Can AmigaDOS wait for a RANDOM time? - Page 2

Starglider 2 · 11 September 2018, 18:07

Is there a way to put a "Press any key to continue" command into AmigaDOS?

DamienD · 11 September 2018, 19:40

...not sure there is but am probably wrong.

You could use one of the little "LMB" utilities to wait for a left mouse click but prior to loading this; echo "< press Left Mouse Button to continue >"; or something similar.

Starglider 2 · 11 September 2018, 19:43

That's but it has to be a key press not mouse.

DamienD · 11 September 2018, 19:47

Amazing what you find if you actually search EAB

... getting a user to press a key via AmigaDOS

daxb · 11 September 2018, 20:12

You can also use this: http://aminet.net/package/util/batch/KeyPressed

Starglider 2 · 11 September 2018, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

Amazing what you find if you actually search EAB

... getting a user to press a key via AmigaDOS

I did and somehow didn't find that. Thank you!

DamienD · 11 September 2018, 20:19

When you use "waitanykey" it displays the following text and obviously waits for a key to be pressed:

Please press any key.

If for some reason you wanted to make it look like MS-DOS's "pause" i.e:

...or even change the text to something else; you could do the following:

Code:

Echo "Press any key to continue . . ."
WaitAnyKey >NIL:

Starglider 2 · 11 September 2018, 20:25

Thanks a lot!

11 September 2018, 20:19	#27
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	When you use "waitanykey" it displays the following text and obviously waits for a key to be pressed: Please press any key. If for some reason you wanted to make it look like MS-DOS's "pause" i.e: ...or even change the text to something else; you could do the following: Code: Echo "Press any key to continue . . ." WaitAnyKey >NIL:

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11 September 2018, 18:07	#21
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	Is there a way to put a "Press any key to continue" command into AmigaDOS?

11 September 2018, 19:43	#23
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	That's but it has to be a key press not mouse.

11 September 2018, 19:47	#24
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Amazing what you find if you actually search EAB ... getting a user to press a key via AmigaDOS

11 September 2018, 20:12	#25
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,304	You can also use this: http://aminet.net/package/util/batch/KeyPressed

11 September 2018, 20:25	#28
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	Thanks a lot!

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