How to make colors flash in a batch file?

[battleangel3222]

Hi guys. Was wondering if I can get it to put text up with a color, then sleep for .5 seconds or 1 second, then switch colors...over and over. Any help? thanks! I want my batch file to look really great. Thanks!

[MCT]

hi..

download sleep.exe (search 4 it) & in your batch file use COLOR

[battleangel3222]

tried it......sleep minimum is 1 second, and its too long to flash...i tried .5 but it didnt work any ideas?

[jdoe]

Copy the code below in a file called SLEEP.VBS and it will take milliseconds. Look at the other code to see how to write your batch with it. It's strange what you wanna do but this is a solution.

SLEEP.VBS

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 Then
     WScript.Sleep WScript.Arguments(0)
End If

BATCH FILE

COLOR 07
SLEEP.VBS 500
COLOR 70
SLEEP.VBS 500
COLOR 07
SLEEP.VBS 500
COLOR 70
SLEEP.VBS 500
COLOR 07

[prathapml]

You need to call the VBS with "wscript" or "cscript" to be sure it will run.

And that will take up more time than just the 0.5 seconds you want it to. Just sticking to what's scriptable right within the batch-files sounds better.

One option is to ping 127.0.0.1 for as many times (or milli-secs) as needed to wait. That way, no sleep.exe or VBS is needed. Of course, the COLOR command is simple enough, use it after the inter-mittent pings.