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Can you add GUI's to BATCH files? This might be a dumb question but I want my program to look nice. If there is please shed some light on my subject that would be great thank you.

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Not natively, but since external commands are supported MSG.EXE which creates a messageBox can be called.

If you want a nice gui, you can program it in for example AutoIT3.
Then you can call it just like the messageBox.

Now don't think this is difficult, just download AutoIT3, and install and write it,
You will be shocked as you will find out AutoIT3 is x-times more powerfull than batch yet x-times easier.
Have fun



MyFirstAU3proggie.AU3

Sweet sounds good ill give it a try, thank you.

Ed Dyreen wrote:Not natively, but since external commands are supported MSG.EXE which creates a messageBox can be called.

You can program a GUI natively. By using HTA files, you can code literally any application you want. You just have to know either JScript or VBScript to go along with it.

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whooptiddy

WBAT: Dialog boxes for DOS batch: menus, buttons, input fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, list selection
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchtools.php

rob's a popular guy, nice site too, so nice I am going to steal some of it.

Ed Dyreen wrote:'
whooptiddy

WBAT: Dialog boxes for DOS batch: menus, buttons, input fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, list selection
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchtools.php

rob's a popular guy, nice site too, so nice I am going to steal some of it.

Meh, I still would rather use HTA files, because I can do all of that natively.

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Don't know about that, but I do know meh