GUI for batch file?
graphical commands are not available in straight batch files. I would suggest you look at vbscript or powershell
there are many guides - this is the help file for vbscript. yes it will be different. Echo Hello World would become msgbox("Hello World") and an input would look like inputbox("What is your name?") (at a very basic level)
there is no automatic conversion, and unless you have Visual Studio, no free integrated developer, but notepad++ seems to be the preferred editor because of its syntax highlighting
from here, an example script with a menu
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Name: Menu Template Script
' By: Harvey Colwell
' CopyRight: (c) Jul 2000, All Rights Reserved!
'
'*****************************************************************
Option Explicit
Dim oFS, oWS, oWN
Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oWN = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set oFS = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'----------
' Script SetUp
'----------
'----------
' Main
'----------
Select Case InputBox ( _
"Enter menu item number then Click Ok. . ." & vbCrlf & vbCrlf & _
" [1] Item 1" & vbCrlf & _
" [2] Item 2" & vbCrlf & _
" [3] Item 3" & vbCrlf & _
" [4] Item 4", _
"Main Menu")
Case "1"
Call sub1()
Case "2"
Call sub2()
Case "3"
Call sub3()
Case "4"
Call sub4()
Case Else
WScript.Echo "You entered an invalid menu choice!"
End Select
'----------
' Clean Up
'----------
Call CleanUp
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Subroutines
'*****************************************************************
'---------------------
Sub CleanUp()
Set oWS = Nothing
Set oWN = Nothing
Set oFS = Nothing
WScript.Quit
End Sub
'---------------------
Sub sub1()
WScript.Echo "You selected Menu Item 1"
End Sub
'---------------------
Sub sub2()
WScript.Echo "You selected Menu Item 2"
End Sub
'---------------------
Sub sub3()
WScript.Echo "You selected Menu Item 3"
End Sub
'---------------------
Sub sub4()
WScript.Echo "You selected Menu Item 4"
End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Functions
'*****************************************************************
'---------------------
'***************************************
Admin
Updated on January 23, 2021Comments
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Admin over 3 years
I have a batch file, and it is a very simple program that launches website, a mini- web browser type experience, with commands that open programs, etc. How can i make an interface for this or a GUI? Without having to compleltey manually change my code. Here is an example of what my code is like:
:start @echo off COLOR 1E cls echo Welcome to Wannow Dashboard. This is the main page. echo Type in the number to be redirected to your desired location. echo 1. Useful Websites echo 2. Programs echo Wannow Dashboard created by Brad Wannow set/p var1= if %var1% == 1 goto Websites if %var1% == 2 goto program pause exit :websites COLOR 1E cls echo Welcome to Wannow Dashboard: Websites. Select a command, type in number to be redirected. echo 1. www.Pandora.com echo 2. www.Google.com echo 3. Aventa Blackboard echo 4. Other @echo OFF @echo %time% ping -n 1 -w 1 127.0.0.1 1>nul echo Wannow Dashboard
Of course there is much more code, but this is the way my program is written, with also some START commands and user inputs, etc.
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SeanC over 11 yearsline wrap got me. original had line numbers, and I chopped off a but of the program when I cut them out
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Admin over 11 yearsI'm sorry, but how do you open a .vbs file? OR what do I open it with .etc? Should i write it in Notepad++ or what also? Because it doesnt work as just a .vbs file and open like .bat?
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SeanC over 11 yearsyou should be able to either double click on the file, or run it from the command line, including the extension e.g.
C:\> test.vbs
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Admin over 11 yearsWhere do I include the extension? Sorry, I am new to the coding world, as you can see. Sorry if I am asking way too many questions. But the program keeps saying line 4 has a sytax error, expecting statement.
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SeanC over 11 yearswscript and/or cscript can be used to run vbs scripts, e.g
cscript test.vbs
orwscript test.vbs
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Admin over 11 yearsIt does not open, it says expected statment on the first line of code 'Option Explicit', I don't know what to debug, because I didn't write the code and it cannot even get through the first line.
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SeanC over 11 yearsdid you copy from my code block, or the example? I have put it on pastebin if that may be easier for you
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Admin over 11 yearsYes, I got a little farther into the code, no output other than syntax error. Line 39 has expected ")".
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Admin over 11 yearsStill no luck, man this is harder than i thought it would be.
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SeanC over 11 yearsif you use notepad++, you can see the line and column in the status line.
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Admin over 11 yearsI do use notepad++, and i see the line and a put the parenthesis where it said i needed it. It gives the same error.
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SeanC over 11 yearsline 39 is
WScript.Echo "You entered an invalid menu choice!"
. There should be no()
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SeanC over 11 yearshere is the file, ready for download, and running fine on my system
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Admin over 11 yearsYou made my day! Haha, thank you very much, I will defininlty be using it, I wonder what I was doing wrong?