[Elite Hacker 69]

I want to make a script that will, on startup, open a web page. After/during that is opening, I want the user to enter a number which will be converted to whatever time unit batch uses and start a timer. Can they then close that window and have the timer still run? I would like for at the end of the timer for it to open another window and then end itself.

Thank you

[b00st3d]

I want to make a script that will, on startup, open a web page. After/during that is opening, I want the user to enter a number which will be converted to whatever time unit batch uses and start a timer. Can they then close that window and have the timer still run? I would like for at the end of the timer for it to open another window and then end itself.

Thank you

This is possible. I don't know what window you want to open so I just have it re-opening cmd

Code

@echo off
start www.google.com
call :InputBox "Enter a time to wait" "Time"
echo CreateObject^("Wscript.Shell"^).Run """" ^& WScript.Arguments^(0^) ^& """", 0, False > invisible.vbs
(
echo @echo off
echo timeout /t %input%
echo start
echo exit
) >timer.bat
start invisible.vbs timer.bat
exit


REM Input routine for batch using VBScript to provide input box
REM Stephen Knight, October 2009, http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/
:InputBox
set input=
set heading=%~2
set message=%~1
echo wscript.echo inputbox(WScript.Arguments(0),WScript.Arguments(1)) >"%temp%\input.vbs"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\input.vbs" "%message%" "%heading%"') do set input=%%a
exit /b

[Nakamoto.]

This is possible. I don't know what window you want to open so I just have it re-opening cmd

Code

@echo off
start www.google.com
call :InputBox "Enter a time to wait" "Time"
echo CreateObject^("Wscript.Shell"^).Run """" ^& WScript.Arguments^(0^) ^& """", 0, False > invisible.vbs
(
echo @echo off
echo timeout /t %input%
echo start
echo exit
) >timer.bat
start invisible.vbs timer.bat
exit


REM Input routine for batch using VBScript to provide input box
REM Stephen Knight, October 2009, http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/
:InputBox
set input=
set heading=%~2
set message=%~1
echo wscript.echo inputbox(WScript.Arguments(0),WScript.Arguments(1)) >"%temp%\input.vbs"
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\input.vbs" "%message%" "%heading%"') do set input=%%a
exit /b

batch can do this without the vbscript in it

Code

@echo off
set /p time=Enter how long you want the window open:
:main
    set ctime=%time%
    start yourwebsite.com
    call :time
goto main

:time
    timeout /t 1>nul
    set ctime-=1
    if %ctime%==0 (
        taskkill /IM yourbrowser.exe
        goto :eof
    )
goto time

[b00st3d]

batch can do this without the vbscript in it

agreed the vbscript in my example just made it fancy and run invisible.