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Avery Dennison 6037 Rev. AA 3/04 Programmer Manual User Manual

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2-12 DOS Basics

For example, you may often run a program named MY_INFO1 followed by
a program named MY_INFO2, both of which display a screen of
information. After running each of these programs, you always clear the
screen before proceeding. Your normal keystroke sequence is:

MY_INFO1

CLS

MY_INFO2

CLS

You could create a batch file named INFO containing the following
commands:

MY_INFO1

PAUSE

CLS

MY_INFO2

PAUSE

CLS

After executing MY_INFO1 (by entering INFO on the command line), the
system pauses. When you press a key, the batch file clears the screen
and executes MY_INFO2, then pauses again. Press a key to return to the
command line.

Note: You can bypass some or all of the commands in your

AUTOEXEC.BAT file during system boot.