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makb

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Jul 2, 2016, 4:17:00 AM7/2/16
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Hi

Are there any ways, I can use the plus and minus keys, with the choice
command in Windows 7?

I get the "Valid choices include a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and extended ASCII
characters (128-254)" error.

Thank you.


Herbert Kleebauer

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Jul 2, 2016, 6:27:45 PM7/2/16
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On 02.07.2016 10:17, makb wrote:
> Hi
>
> Are there any ways, I can use the plus and minus keys, with the choice
> command in Windows 7?


You could use an external program.

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;; getkey.mac: read character from stdin ;;
;; write 3 byte to stdout: cxx ;;
;; c: read character if a-z, A-Z, 0-9, Backspace ;;
;; $ else ;;
;; xx: hex value of red charcter ;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;



::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

@echo off
certutil -f -decode %~f0 getkey.exe>nul

set i=42
cls
echo Press + - to increment/decrement&echo.

:loop

echo %i%
for /f %%i in ('getkey.exe') do set inp=%%i
if %inp% == $2b set /a i+=1 &goto :loop
if %inp% == $2d set /a i-=1 &goto :loop

del getkey.exe
goto :eof

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Tom Del Rosso

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Jul 5, 2016, 11:22:07 AM7/5/16
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Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
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>> loop

Typo alert!

Should be :loop


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