How can I add BASIC commands to AUTOEXEC.BAT?

Prophet (2701)

01-12-2019, 15:26

Hello everyone, I'd like to add some BASIC commands like SET ADJUST to my AUTOEXEC.BAT. Is there any way to do it? Thanks.

By gdx

Prophet (3083)

01-12-2019, 15:35

You can make something like my Multi-Boot. (Use an AUTOEXEC.BAS instead of the AUTOEXEC.BAT)

https://www.msx.org/forum/msx-talk/software/multi-boot

By Grauw

Ascended (8508)

01-12-2019, 15:38

There exists a tool which allows you to execute Basic commands from DOS. I just forgot the name.

By erpirao

Paladin (962)

01-12-2019, 16:28

search bascom.com,
a:\bascom set adjuts (7,7)

By fr3nd

Expert (90)

01-12-2019, 18:51

I think it's baskom.com, isn't it?
The tool is here: http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/utils/dos2/baskom.pma

I also added it to MSXHub. I think it's very handy :)

https://msxhub.com/BASKOM

By AxelStone

Prophet (2701)

01-12-2019, 19:17

Hello guys, finally I've applied a very simple solution: direct call to BASIC command of DOS. You can split your autoexec.bat in different files, and after the BASIC program continue executing whatever you want, something like this:
[AUTOEXEC.BAT]
...
BASIC config1.bas

And file config1.bas should be like:
[CONFIG1.BAS]
10 CLS
20 -- PERFORM MY BASIC COMMANDS --
30 _SYSTEM("config1.bat")

In config1.bat I apply specific config desired after the BASIC commands.

Thanks for your help!

By Grauw

Ascended (8508)

01-12-2019, 19:20

Using baskom may execute faster though I think. It’s pretty neat.

By Meits

Scribe (5647)

01-12-2019, 22:12

I've heard of bascom but never tried it. I don't expect it to support everything you can do in basic, like a call for gr8net.
On top of that I wouldn't even want to begin with converting my basic booter to bascom cuz it's quite a monster with a for next loop and data lines

I reccon you've to load bascom for each command you want to perform, so after a while bascom would lose