Use a .bat file to open a database routine/menu driven system

[BrianIrish]

Windows XP Professional, V5.1, 1 million megs RAM

In Notepad I place the following text and save it as a .bat file:

:: ATMS Applications
:: Links to latest version of the ATMS queries, forms, and reports
::
@echo on
copy /y C:\Documents and Settings\user\Data\Paula Axlerod.html “&temp&\ Paula Rivera.html”
start “&temp&\ Paula Axlerod.html”
cls
exit

Using the DOS commands  shown above I get the following errors:

does not recognize double quotation marks" (")
can not find the file specified"
'temp' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Sidewinder]

Provided temp is defined, this should work:

Code: [Select]

:: ATMS Applications
:: Links to latest version of the ATMS queries, forms, and reports
::
@echo on
copy /y "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Data\Paula Axlerod.html"  “%temp%\ Paula Rivera.html”
start “%temp%\ Paula Axlerod.html”
cls
exit

Those ampersands flashed me back to mainframe JCL

Note: You can also make user a replaceable variable by using %username%

[BrianIrish]

Sidewinder,

Thank you for your assistance!

Brian