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[Eagle710]

I have a batch file that does a series of things. I have the '@echo off' at the beginning of the file but I would like those commands to run while a message stating "Please wait" is on the screen. Any help/advice/tips?

[avery_larry]

Is something like this what you want . . ?

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@echo off
cls
echo Please wait . . .
do all your other stuff here
echo All finished!

[Eagle710]

I will have to try those commands. I have been a little busy lately. I will post back on this is confirmed. Thanks.

[avery_larry]

I should note that:

do all your other stuff here


just means to put your various commands there. Don't use the word "do" like a for loop.

[Eagle710]

What I would like is for a series of other commands to run while the user will only sees a MessageBox or warning message saying "please wait". Once the commands are done that msgbox will disappear.

[aGerman]

Eagle710

No chance using native batch.
Figure out if this one would work for you:

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@echo off &setlocal
set "mbox=%temp%\msg.vbs"
set "wTitle=Please Wait..."
>"%mbox%" echo MsgBox "", 0, "%wTitle%"
start "" "%mbox%"

:: This ping line is just an example. Replace with your commands.
ping -n 4 localhost>nul

del "%mbox%"
taskkill /fi "windowtitle eq %wTitle%" /f >nul
pause

Regards
aGerman