@echo off echo :start cls echo. if "%3" == "" goto first if "%3" == "wp" goto second if "%3" == "pp" goto second :second echo Select Option echo 1 -- ac -- xxx echo 2 -- pg -- yyy echo 3 -- Exit echo. CHOICE /N /C:123 ENTER OPTION [1-3] %4 echo. if errorlevel == 3 goto end if errorlevel == 2 goto second_pg if errorlevel == 1 goto second_ac beeb echo. echo. goto end :second_ac java -jar \\aaa\bbb\ccc\ddd\eee.jar %2 %1 goto end :second_pg java -jar \\aaa\bbb\ccc\ddd\eee.jar %2 %3 %1 goto end :end @echo on %1, %2 and %3 are the parameters I am passing from my command prompt and am able to assign the same to a string in my Java code. But %4 is the option which I am selecting in my command prompt and am not able to catch the same in my Java code. Please tell me how do I assign %4 to a string, like for instance 1. When I select %4 in my command prompt as ENTER OPTION [1-3] 1, then I should assign ac to %4 2. When I select %4 in my command prompt as ENTER OPTION [1-3] 2, then I should assign pg to %4 Could anyone please tell me how do I do this. sony_tj

You can't assign variables like %4 by way of set. What one might do is something like set the variable to something like T4. eg set T1=%1 set T2=%2 set T3=%3 set T4=%4 It will then work with these variables. I normally use variables beginning in Y for temporary variables, since it is elsewise out of use. You then get java or something to read the variable from the CMD environment. The dream you dream alone is only a dream, The dream we dream together is reality.