EditVar and Choose 3.0

Allows user input in shell scripts (batch files)

The EditVar and Choose package provides two application that were designed to allow user input in shell scripts (batch files). The download also includes MS-DOS versions of both programs which may be useful on DOS bootable media.

EditVar works by obtaining the contents of an environment variable and presenting it for interactive editing. If you make any changes to the variable's contents and press Enter, EditVar writes the changed variable to the parent environment of the program that started it (usually Cmd.exe).

EditVar allows you to edit a variable, not just set one; it can limit the length of the typed variable, mask the typed input for simple password security, limit typed input to numbers only.
It offers a timeout feature (useful when a script needs to run unattended) and it can automatically "escape" reserved shell characters in variables it creates.
EditVar comes with an MS-DOS version that works in Windows 9x/Me as well as on MS-DOS boot media.

Choose doesn't beep when the user makes an invalid choice, offering a "default key" feature, which lets a user press Enter to select a default choice and it comes with a real-mode DOS version (useful for MS-DOS boot media).
The Win32 version's timeout feature doesn't get confused when you run multiple instances in separate console windows (this was a problem with earlier Win32 console versions of Microsoft's Choice tool).

Choose can suppress the display of the user's choice and it offers a "line input" mode where the user must press Enter after making a choice.