[SOLVED]I Need help with batch

[ReaperX]

I solved this like a week ago. This can be locked or whatever. Thnx. (I guess)

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[Nickolas]

I'm a really experienced batch programmer. Yes I said programmer. When I'm bored I program applications in batch. Anyway for one application I'm making I made a settings option for color. What I want to do is have the user select the colors and then it will save a command based on the colors selected to a txt file. Then I will have another command at the base of the file that will check if the txt file exists before executing it.

I've got the settings and the selector set up. Now If someone will kindly tell me how to make it read a command in a txt file and execute it I can do the rest. Can you help?

I am assuming that by "Batch" you mean Windows... I had actually tried to do the same thing in the past but I soon realised that there is no way to do it appart from using a kinda stupid method: Open the file normally... Copy the contents... Paste them in your window... (As user input..) Check the user input... In other languages I'd use a streamreader but in batch...Well that's the only method I can think of...

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[ReaperX]

Ok. Thnx anyway.

[m0skit0]

There are many things at which Windows sucks, and Batch is king among them.

[JJS]

If you cannot read a parameter from a text file, how about saving a batch file with the whole command + parameter in it? Then you just have to execute that file from your main script and the effect should be the same.

[ReaperX]

@moskit0 I know but I don't want to learn C++ and I'm good at batch.

@JJS thnx ill try that

[m0skit0]

Windows Batch is not programming.

You can also pass arguments/parameters to the batch file as well. You might want to check that out.

[6.20TN(HEN)]

Windows Batch is not programming.

true. it is basically typing cmd commands for you. nice for easy repetitive tasks. ie. clearing temp, running text-based java apps.

java is the best programming language because of multi platform compatibly without changing code.

[waratte]

Windows Batch is not programming.

true. it is basically typing cmd commands for you. nice for easy repetitive tasks. ie. clearing temp, running text-based java apps.

java is the best programming language because of multi platform compatibly without changing code.

Yeah, it is a type of scripting. By the way, there is no such thing as "the best programming language".

[m0skit0]

java is the best programming language because of multi platform compatibly without changing code.

Yeah, letting aside the fact that is slower than a snail

By the way, there is no such thing as "the best programming language".

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