[solved] LAN chat /PM function

[dwngrt]

Hello dear people,

So since a while we (IT students) are using this batch chat for LAN communication trough the building.
The source is pretty big so i whon't post that on here, but i am working on a /PM function.

Here is the idea i got:

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set C=
set /p C=[msg]:

if "%C%"=="/pm" goto pm

here the PM menu:

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:pm
cls
echo please don't use this function to troll, it can be anoying for other users...
echo.
echo what is the msg you want to send?
set P=
set /p P=[msg]: 
cls
cls
echo please don't use this function to troll, it can be anoying for other users...
echo.
echo Who you want to send it to?
type users.txt
echo.
set M=
set /p M=[User]: 
echo %P%>pm\%M%\pm.txt
goto chat

The pm will be shown using the reader script which also shows the chat.txt file, here the reader PM function:

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if exist pm\%username%\pm.txt goto pm

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:pm
cls
(
set pm=
)<pm\%username%\pm.txt
msg * %pm%
del pm\%username%\pm.txt
goto read

so the /pm sort of works, the thing that doesn't work is when the pm.txt is detected by the reader it will show the user there was a PM send, then it asks the user to fill in the msg for himself in the console window:

Enter message to send, close the message by a new line
CTRL + Z, and then press ENTER

after doing this the msg * window will pop up with the msg containing what the user just wrote, this is not what we are trying to achieve X3

If there is more code from the source needed please leave a msg, i can also post the whole source codes on pastebin if needed .

[foxidrive]

Maybe this is what you need:

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set /p "pm=" < "pm\%username%\pm.txt"

[dwngrt]

Thsnk you foxidrive, it did work you made my day ^^