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[Mighty Midget]

I tried to make a batch in the DOSBox configuration file, so that I could choose which game to play at startup of DOSBox, just by pressing a number. It works in DOS, but obviously DOSBox doesn't support the [menu]/menuitem= thing. How can I make such a menu?


EDIT: Ohdamn! I remember it was done in the config.sys and dosbox config doesn't offer that. Still: Any way of make a menu?

[Japo]

[menu] and stuff was for CONFIG.SYS, not for AUTOEXEC.BAT let alone a generic BAT.

To create menus in BAT files you'll have to use the CHOICE comand along with "IF ERRORLEVEL x GOTO ..." sentences and labels.

http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm

[Mighty Midget]

Thanks. By pasting that "choise" example, and modifying it, I now get a menu of games. Cool.

[jg007]

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Thanks. By pasting that "choise" example, and modifying it, I now get a menu of games. Cool.
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you can also use commands in the batch files to set the dosbox settings for example -

config -get "cpu cycles"

this displays the current cpu cycles settins

config -set "cpu cycles=7000"

this will set the cpu cycles to 7000

I find this really great when programs require different speeds and I want them to all run in the same batch file as I can just add the ' config set ' command before running the game