z is the same thing as pressing F6, and all it does is add the text ^Z, so you still have to press enter. I mean is there a way to translate it so you ONLY have to press enter?

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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 00:26 Edited at: 21st Nov 2003 00:27
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Oh wait, figured it out.

I'm writing a chat program, where the user inputs the name of the person he wants to talk to then the message. I just didn't want to have to have the user pres enter F6 enter each time.

But I found the code to make it work. yay!

And I just write my batch files in notepad, not at the cmd prompt

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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 00:40
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..when I RUN the batch file, there's a user input PROMPT. The user INPUTS something, then has to press ENTER to complete the input. I wanted it to be just enter, and not enter F6 enter, and it works now.

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Andy Igoe
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Back in the day i'd have used a TSR to do it, but I seem to have found the thread all a bit late and frankly I dont think I could even write a TSR anymore, without DBP, i'm lost


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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 19:00
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Next problem, what's the syntax to change the directory to where a file is written? for example, I want to write to my Q drive with
ECHO.>> USRIN.TMP

but I want USRIN.TMP to be on the Q drive. What's the syntax for that?

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spooky
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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 19:10
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You just stick Q:\ before filename


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