Of course, it's no more than 10 minutes after posting this topic that the solution came to my mind.

I have to start the errorlevel from the higher number to the lower (12>1). Now it works.

Geez, bad memory 😀

you might know... i got exactly same problem even though my list seams to be clear of thet problem... what am i doing wrong?

1@echo off
2:start
3cls
4
5echo
6echo  ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
7echo  º Games on menu - press # and [enter]          º works º  
8echo  ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÎÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¹Ú                    ¿
9echo  º 1.  WingCommander - Privateer                º   N   º *   Y  = Fully works
10echo  º 2.  Master of Magic                          º   Y   º *  n/S = No Sounds
11echo  º 3.  Master of Orion 1                        º   Y   º *   N  = Not working
12echo  º 4.  Mega-Lo-Mania                            º   Y   º
13echo  º 5.  Legend of kyrandia 2 - Hand of fate      º   Y   ºÀ                    Ù
14echo  º 6.  Legend of kyrandia 3 - Malcolmïs revenge º  n/S  º
15echo  º 7.  SimCity 2000                             º   Y   º
16echo  º 8.  Princess maker 2                         º   Y   º
17echo  º X.  Exit menu                                º exits º
18echo  º                                              º       º
19echo  ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
20echo
21choice:/c12345678x
22if errorlevel 8 goto pm2
23if errorlevel 7 goto sc2000
24if errorlevel 6 goto kyrandia3
25if errorlevel 5 goto kyrandia2
26if errorlevel 4 goto megalomania
27if errorlevel 3 goto moo
28if errorlevel 2 goto mom
29if errorlevel 1 goto priv
30if errorlevel x goto exit
31
32:pm2
33call mount x d:\oldies\pm2\pm2
34x:
35pm2.exe
36
37:sc2000
38call mount x d:\oldies\simcity2000
39x:
40sc2000.exe
41
42:kyrandia3
43call mount x d:\oldies\kyrandia3
44x:
45start.bat
46
47:kyrandia2
48call mount x d:\oldies\kyrandia2
49x:
50hof.exe
51
52:megalomania
53call mount x d:\oldies\MegaLoMania
54x:
55mega.exe
56
57:moo
58call mount x d:\oldies\moo
59x:
60orion.exe

61
62:mom
63call mount x d:\oldies\mom
64x:
65madic.exe
66
67:priv
68call mount x d:\odlies\privateer
69x:
70loadhigh priv.exe
71
72:exit
73z:
74cls
75goto end

try if errorlevel == 8 etc

The command is called "choice", not "choice:". The switch goes like "/c:1234", not like "/c1234". Move around that colon and it should work 😀

did what you said moe, it worked... thanx

By the way.

== means that the mach must be EQUAL to character. without this the code works too, but without == it takes upper & lowercase letters too. so without these == marks, it works better... i think...

menu works now in visual base, but it asks guestion [y/n]

should it ask letter?
now it is just boolean question. still accepts all letters as base...

what am i still makin wrong? Is it correct to use CALL funktion to start mounting on the code? 😅

any other things i should know? also can it be preventeed that console says echo off every single time echo goes off?

this topic turned out great manual for others to build own menus... heh
🙄

Okay, you've pointed me to a small incompatibility to real DOS choice: in DOS, it would display [12345..], the actual choices. I've hardcoded that Y/N thingy in dosbox. You can put your own prompt on the choice line like this:
choice /c:1234 /n Please choose one:

those "echo is off" messages are cause by lines containing just "echo" all alone. What you wanted is an empty line, for that use "echo." (note the dot, directly after echo, with no space in between)

"call" is only needed when starting other batch files. Without "call", they don't return back to the calling batch file.

By the way, if you want to contribute you are welcome to summarize your newly learned wisdom in the DosBox Wiki. That way other users can benefit as well 😉

i might just do that...

"Call" is needed to mount drives... this i learned from errors...

now to the next project. Ill do that documentation how to do single line menu for dosbox... 🤣

Now i´we done it... i wrote the tutorial files for making simple menus. any comments on it? aster this is accepted by 2 other users, i shall submit it to DosBox Wiki.

Looks quite nice. I have a bunch of remarks, but more about that later.

Why do you have to use "call mount"? I surely don't. What happens if you don't use call?

in my case, it did not work.

besides... this is the correct way to do it. both works. but basicly the mount is diffirent batch command. mounting apearently makes virtual drives that is set with parameters. basicly in coding lanquake, it has to be called to correctly work. this is due usage of 2 batch codes.

and please. do make those remarks... could you do it with msoffice and make those remarks with blue color.

and send them to me.
email: jhawx@tiscali.fi

mount isn't a different batch command. neither a bat file

it's a .com file

using call isn't needed.

´hey wait a second... Com file is advanced bat file. coms can be created from bat files. (did you know that) and it is still funktion command, soforth it can be "called" succesfully.

But if you dont need call funktion, how come my code did not work? coding... mystery for all. 😒

But if it works, what damage can it do? it might even work better for some other systems. Dont know about other systems... just rationalizing.

i am just information handling tradenome student who has lessons on c#. This is why i want to know how these codes work.

Giwe me feedback on the document and error corrections so i can write the tutorial for other users. You might be also credited for your help... 😁

No, .com files are not advanced .bat files; .COM files are simple, raw machine-language programs. I know this because I've written some assembly language programs for DOS.

The programs that turn .BAT files into .COM files probably just encode the BAT file instructions into a simple assembly language program that calls command.com over and over with those commands. Wouldn't know for sure without researching it though.

i stand corrected... 😠

...now... how about those corrections on the file so others might start to learn on their own to create batch choise menus? 😒

called or not, ill change the remark so that you can use both. i found that 6 of my 45 games did not work without call command...

also you can call second menu not connected to first menu by calling it. (calling secondary bat.) but got errors if used without it.

so if your funktions are simple, use without call, but if you add other menus to it, use call. But to remind you, using call funtion adds compability in future, if you add options to your menus.

i dont know if this funktion is hardcoded diffirently on dosbox, but if it tries to emulate dos, this way it was done with dos 5.0 ... dont know if it was like this with 6.0

also it r.e.a.l.l.y . d.o.e.s. n.o.t. m.a.t.t.e.r on simple one menu sheet system i try to teach to create in this tutorial. I just assumed that you need to call them if used higher funktions. Dont like it? make your own tutorial on subject (better than mine of course) and call my tutorial piece of *peeb* in it... sorry. lost my temper back there 😢 . it is written in 37minutes, so it tends to be little crappy. thats why it sucks, but remind that it still is BETA version. it is still ver1.0 (because it works with these settings, even though buggy. Next versions are updates so it works BETTER)

But to make perfect scenario, SEND THOSE CORRECTIONS TO ME AS I ASKED... PLEASE!

and thanx for telling me what coms are... really did not knew, but have been using those .bat to .com converters... works on 75% of the cases.

I will, though I'm away from home for a few days (work). So please bear with me 😀

sorry... hunter2 bit gnew my end of nerve...

there is no rush. these things ere going to be better through time.
cant quite figure out the system that dosbox uses for letter assignment. (i cant use letters for selection crtieria... ie if errorlevel x goto exit) has someone got this one to work?

It's real simple:

choice /c:abcx Choose one of [ABCX]: /n

will give you errorlevel 4 on "x", 3 on "c", 2 on "b" and 1 on "a". The n'th letter (or number) will create errorlevel n.

... so basicly just count backwards when creating errorlevels... why cant i listen my own advice.. eh? 😕