Text Input Box in a Batch File

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Text Input Box in a Batch File

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Name: R475
Date: January 22, 2007 at 13:22:22 Pacific
Subject: Text Input Box in a Batch File
OS: Win2K
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Comment:

In my batch file (see code below) the Xname variable is set by a command line parameter.
How would I go about prompting the user with a text input box and have the Xname variable set by the text given in the input box?
<code>
@Echo Off
Set Folder="\rename"
Set Xname=%2
For %%A in (%Folder%\xx1cxt00xx*.txt) Do Call :REN %%A
GoTo :EOF
:REN
Set File=%~nx1
Ren %Folder%\%File% %Xname%%File:~10%
GoTo :EOF

</code>

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Response Number 1

Name: IVO
Date: January 22, 2007 at 13:34:21 Pacific
Subject: Text Input Box in a Batch File

Reply: (edit)

No input boxes in batch scripts as they are command line code. To prompt for an input string code
Set /P Xname=Enter New Filename^>
And by the way what is the %1 parameter?

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Response Number 2

Name: R475
Date: January 22, 2007 at 14:09:35 Pacific
Subject: Text Input Box in a Batch File

Reply: (edit)

The %1 parameter is left over from previous code, I'm trying to figure out right now how to take it out of my code and still have the code work.

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