Hi,

I am new to creating batch file. Infact this is my first batch file.
I want the user to input values according to question.
Below is an example:
@echo off
echo Hello Welcome to Automation!
pause
echo Enter the Month, START date, end date, year.
set /p month=Enter month?
set /p startdate=Enter start date?
set /p enddate=Enter end date?
set /p year=Enter year?
pause
echo Enter the date range(start date and end date) in mm/dd/yyyy format.
set /p startdaterange=Enter start date range?
set /p enddaterange=Enter end date range?
pause
echo The data for the specified date range has been collected and save
echo in you database.

echo Thank you.

Now my question is when user enters month, it should be a valid entry, same for date and year. how will i verify. if user enter ABC for year..the system should promt " invalid data" and should ask th euser to renter the value.

Please help.
Thank you.
AnuThis can get compacted in batch. You would need to check each response from the user to every possible answer that might be given.

example:
for the month you would need to check that
1 the value is not blank
2 there are no characters or other letters
3 the value is not less than one
4 the value is not GREATER than 12
ext.

there are other programming languages that are better suited for this task. Will this solution need to be strictly batch or can say VB or .NET be used? Quote

there are other programming languages that are better suited for this task. Will this solution need to be strictly batch or can say VB or .NET be used?