Batch file variable case conversion

[trisuglow]

Hi,

I have this batch file which I am running in XP. What I want to be able to do is get the batch to convert the user's input to uppercase (the Project1.exe that I am launching only recognises uppercase).

Can anyone help?

@ECHO OFF
:start
CLS
ECHO GenMail Launcher (Tristan Uglow June 2005)
ECHO.
ECHO CA  Campaigns
ECHO DD  DirectDebits
ECHO GM  GeneralMailingecho.
SET choice=
SET /p choice=Choose Mode (or X for exit):
if '%choice%'=='' goto end
if '%choice%'=='X' goto end
"C:\Program Files\MyProg\Project1.EXE" '%choice%'
goto start
:end

[manavo11]

Instead of converting the data you pass as %choice% you can make %choice% uppercase in your application and then compare it with whatever you want

[trisuglow]

Instead of converting the data you pass as %choice% you can make %choice% uppercase in your application and then compare it with whatever you want

I can't make any changes to Project1.exe. I can only make changes to the batch file. The example I've given is a simplification of what I'm really working with. I still want to know how to convert the case of what the user types in in the batch file.

Thanks for your suggestion anyway, this would have been the best solution if it was possible...

[westconn1]

i don't know how to do what you ask, but one option is to use choice as a numbered menu, or else scrap teh batch file and use a vb script (which i have just found out how to do)

menu example

ECHO 1. MS-DOS Editor.
ECHO 2. MS-Windows. (default)
ECHO 3. Defrag the hard-drive.
ECHO 4. Quit.
CHOICE /C:1234 /N /T:2,5 Please choose a menu option.
IF ERRORLEVEL == 4 GOTO QUIT_MENU
IF ERRORLEVEL == 3 GOTO DEFRAG_HD
IF ERRORLEVEL == 2 GOTO RUN_WIN
IF ERRORLEVEL == 1 GOTO RUN_EDIT
:RUN_EDIT
CALL EDIT
:RUN_WIN
CALL WIN
EFRAG_HD
DEFRAG c:
:QUIT_MENU
ECHO Safe to switch off machine now...

pete

[trisuglow]

Thanks for the suggestion Pete.

CHOICE isn't available in WinXP which is why I've used the alternative method. I could have gone for the numbered approach (although I've got more than 10 options in my real-world case so I'd have to use alpha characters instead).

I've just got fixated on finding out how to do the case conversion - it must be possible musn't it?

I may well end up doing a VB solution after all. How do you go about doing that? Presumably it's different from just writing an exe?

[westconn1]

no just write an exe with an input box then shell to your program and unload

also i believe it would be possible to do what you want in your batch file
this works, i tested, but it would have to be for each valid input
if '%choice%'=='dd' SET choice=DD
there is probably other solutions, i've forgotten a lot of the batch file stuff now

pete