Concise Guide to MS-DOS Batch Files 

Bestselling Guide to Creating and Using Timesaving Batch Files Now Covers
MS-DOS Through Version 6

A handy new guide from Microsoft Press takes the mystery out of the batch
file language and shows MS-DOS version 6 users how to make batch files
more interactive.

The CONCISE GUIDE TO MS-DOS BATCH FILES by Kris Jamsa shows readers how to
create, save, and run batch files. Batch files save time, reduce
keystrokes and errors, simplify the execution of difficult commands, and
can be used again and again. No additional software is needed and no
programming experience is necessary. This book and a computer running the
MS-DOS operating system is all that's needed.

Readers already familiar with batch files will want to turn to this
convenient guide to help them enhance their batch files with more advanced
commands as well as those commands introduced by MS-DOS 6. They'll learn
how to:

* Use the new CHOICE command to make batch files interactive
* Create icons that will run batch files from within the
  Microsoft Windows operating system 
* Use ANSI.SYS to make screen displays more colorful
* Use the DEBUG command to create simple programs that enhance
  batchfile capabilities

In addition, CONCISE GUIDE TO MS-DOS BATCH FILES shows readers how to
create macro definitions using the DOSKEY command. For users of MS-DOS 5
(or later), an understanding of the DOSKEY command will make them
immediately more productive. An annotated table of contents and a
comprehensive index help readers quickly locate information on any topic
in the book.

Kris Jamsa is the author of more than 40 computer books covering a wide
range of topics. His other titles from Microsoft Press include Concise
Guide to Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Concise Guide to Windows for
Workgroups.

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Concise Guide to MS-DOS Batch Files
by Kris Jamsa
224 pages, $12.95
ISBN: 1-55615-549-2
Pub. Date: June 8, 1993

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