Keep command window open after batch file

[hajo]

Run your batch file in a dos windows and you can see the
messages.
>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a way to keep the command window open after
running a batch
>file under WinXP? I want to see the program's messages.
>
>Under Win98, under "properties" of the batch file, there
was a check box
>"close on exit" which could be unchecked to keep the
window open. There
>does not appear to be anything similar under WinXP.
>
>Howard Delman
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>Delman Design
>Digital design from conception to production
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