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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:01:31 -0700

Brilliant! So brilliant, in fact, that I provided a nearly identical
solution in another newsgroup where the OP cross-posted.

/Al

"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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While one could take the approach you describe it is easier to process all
files in a directory.

For %%A in (X:\inputfolder\*.*) Do "C:\program.exe" -i "%%A" -o
"X:\outputfolder\%%~nxA"

This should work but I can't test. Type For /? for help. The for command can
count too so you can use it with your original approach.

Just type the full pathname to run the file. EG if you put it in C:

c:\mybatchfile.bat

Drag it into the command prompt or Start Run box and it will type the name
for you.

You can skip the batchfile by placing this in a shortcut

cmd /k For %A in (X:\inputfolder\*.*) Do "C:\program.exe" -i "%A" -o
"X:\outputfolder\%~nxA"

Note %A if typing or %%A if in a bat file. Change the /k to /c if you want
the window to close when finished.

Type for /? and cmd /? for help (or look it up is Help and Support which is
a bit more detailed).

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"Sandy Kaminski" <Sandy777888@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am using MS Windows 2000. I need to write a batch file for video
> encoding and I don't have any experience in writting Command prompt or
batch
> programs. Could you help me with this small batch program. Here is what I
> want to do:
> The video files to encode are in folder called: "inputfolder". The folder
to
> store files after they are encoded is called "outputfolder". There are 100
> files to encode in "inputfolder". I want to write a batch that would
encode
> all 100 files in a loop. The name of each videofile in "inputfolder"
differs
> from one another with a number in the end of file name. For example:
> videofile-1, videofile-2, videofile-3, videofile-4,...., videofile-100. I
> wanted to put the encoding statements into a loop, and use the value of
the
> loop variable "AAA" (see below) to substitute for videofile number:
> videofile-AAA.
>
> 1. Could you help me write a correct code to use in a batch file?
>
> For AAA = 1 to 100
> C:\program.exe -i X:\inputfolder\videofile-"AAA".avi -o
> X:\outputfolder\videofile-"AAA".avi
> Next
>
> 2. Can you also tell me how to call this batch file from the command
prompt
> window?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Sandy
>
>

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