Thanks for the e-mail. Actually, the program does accept wildcards (I =
don't know why I thought it didn't.) So indeed, that solves my first =
question - it is quite easy to do a mass conversion.
What about the second question, though? Is there any way to refer to the =
part of a file before its extension? You mentioned %1, %2, etc. How are =
%2 or %3 different from %1?


"jt3" wrote in message =
...
Ivan,
It's been a long time since I did any batch programming, and on =
6.22, as
well, and 7 is no doubt somewhat different, but the first order =
approach
(easiest) depends upon whether or not your program pre602.exe will =
accept
wildcard characters, *, or ?, or not. If so, it is as easy as pre602 =
*.wp
*.602, conceivably. If you want a list, use the redirections symbol =
to
have a function such as dir put it into an output file. Remember that =
if
you execute a batch file within a batch file, the command processor =
doesn't
return to the calling batch file unless you use the CALL command to =
load
another copy of the command processor. Reference any dummy parameters =
as
%1--%9, SHIFT can be used to access more than nine dummy args. FOR =
loops
are available if necessary:
FOR %%x IN(1, 2, 3, 4) DO something %%x
where x is a value taken from the list (1, 2, 3, 4), etc., and is a
parameter in executing 'something' where 'something' can be almost =
anything
except another FOR (no FOR nesting).
IF statements are pretty standard though limited to:
IF string1=3D=3Dstring2 command (can also be EXIST, or NOT =
EXIST,
etc., as in a =
file
referenced)
This can also test for an ERRORLEVEL (var) condition if the program =
gives an
ERRORLEVEL output.
Statement labels begin with a colon, and GOTO references the name =
without
the colon. For output, there's REM, ECHO (ON or OFF), and PAUSE, =
which
stops execution, displaying "Strike a key when ready.." until the key =
is
struck, allowing resumption of processing. I believe that there are =
more,
some of which came in about 6.22 and later which I never used and =
don't
recall, but this might be enough to do what you want?
Pardon me if I have misinterpreted your question and regaled you =
with
the obvious.
Joe
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"Ivan B=FAtora" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
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not sure if the subject of this thread is a good way to describe what =
I want
to do, but here it is. Basically I wish to convert several (many) =
files from
WordPerfect format to T602 format. For this, I have a small utility
"pre602.exe" which functions in this way:
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PRE602.EXE [parameters] inputfile outputfile
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In my case, let's say I wish to convert a file called "text.wp", I =
would do:
pre602 /d:5 text.wp text.602
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Question 1
Imagine I have twenty files I want to convert, and I don't want to do =
each
one individually. Is there any way to do this using a batch file? If I =
put
all those files in one folder, is there any way how to generate a list =
of
those files, and then run this list through the pre602.exe command
automatically?
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Question 2
I want to define a custom action for .wp files which would do the =
conversion
to .602. I was able to do something like this:
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pre602.exe /d:5 %1 new.602
However, I am not able to figure out a way to refer to the part of the
filename before the file extension, and thus I had to make the output =
file
something fixed, which I subsequently have to rename. I know "%1" =
refers to
the file that the action is taken on. If the file is, say, "xxx.wp", =
is
there any way to refer just to "xxx"?
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Thanks for your input.
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Ivan
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