Hello, I'm really new to scripting with batch files, and I'm working on a program for a messaging system on our terminal server network. I had three issues to overcome. The first was how to send a single message using the msg command to a group of users, How to send a message to all users, and the last one I can't solve, which is sending to 2 or 10 users by typing in their login names. I'm mostly using the msg command to create this system, but I can't figure out or find a way to use the msg command to do this. It only seems to be capable of sending to a @list.txt of users, a single user, or all users. This is an example of what I'm trying to do in my script, but I can only send to one user. I need to figure out a way to send to 2 - 15 users by typing in their login account names. All of the account names are a 4 digit number, 1901, 1902, 1903, etc. Script: @echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER set /p a=User: set /p b=Message: msg %a% /Server:ts1 %b% Pause Goto A On the user I need to be able to do multiples. I would be so thankful for any help. Sincerely, ~Waylen

use a loop :loop set a= set /p a=user? if "%a%" neq "" goto:loop

@echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion :loop echo sending msg to %1 shift if not %1'==' goto :loop ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

I can't seem to get it right guys. This is what I'm trying, where am I messing up? The loop repeats to let me enter new users in each loop, then I hit the enter key with no value for a and it goes to the message, but when I hit enter it says that the message doesn't exist. @echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER :loop set a= set /p a=user? if "%a%" neq "" goto:loop set /p b=Message: msg %a% /Server:ts1 %b% Pause Goto A

By using neq you've got it looping around doing nothing. ==================================== @echo off :A :loop set a= set /p a=user? if "%a%" equ "" goto :eof set /p b=Message: msg %a% /Server:ts1 %b% Pause Goto :A ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2