TEXT - Display text in a batch file
Purpose: Display a block of text in a batch file.
Format: TEXT
.
.
.
ENDTEXT
See also: ECHO, SCREEN, SCRPUT, and VSCRPUT.
Usage
TEXT can only be used in batch files.
The TEXT command is useful for displaying menus or multi-line messages.
TEXT will display all subsequent lines in the batch file until
terminated by ENDTEXT. Both TEXT and ENDTEXT must be entered as the only
command on the line.
To redirect the entire block of text, use redirection on the TEXT command
itself, but not on the actual text lines or the ENDTEXT line. No
environment variable expansion or other processing is performed on the
lines between TEXT and ENDTEXT; they are displayed exactly as they are
stored in the batch file.
You can change screen colors by inserting ANSI escape sequences anywhere
in the text block. You can also use a CLS or COLOR command to set the
screen color before executing the TEXT command.
The following batch file fragment displays a simple menu:
@echo off & cls
screen 2 0
text
Enter one of the following:
1 - Spreadsheet
2 - Word Processing
3 - Utilities
4 - Exit
endtext
inkey /k"1243" Enter your selection: %%key
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