Question : Dos Batch programming-Command line menus

         I have a user who wants to work down on the dos command
line rather than up at the graphic level for some tasks.   For this she
would like a little menu which would allow her to change to different
directories and start different programs based on inputting a
number from 1 to 9.
       Now this is ancient Dos batch programming and I just can't
seem to make the backwards leap to understand how to  write
the little file needed.   Can someone give me a hand on this?

Answer : Dos Batch programming-Command line menus

Okay, here's an example for your little batch...

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@echo off
:MM
cls
echo Select the app to run
echo ----------------------
echo 1 Application One
echo 2 Application Two
echo 3 Yet Another application
echo --------------------
echo E Exit this menu

choice /C:123E Your choice

if ERRORLEVEL 4 goto :A0
if ERRORLEVEL 3 goto :A3
if ERRORLEVEL 2 goto :A2
if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :A1

:A1
echo Starting app 1 .....
c:\wherever\the\app\is\app1.exe
goto MM

:A2
echo Starting app 2....
call d:\somewere\else\is\app2.bat
goto MM

:A3
echo Starting app 3....
something.com
goto MM

:A0
echo Exitting, bye ........

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It is really straightforward, for adding more applications just remember that the if ERRORLEVEL n statements need to be in DESCENDING order (the command jumps if the errorlevel is equal to or greater than the number specified).
The choice command is not limited to numbers only. I think it is better to use 'A' for Accounting, 'E' or 'Q' for Exit/Quit etc.

Instead of/ before starting an application, you can do e.g.
e:
cd \accounting\1999

Feel free to post a comment if you need any more help with this.