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Storing the result of CHOICE to a text file?

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First post, by chinagreenelvis

Posted on 2022-04-07, 23:37

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I'm trying to modify the run.bat files of REMOVED so that I can set a default option for games that use it (usually which version of the game to run or sound profile). I figured the simplest way would be to stick the value of ERRORLEVEL resulting from CHOICE into a text file and then reading that file if it exists instead.

The only problem is that from within DOSBox, there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. I can output to a text file, obviously, but dealing with ERRORLEVEL as a variable is frustrating.

Any help is appreciated.

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Reply 1 of 2, by chinagreenelvis

Posted on 2022-04-07, 23:38

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Here is what a typical run.bat looks like:

1:menu
2@echo off
3cls
4echo.
5echo Press 1 for Space Quest V: The Next Mutation w/ SoundBlaster
6echo Press 2 for Space Quest V: The Next Mutation w/ MT32
7echo Press 3 for Space Quest V: The Next Mutation w/ Sound Canvas
8echo Press 4 to Quit
9echo.
10choice /C:1234 /N Please Choose:
11
12if errorlevel = 4 goto quit
13if errorlevel = 3 goto SC55
14if errorlevel = 2 goto MT32
15if errorlevel = 1 goto SB16
16
17:SB16
18CONFIG -set "mididevice=default"
19del RESOURCE.CFG
20copy .\sb16\*.*
21cls
22@SIERRA
23goto quit
24cls
25
26:MT32
27CONFIG -set "mididevice=mt32"
28del RESOURCE.CFG
29copy .\mt32\*.*
30cls
31@SIERRA
32goto quit
33cls
34
35:SC55
36CONFIG -set "mididevice=fluidsynth"
37del RESOURCE.CFG
38copy .\sc55\*.*
39cls
40@SIERRA
41goto quit
42cls
43
44:quit
45exit