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Hello, the set /p command has some interessting features. The normal usage is to display a text and wait for an answer, finished by <Enter>. set /p user=Enter your name? But you can use it also to display only a text like set /p someVar=Display this text < nul or the same with an other notation <nul...

Hello venkimuck, 1) The first if condition itself is not true, so it should not even go into the ( section under the if condition. That's is the problem, it's not important if the first if condition is true. The whole section is expanded, and the syntax must be correct. Try if "%var1:~1,8%"...

hi locbtran,

try only ipconfig

jeb

Hello venkimuck,

you got this error if var1 is empty/not exist.

The batch logic expands

to


hope it helps
jeb

Hi eamjam, use the %time% and calculate the seconds since 0:00. Sample. call :timeToMs ms_start "%start%" call :timeToMs ms_end "%end%" echo %start%=%ms_start%ms echo %end%=%ms_end%ms set /a diff_ms=ms_end-ms_start echo diff=%diff_ms%ms goto:eof ::::::::::::::::::. :timeToMs <res...

Hi HKX, a little bit tricky. The count of seconds is simple, look at the dos function library. http://www.dostips.com/DtCodeCmdLib.php#sleep Displaying the Text "Services will be automatically stop after X seconds.." always at the same position can be done 1. Simple with CLS, clear the com...

Hi locbtran,

you can use ipconfig.
But in batch files you can get trouble if you are running XP, because Microsoft does not know how line endings should work.
Ipconfig print LF CR instead of CR LF.

Under Vista it works correct.

jeb

Hello, I suppose you get your money per line @ECHO OFF TITLE Keyboard Simulator MODE CON cols=41 lines=5 :loop call :ShowKeyboard %ERRORLEVEL% CHOICE /C 1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm /N > nul goto :loop :::::::::::: :ShowKeyboard <mark> Shows a standard english keyboard :: <mark> Marks the ke...

Hello sfgman63, try it with something like call :TestFile file1.log call :TestFile file2.log goto :eof ::::::::::::: :TestFile setlocal findstr "FINAL- Overall PASS" "%~1" > NUL echo %errorlevel% ( endlocal goto :eof ) Findstr will result in an errorlevel 0, if the string...

Hello keneo, you can use chr.bat to build a file with ascii-characters (in hexformat) call chr.bat 41 creates a chr.tmp file with one "B" @ECHO off setlocal ( echo a100 echo db %~1 echo. echo rcx echo 1 echo w echo q ) | debug chr.tmp > NUL for /f "tokens=*" %%l in (c...

Hi arkamath, a general solution for splitting a string at the first delim, working with more than one char. call :split "abcdefXYZghijXYZklmnop" "XYZ" PrefixVar PostfixVar echo '%PrefixVar%' '%PostfixVar%' goto :eof :::::::::::::: :split <string> <delim> <prefixResultVar> <postfi...

Hi gusarta, I tried it with the Xcopy command, because it has the option to exclude files and the option to do nothing @echo off rem *** Folder (with subfolder) to count set folder="C:\temp" rem * Build the file exclude list echo .mp3 > exc.tmp echo .tmp >> exc.tmp set /a totalSize...

Hi ScumPuppy, I tried this "%ProgramFiles%\microsoft office\office\winword" myDoc_eins.doc "%ProgramFiles%\microsoft office\office\winword" myDoc_zwei.doc or "%ProgramFiles%\microsoft office\office\winword" myDoc_eins.doc myDoc_zwei.doc Ok it opens both documents at the...

Hi ScumPuppy, I suppose there is no simple way. Your problem is, that you only want to wait until the program is opened not until it is closed. Therefore the "start /wait" can't work. The solution have to be start the program, and the poll until it is opened completly. The polling could be...

Hi NTYeader, it's nice that your code works finally. Your minor problem is not a problem. setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION for /l %%d in (1,1,30) do ( REM ensures two digits if %%d lss 10 ( set dd=0%%d ) else ( set dd=%%d ) echo dd=!dd! ) Works fine. Or you can solve i...