BBQM> Great.  That works pretty well.  I'll have to read up in the
BBQM> DOS book to find out more about errorlevels though.

Yes...reading the DOS manual would =definitely= be a help! 

BBQM> I made the batch file, using three choices and your reply.com file.
BBQM> It works, except for being able to quit without choosing a menu item.
BBQM> I have to press CTRL BREAK to get out of it.

That's easy.  Just add a "Quit" choice to the menu, and have it jump
to a routine which does nothing but exit the batch file...like this:

------------------------------ snip --------------------------------

echo off
cls
echo     M E N U
echo     ~~~~~~~
echo.
echo     1. This
echo     2. That
echo     3. Other
echo     4. Quit
echo.
:STOPHERE
reply
if errorlevel 53 goto stophere
if errorlevel 52 goto quit
if errorlevel 51 goto three
if errorlevel 50 goto two
if errorlevel 49 goto one
if errorlevel 0 goto stophere
:THREE
echo You pressed 3.
goto quit
:TWO
echo You pressed 2.
goto quit
:ONE
echo You pressed 1.
:QUIT

----------------------------------- snip ------------------------------

BBQM> I appreciate your help and your reply.com file.  I'm on my way...

Have fun, and good luck!

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