Is there any (free) program that can build COM or EXE'S from BAT files and if so,where can I find such a program?

Bat2Com http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone16/cat148/14524.htm Com2Exe http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone16/cat148/3105.htm

don't use any. .bat files are stable, they don't take up any memory, and compiling them can cause all kinds of problems. apart from that you dont make yourself look professional at all, everyone knows when its a compiled batch. - W0rm

TNX!

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ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagutl/bat2ex15.zip bat2ex15.zip 37,222 October 26, 1991 Compile batch files into .com files, PC-Mag update ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/batchutil/tbt324.zip tbt324.zip 51,094 April 21, 1999 TurboBAT Batch File Compiler; Foley Hi-Tech Systems ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/batchutil/pwrbt14j.zip pwrbt14j.zip 139.184 27-05-91 1.40 So far, I have only used the bat2exec by Douglas Boling. What I can say about it is it can only handle very simple batch files, and it doesn't always work if there is a .com file already existing which you wish to overwrite - the .com file should be deleted first. It does not allow the :: as a remark indicator, but sees is as a duplicate label (error). BTW, in case your interested, here is one way to use bat2exec.com :: partsize.bat @ECHO off IF "%1"=="rec" GOTO recurs ECHO @PROMPT $N:$_CD $P> %temp%.\setback.bat %COMSPEC% /E:2048 /C%temp%.\SETBACK.BAT> %temp%.\goback.bat %temp%.\ CD %temp%. DEL setback.bat IF exist huge.com del huge.com UNFORMAT.COM /L /PARTN |FIND.EXE "HUGE" >parttemp.bat SET cnt= ECHO @ECHO off> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="" SET drive C=%%2>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*" SET drive D=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="**" SET drive E=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="***" SET drive F=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="****" SET drive G=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*****" SET drive H=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="******" SET drive I=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*******" SET drive J=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="********" SET drive K=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*********" SET drive L=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="**********" SET drive M=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="***********" SET drive N=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="************" SET drive O=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*************" SET drive P=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="**************" SET drive Q=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="***************" SET drive R=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="****************" SET drive S=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*****************" SET drive T=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="******************" SET drive U=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*******************" SET drive V=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="********************" SET drive W=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="*********************" SET drive X=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="**********************" SET drive Y=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO IF "%%cnt%%"=="***********************" SET drive Z=%%1>> huge.bat ECHO SET cnt=%%cnt%%*>> huge.bat BAT2EXEC.COM huge.bat CLS ECHO. IF not exist huge.com echo error DEL huge.* %comspec%/E:24000/K%0 rec GOTO end :recurs CALL parttemp.bat DEL parttemp.bat SET cnt= CALL GOBACK.BAT DEL %temp%.\goback.bat SET |FIND.EXE "DRIVE" EXIT :end :: This will not work in Windows, only in DOS. The output on my system looks like this: C DRIVE=251M D DRIVE=251M E DRIVE=251M F DRIVE=251M G DRIVE=251M H DRIVE=251M I DRIVE=251M J DRIVE=251M K DRIVE=251M L DRIVE=824M M DRIVE=252M N DRIVE=252M O DRIVE=252M P DRIVE=252M Q DRIVE=252M R DRIVE=252M S DRIVE=252M T DRIVE=252M U DRIVE=252M V DRIVE=827M Of course, if you actually need to work with the variables, you would do that before the EXIT.

I dont think anyone needs to see that in the forum. Apart from that, don't bother "compiling" any batch files. It's just plain not a good idea. They have a lot of differences from standard dos batch files and I have seen them cause a lot of problems.