Show popup window from console

Question

Is possible to show a popup/alert in a Batch file?

I've been reading about vb scripting usage, but it is totally necessary?

http://ss64.com/vb/popup.html or http://ss64.com/vb/msgbox.html

Answer 1

You may use a Batch-JScript hybrid script, that ultimately it is a .BATch file; for example:

@if (@CodeSection == @Batch) @then

@echo off

CScript //nologo //E:JScript "%~F0" "Hi, there..." 
goto :EOF

@end

WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Popup(WScript.Arguments(0));

Copy previous code into a file with .bat extension and execute it. The Popup may also include selection buttons, and the result may be get from the Batch code. For example:

@if (@CodeSection == @Batch) @then

@echo off

rem Define values for Popup buttons
set /A YesNoAndCancel=3, QuestionMark=32
set /A YesButton=6, NoButton=7, TimedOut=-1

rem Call Popup JScript method with a 7 second timeout.
set /A buttons=YesNoandCancel + QuestionMark
CScript //nologo //E:JScript "%~F0" "Do you feel alright?" "Answer please:" %buttons% 7
set btn=%errorlevel%
if %btn% equ %YesButton% (
   echo Glad to hear you feel alright.
) else if %btn% equ %NoButton% (
   echo Hope you're feeling better soon.
) else if %btn% equ %TimedOut% (
   echo Is there anybody out there?
)
goto :EOF

@end

var arg = WScript.Arguments;
WScript.Quit(WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Popup(arg(1),arg(3),arg(0),arg(2)));

For further details about JScript Popup method, see here.