How do I create a Delayable count down msg box, which triggers bat file

Question

Hi I\'m attempting to create a Message box with a \"DELAY\" button If the user does not press the Delay button the script will launch a batch file (or command)

So it

Answer 1

Challenge: accepted. Save this as a .bat file and run it.

@if (@CodeSection == @Batch) @then

@echo off
setlocal

set "task=cmd.exe"
set "timeout=60"

rem // Is %task% running?
tasklist /fi "imagename eq %task%" | find /i "%task%" >NUL && (

    rem // Re-launch script with JScript interpreter
    wscript /e:JScript /nologo "%~f0" %timeout% || (

        rem // If timeout or user hits No, kill %task%
        taskkill /im "%task%" /f
    )
)

rem // End main runtime
goto :EOF

rem // Begin JScript portion
@end

var osh = WSH.CreateObject('WScript.Shell'),
    noise = WSH.CreateObject('WMPlayer.OCX.7'),
    nag = 'Greetings!  Your administrator has requested you to log out of this '
        + 'application after work.  It appears you are still using the program.  If '
        + 'you are, in fact, not at your computer, please ignore this message.\n\n'
        + 'Otherwise, press Yes to continue working, or No to go ahead and close the '
        + 'application.  This message will self-destruct in ' + WSH.Arguments(0)
        + ' seconds.';

with (noise) {
    URL = osh.Environment('Process')('SYSTEMROOT') + '\\Media\\Windows Exclamation.wav';
    Controls.play();
}

popup = osh.Popup(nag, WSH.Arguments(0), 'Are you still here?', 0x4 + 0x20 + 0x1000);

WSH.Quit(popup - 6);

The script employs JosefZ's suggested WshShell.Popup() method, and is pretty straight forward. It uses a hybrid convention for including JScript within a batch script without having to use secondary / temporary files. It also employs conditional execution to evaluate the exit code of find and wscript.

The WMPlayer.OCX.7 idea to play a sound came from this answer.

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Edit: I saw your edit above and your struggle to include ^G in your paste. Check this out. You can capture a beep to a variable like this:

@echo off
setlocal

for /f %%I in ('forfiles /p "%~dp0." /m "%~nx0" /c "cmd /c echo 0x07"') do set "beep=%%I"
set /P "=%beep%"

... will beep 3 times without echoing a new line.