Let the user what to install or timeout

[chon_]

I've been reading some threads regarding this issue, but none of them convinced me on how they work. Here's what i want to do: execute a cmd file in runoncex that prompts the user with 4 different otions of software to install, let's say

1 Antivirus1

2 Antivirus2

3 Antivirus3

4 Antivirus4

If user types "1" and hits enter, then Antivirus1 will be installed and exits cmd, if "2" is pressed Antivirus2 will be installed and cmd will exit, and so on.........

But, if no key is pressed within 20 seconds, then setup must default to option 1 and install Antivirus1 & exit cmd, then continue with the rest of setup. Is there a tool to make this in an easy way?

TIA

[evilvoice]

welll...i posted something like this earlier...ill update this post when Ive made it exactly to your specs...

[CoffeeFiend]

if you don't mind a console-style app ("dos"-like), a batchfile with choice.com can take care of that in no time.

[CoffeeFiend]

if you use this choice.exe instead http://www.usfamily.net/web/wpattinson/wil...util/choice.zip then you can do it like that:

(pressing enter with no number, or pressing escape, or waiting 20 seconds will all choose option 1 as well)

@echo off
echo 1) install something av
echo 2) install another av
echo 3) install somecorp av
echo 4) install nogood av
choice /C1234 /E /t1,20

if errorlevel 255 goto av1
if errorlevel 4 goto av4
if errorlevel 3 goto av3
if errorlevel 2 goto av2
if errorlevel 1 goto av1
if errorlevel 0 goto av1

:av1
echo installing something av
rem (setup.exe here)
goto end

:av2
echo installing another av
rem (setup.exe here)
goto end

:av3
echo installing somecorp av
rem (setup.exe here)
goto end

:av4
echo installing nogood av
rem (setup.exe here)

:end

[chon_]

Great! Thanks!

Testing.....

It worked as expected thaks again.

[MHz]

You need choice.com to do this?

[chon_]

choice.exe form crahak's reply, i downloaded the file and copied it to $oem$\$$

[MHz]

Cool, but you can do that from batch anyway without anything from outside.

[CoffeeFiend]

Great! Thanks!

Testing.....

It worked as expected thaks again.

You're welcome

Choice.com would work, but this clone has a few more functionnality and it's free... (choice.com coming from an old ms-dos -technically- would still require a license of the os it's coming from too... even though i can't see someone getting sued for that...)

Why not

[CoffeeFiend]

You can do things like that w/o choice.com, but there won't be a nice time-out option available either (and a few more minor issues...)

I don't see having to use a tiny app as an issue at all...

[MHz]

@crahak

Maybe true, but I believe that you can do without choice.com. It's existance is dying for a reason. It's like the old goto and gosub commands are dead amongst the latter lauguages. I realize batch lauguage is restrictive, but I think that your dependency on choice.com is showing alot.

BTW, do not let me take away, how helpful you are, towards people in need.

Keep the good spirit going.

[CoffeeFiend]

Oh, don't worry, no issues...

Choice.com is only needed because the scripting languages' limitations (there is no easy/proper way to have a timeout on the keystroke otherwise). The if goto is indeed a very old and ugly way of doing things, but until we can do select case (errorlevel) in a batchfile (although it would work in a vbscript), we're pretty much stuck with it. most scripting languages don't offer too much when it comes to console input unfortunately... And I think choice.com is "dying" mostly because nobody wants a dos-based install nowadays (they'd rather have a windows GUI setup made with something like autoplay media studio instead) along with pretty much all the other good old dos/command line utilities.

[MHz]

Sorry, your right. the timeout I did not see. Yes, batch langauge is limited.

Please forgive me.

[CoffeeFiend]

There is nothing to be forgiven. I don't take such things to heart, life's too short for that