Re: Select from choice list -- MIDRANGE-L

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Doug,

All of our commands do not have any required parameters, the CPP puts up a
friendlier screen, allows for choice programs to pass back values and does
validity checking.

I think because it's just as easy to roll your own in the CPP, having it in the
command prompter hasn't been a really big issue.

Douglas Handy wrote:

> Brian,
>
> >Is it possible to write a choice program that allows the user to make a
> >selection, and have the selected value returned to the command prompter?
>
> No. < argh >  But please tell me I am wrong.
>

<<snip>>
Actually, I'm surprised at how few people create commands, let alone

> stuff like the choice programs...
>

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