InputBox

A text or password input dialog for batch files

InputBox.exe

Version: 1.10.0.17
System: Windows, 32-bit (runs on 64-bit too)
Source: github.com/pedromagician/CMD_InputBox

No installation: unzip anywhere (ideally into a folder on your PATH) and run it from the command line or a batch file.

InputBox is a small input dialog for batch files and PowerShell. It shows a message and a field, and prints whatever the user types to the output. No need to build a whole window in Visual Studio for that.

Features

Title, message (multiple lines with \n) and pre-filled text.
Password mode: characters are shown as *.
Unicode in text via \u{XXXX}.
Custom colors, font and size, window width and number of message lines.
Monitor selection and precise placement (center, edges, at the pointer or coordinates), topmost window.
Custom application icon and optional blocking of the parent process until the dialog closes.

Usage

InputBox.exe -t "Login" -m "Enter your username:"
InputBox.exe -t "Password" -m "Enter password:" -password
InputBox.exe -t "Color Test" -m "Nice colors!" -background #202020 -pen #00FFAA

Store the text in a variable:

@set mytmp=null
@for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('InputBox.exe -title Title -message "Message..." -default text') do @set mytmp=%%i
@echo %mytmp%

Options

Switch	Description
`-title`, `-t`	Window title.
`-message`, `-m`	Message text, supports `\n` and `\u{XXXX}`.
`-default`, `-d`	Pre-filled input text.
`-password`, `-pass`	Masks typed characters with `*`.
`-font`, `-f`	Font name.
`-fontsize`, `-fs`	Font size in points.
`-lines`, `-l`	Number of lines for the message.
`-width`, `-w`	Window width in pixels.
`-pen`, `-p`	Text color (`#RRGGBB`), default `#FFFFFF`.
`-background`, `-b`	Background color, default `#000000`.
`-brush`, `-br`	Fill color, default `#000000`.
`-border`, `-bo`	Frame color, default `#000000`.
`-monitor`, `-mon`	Monitor: `Primary`, `Mouse`, `MousePointer` or an index (0, 1, 2 …).
`-position`, `-pos`	Placement: `center`, `top`, `bottom`, `left`, `right`, `pointer`, `xy`.
`-x`, `-y`	Offset in pixels.
`-topmost`	Keeps the dialog above other windows.
`-iconapp`	Application icon (ICO or BMP).
`-block`	The parent process waits until the dialog closes.
`-help`, `-h`, `-?`	Help.