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Date:	Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:40:36 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ASK.exe ?

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I need an ASK command that I can use in a non-REXX command file.

ASK (or some similar name) typically has a syntax like:

ASK CHOICES "Message"

and the program displays "Message" on the screen and then waits for the
user to enter one of the characters in CHOICES. The entered character's
position in the CHOICES string becomes the Return Code (ERRORLEVEL)
returned by the ASK.exe program.

For example,

ASK YNQ "Answer Y(es) or N(o), Q to Quit"

would display this on the screen:

Answer Y(es) or N(o), Q to Quit _

and the user may enter Y, N or Q resulting in a Return Code of 1, 2 or
3.

I found ASKIT on Hobbes but it requires two of the screen lines in a
command line window -- one for the message and one for the response --
and I'd much prefer to have a single-line solution.

Anybody know where I can find such a program?

- Peter

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