Menu startup-sequence.

[newflesh1]

I would like a startup-sequence that would allow you to choose from say 8 games.A choice of 1 to 8
Like
else if $choice eq "7"
test:games/Apidya/Apidya.Slave
else if $choice eq "8"
test:games/RType/RType.Slave
else skip main_loop back

But this is not resulting in a game being executed by pressing a number,does anyone know where i am going wrong?

[Amiga1992]

How are you inputting data to the choice variable? Which command?

[newflesh1]

Using iconx

[newflesh1]

I can get the modified script to execute but not to give me the choics.

[Amiga1992]

iconx is to execute scripts through icons, it has nothing to do with what you want to do.

You need a command that will read a key input and spit out a value that you then store in $choice and then you compare.

What is the line before the else? Perhaps it'd help if you posted the full script (use the [ code ] [/ code] tag)

[emufan]

maybe you can use something like Chooser from Aminet.

for a quick test you have to create simple textfile --> s:chooser.programs
with these lines:

Choose
Font Settings
sys:prefs/font
Screen Mode
sys:prefs/screenmode

when yoi start chooser tool, a window with title "Choose" will appear,
and two entries "Font Settings" and "Screen Mode".
click on one and fonts or screenmode preferences tool will start.

[meynaf]

You could do something like this :
alias 7 test:games/Apidya/Apidya
alias 8 test:games/RType/RType

Then when the user types these numbers in the cli, it runs the program.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by newflesh1

I would like a startup-sequence that would allow you to choose from say 8 games.A choice of 1 to 8

To start individual games may use the function keys,to do this just to map the controls on select keys.

In the first step of the attached video you can see the menu and the function keys to launch applications

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