Batch programming (or command line programming) has come a long way since early 1980's. More and more commands have been added throughout Windows operating systems DOS/9x/2000/XP/vista. Working with vista offers a lot of versatility when programming batch scripts. Popular user made programs that only tech guys had access to, are now integrated into the Windows Vista operating system. This operating system not only has added a lot of nice commands for basic operation of the command shell, but has continually improved their batch commands and increase functionality and reliability.
This video tutorial will take you through the process of creating a batch program. The program is actually a game that uses the IF command to test the user input to a random number. If guess to high you will have to guess lower next time, if guess to low you will have to guess high next time, if you guess the number on the dot then you win.
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Here is a tutorial about the construction of batch files. This will get you one step closer to becoming a batch programmer. This tutorial was made for 2000/xp so some information might be dated. This include important structure excerises.
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This tutorial is step up like you were taking a class in school. It has the information, examples to look at, and excerises to help you get comforable with the different commands. Again might be dated, however a good collection of information about the basics of batch programming.
[http://www.tnd.com/camosun/elex130/dosbatchtutor1.html]
