ok Reno has help me figure out/show me that i can use VBS input and VBS yes no box. does VBS have combo boxes? i googled it but didnt get much. is it possible to add a combobox in batch? Thank you Brock

i check the vbscript documentation, it seems there is no combo box. here is the dirty way using ie combobox, i am struggling the html code, since i've little knowledge on html: set ie=createobject("internetexplorer.application") ie.addressbar=0:ie.menubar=0:ie.toolbar=0:ie.statusbar=0 ie.width=300 ie.height=100 ie.navigate2 "about:blank" ie.document.body.innerHtml= _ "<select size='1' name='Listbox1'>" & _ "<option value='1'>Option 1</option>" & _ "<option value='2'>Option 2</option>" & _ "<option value='3'>Option 3</option>" & _ "<option value='4'>Option 4</option>" & _ "</select>" & _ "<input type=hidden id=selected value=0>" & _ "<input type=submit onclick='vbscript:selected.value=listbox1.value'>" ie.visible=true do while ie.document.getelementbyid("selected").value=0:wsh.sleep 200:loop selected=ie.document.getelementbyid("selected").value ie.quit:set ie=nothing wsh.echo "you selected " & selected