Hi, I need to compile 18 VB programs one after the other using a .bat file. It looks like DOS does not wait for one compilation to finish before it starts a new one ...and that is causing me problems. How can I instruct DOS to wait for a certain period of time before a new compilation starts? any ideas?

The easiest way to do this is to check for an existence of a file. I am not familiar with Visual basic but I assume it takes a source file and makes an executable. Based on that assumption.... compile.exe source1.vb :test1 if not exist source1.exe goto test1 compile.exe source2.vb :test2 if not exist source2.exe goto test2 etc. Basically what this does is wait for executable to be written to the disk before it continues on to the next portion of the batch file. Of course the specifics are not what you are looking for, but this is just to give you an idea how to write it. Hope this helps and e-mail me if you need specific assistance. -Michael

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