Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
As an extension to what Jeffrey suggested, at one time I used a simple batch file with some of my utilities, along with CHOICE and ANSI, to set up a menu of commonly used applications. I don't use it any more, but following is the latest version I was using. It allows up to 36 options (26 letters and 10 numbers). It uses ANSI to highlight the choices in the menu, CHOICE to handle the keyboard input, my SCANCODE program to automatically pick a menu choice after a timeout, and my MOUSKEYS program to allow selection with a mouse instead of just using the keyboard (incidentally, all of the hidden asterisks are there to allow you select the menu item with the mouse from anywhere on the menu line). It also uses an unreleased program of mine called ISLOADED to detect whether or not ANSI.SYS (or some equivalent) is installed and if the screen is color or monochrome. You can manipulate the batch file however you want. You can download SCANCODE and MOUSKEYS from my web site (http:/bretjohnson.us), and I can send you ISLOADED if you want it as well (ISLOADED is currently unfinished and undocumented). For what you're doing, though, I think you could manage without any of those. I know there are also programs specifically designed for menu selection, but doing it with a simple batch file and some free utilities always seemed like a more flexible option to me. Anyway, here it is (kind of long). I can also send it as an e-mail attachment if anyone cares. @ECHO %Eco% CALL SetMouse :MouseOK %DOSDrive% CD\ CALL 25x80 LH MousKeys ScanCode W 13,42 S - Screen, Idle 120, Only 0.1, W 13,42 S - Screen, Z, D 0.3, s, Z-, R IsLoaded Ansi NUL IF ErrorLevel 1 GOTO NoANSI IsLoaded Color NUL IF ErrorLevel 1 GOTO Mono :Color SET Text=[0;37;44m SET FKey=[1;31;44m SET Hide=[0;34;44m GOTO Start :Mono SET Text=[0;37;40m SET FKey=[1;37;40m SET Hide=[0;30;30m :Start CLS ECHO. ECHO%FKey%1%Text% %Hide% %FKey%6%Text% - File Wizard %Hide%* ECHO%FKey%2%Text% %Hide% %FKey%7%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%3%Text% - Virus Scan (F-PROT) %Hide%** %FKey%8%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%4%Text% - WordPerfect %Hide%** %FKey%9%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%5%Text% %Hide% %FKey%0%Text% - QUIT %Hide% ECHO. ECHO%FKey%A%Text% %Hide% %FKey%N%Text% - Norton Utilities %Hide% ECHO%FKey%B%Text% - Bingo (Text Editor) %Hide%** %FKey%O%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%C%Text% %Hide% %FKey%P%Text% - Procomm Plus %Hide% ECHO%FKey%D%Text% %Hide% %FKey%Q%Text% - QUIT %Hide% ECHO%FKey%E%Text% - Edit text (TED) %Hide%** %FKey%R%Text% - Reboot the Computer %Hide%* ECHO%FKey%F%Text% %Hide% %FKey%S%Text% - Screen Saver (Dazzle) %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%G%Text% - Games %Hide% %FKey%T%Text% - Set the Time %Hide% ECHO%FKey%H%Text% %Hide% %FKey%U%Text% - USA Atlas %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%I%Text% - Interrupt Helper %Hide%* %FKey%V%Text% - View some pictures %Hide%** ECHO%FKey%J%Text% %Hide% %FKey%W%Text% - World Atlas %Hide%* ECHO%FKey%K%Text% %Hide% %FKey%X%Text% - QUIT %Hide% ECHO%FKey%L%Text% %Hide% %FKey%Y%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO%FKey%M%Text% - Money Counts %Hide%* %FKey%Z%Text% %Hide%*** ECHO. ECHO. ECHO %Text% Your Selection?(Q, X, or 0 to QUIT) ECHO. CHOICE /N /C:1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ REM Errorlevel 01122333 REM123456789012345678901234567890123456 IF ErrorLevel 37 GOTO Stop IF ErrorLevel 36 GOTO Z IF ErrorLevel 35 GOTO Y IF ErrorLevel 34 GOTO X IF ErrorLevel 33 GOTO W IF ErrorLevel 32 GOTO V IF ErrorLevel 31 GOTO U IF ErrorLevel 30 GOTO T IF ErrorLevel 29 GOTO S IF ErrorLevel 28 GOTO R IF ErrorLevel 27 GOTO Q IF ErrorLevel 26 GOTO P IF ErrorLevel 25 GOTO O IF ErrorLevel 24 GOTO N IF ErrorLevel 23 GOTO M IF ErrorLevel 22 GOTO L IF ErrorLevel 21 GOTO K IF ErrorLevel 20 GOTO J IF ErrorLevel 19
Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Bret Johnson bretj...@juno.com wrote: Anyway, here it is (kind of long). I can also send it as an e-mail attachment if anyone cares. Probably a good idea in any case. It shows by default in GMail will all line breaks stripped out. For anyone viewing the list in GMail, click the down symbol next to the Reply button, and choose Show Original. That will display the batch file with formatting/indentation preserved, and it can be copied/pasted into an editor. __ Dennis -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
Perfect. Thanks Jeffrey and Bret, for the suggestions and code. It looks like it should work for our environment. I'll go ahead and modify it and see how it goes. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
Op 26-1-2012 19:17, Michael schreef: Perfect. Thanks Jeffrey and Bret, for the suggestions and code. It looks like it should work for our environment. I'll go ahead and modify it and see how it goes. Your situation might be a perfect occasion to experiment with the 'flashrom' tool (www.flashrom.org). However, do keep your vendor flashing programs available :) DMIDECODE also still needs to be present it seems (rename to dmidecod.exe) Flashrom binary at : http://ra.openbios.org/~idwer/flashrom/ DMIdecode binary at : http://www.bttr-software.de/ports/ As for the menu, I'd indeed suggest using a batchfile. Alternatively, maybe the Syslinux menu system is worthwile, you can see it in action in for example PartedMagic (LiveCD) Documentation at: http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Comboot/menu.c32 -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
I ended up using a combination the some menu items in FDCONFIG.SYS which in turn launch batch scripts that use the CHOICE command. Works great. Thanks for everyone's help. -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options
Hi Micheal, I'd like to get some recommendations of how to work around this, either within FDCINFIG.SYS or some combination of this and other files. The goal is to present a menu with the complete list of image types (or some way of drilling down into these items) and it's easy for the user to choose the correct one and it will automatically run the appropriate command. Are you using FDAUTO.BAT? You could use the choice command for example Choice /C:0123456789abcdef if %errorlevel%==1 goto option1 else if %errorlevel%==2 goto option2 else if %errorlevel%==3 goto option3 else if %errorlevel%==4 goto option4 option1: goto end option2: goto end end: for 16 menu options Obviously not as convenient as FDCONFIG.SYS menu Hope this helps, Jeffrey -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
