Hi all
Does anyone know how I can display a customisable message so that I can press a key when I need to QUIT the .bat executable instead of the program closing itself?
Something like "Please press any key to exit this program".

What I have is this at the MOMENT.. see where the PAUSE and stars are, I need to be able to put something there so user can press any key.. then exit out of program.

@echo off
:BEGIN
SET /p variable=[Enter the log FILE you need report(s) on] (e.g YYYYMMDD.txt) :
echo Please wait for file search..
find /n "538" c:\%variable% > c:\userlogoff.txt

IF EXIST "c:\%variable%" echo Userlogoff.txt file has now been generated..Program now exiting - Goodbye.
PAUSE *****************
IF NOT EXIST "c:\%variable%" echo You are required to re-enter a file name that exists:
IF NOT EXIST "c:\%variable%" goto Begin
:END

Thanks,
Laura
If you are running under XP, a neat solution would be
Code: [Select]@echo off
:BEGIN
echo You are required to enter a file name that exists

SET /p variable=[Enter the log file you need report(s) on] (e.g YYYYMMDD.txt) :

IF NOT EXIST "c:\%variable%" goto Begin

echo Please wait for file search..
find /n "538" c:\%variable% > c:\userlogoff.txt

SET /p dummy=Userlogoff.txt file has now been generated.. Press return to exit
echo Goodbye.
:END The only thing is, the user does need to press return

Your logic is slightly skewed, you should test the failure CONDITION FIRST before trying to search it