@echo off setcur 0000 echo  setcur 0079 echo  setcur 2200 echo  setcur 2279 echo  setcur 2300 cls call clover setcur 0510 echo Setcur will allow you to write anywhere on the screen setcur 1010 echo But when DOS gets control back, it goes down one line. setcur 1510 echo So if you put the cursor on line 24 the screen gets scrolled. setcur 1900 echo And if you don't put it at the bottom, the prompt will appear echo in the middle of the screen you just drew. echo So usually you will want to end with setcur 2300. setcur 2300 pause setcur 0500 call wipe79 setcur 0100 echo You can erase, too. But if you go to column 79, Dos will echo move down a line, and you don't want that. So go only to column 78 echo and you can then call this wipe79.bat that echoes 78 spaces and a 255 echo character I had to use so QEdit would not trim my spaces off. echo. echo Let's clean off that old stuff. setcur 2300 pause setcur 1000 call wipe79 setcur 1500 call wipe79 rem the three lines at the bottom now setcur 1900 call wipe79 setcur 2000 call wipe79 setcur 2100 call wipe79 rem that takes care of those original lines. setcur 2300 pause setcur 2300 call wipe79 setcur 0600 echo If you stay in lines 0 to 23 you can keep things on the screen. echo You just have to keep Dos from finding itself on the last line, echo 24, and scrolling the screen. setcur 1400 echo 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� echo � Let's play with some check boxes for a while. � echo 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� echo. setcur 2300 pause goto start 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Note that the lines that seem to just say echo in fact say echo (255) � � which is made by holding down the alt key and typing 255 on the numeric � � keypad, then releasing the alt key. A space will not work, though you � � could use a space followed by the right parenthesis if you wanted. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 :start cls setcur 1000 echo 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 echo � This batch file shows how you can demonstrate to the user � echo � what options he has picked. You may be keeping track of them � echo � by setting environmental variables, or where you are in the � echo � batch file. Either way, setcur lets you show the choices. � echo 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 setcur 2200 echo First we will draw some check boxes on the screen. setcur 2300 pause cls setcur 0310 echo [ ] setcur 0810 echo [ ] Last box changed: setcur 0945 echo ( ) 1 setcur 1045 echo ( ) 2 setcur 1145 echo ( ) 3 setcur 1245 echo ( ) 4 setcur 1310 echo [ ] setcur 1810 echo [ ] setcur 2240 echo Now we check the second box setcur 2300 pause setcur 0811 echo � setcur 1046 echo * setcur 2200 call wipe79 setcur 2220 echo Let's do the fourth one now setcur 2300 pause setcur 1811 echo � setcur 1046 echo � setcur 1246 echo * setcur 2200 call wipe79 setcur 2240 echo Now we un-check the second box. setcur 2300 pause setcur 0811 echo � setcur 1246 echo � setcur 1046 echo * setcur 2200 call wipe79 setcur 2220 echo Now we check the first box. setcur 2300 pause setcur 0311 echo � setcur 0946 echo * setcur 1046 echo � setcur 2200 call wipe79 setcur 2200 setcur 2250 echo Done with check boxes. setcur 2300 pause cls setcur 0600 echo REGISTRATION echo. echo To register, send one buck to: echo. echo Drake Koefoed 1409 Oak Patch Road # A9 Eugene, OR 97402 echo. echo Send a return envelope if you want an answer. echo. echo Comments about this or my other utilities can go to: echo. echo Assembler bbs (503) 343-6383 rem this is the final pause and clean off the strike a key prompt. setcur 2300 pause setcur 2300 call wipe79.bat setcur 2300