Ok, I could set a cmd.exe's switches when calling a batch file by entering

cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat

But assume I start with the default /A (ANSI) or just by double clicking on a *.bat file.
Now (after some performed statements) I want to switch output to /U (=Unicode).

Is there a way to set/modify this /U switch from INSIDE a DOS batch script?

Matt

"Matt Solob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ok, I could set a cmd.exe's switches when calling a batch file by entering
>
> cmd.exe /U mybatchfile.bat
>
> But assume I start with the default /A (ANSI) or just by double clicking
> on a *.bat file.
> Now (after some performed statements) I want to switch output to /U
> (=Unicode).
>
> Is there a way to set/modify this /U switch from INSIDE a DOS batch
> script?
>
> Matt
>

You need to invoke another instance of the Command Processor,
e.g. like so:
@echo off
if /i "%1"=="Unicode" goto action
echo Primary processor
cmd.exe /u /c %0 Unicode
goto :eof

:Action
echo Secondary processor
dir c:\
{Your other batch file commands go here}

By the way, DOS is an operating system introduced some thirty
years ago. It is now considered a legacy OS and is only rarely
used. DOS did not understand switches such as /U or /A. The
example I gave above is a batch file, not a DOS batch script.