I’m trying to get user input in DOSBox and pass that as a parameter for a command. Batch files seem to struggle when run through DOSBox

I’m using the DOSBox emulator on iOS via the iDOS 3 app. The APP ONLY runs using a DOSBox.conf file, which I can configure to execute commands. For example, I want to run this command for multiplayer games:

IPXNET 0.0.0.0

However, I want the IP address (0.0.0.0 in this case) to be dynamic and accept user input instead of being hardcoded in the configuration file. I tried creating a batch file with the following command to prompt for user input:

SET /P IP_VAR=”Insert IP here: “

But the batch doesn’t work when run through DOSBox. I could use the set command in the DOSBox .conf to define environment variables, but I still can’t reference them with something like IPXNET %IP_VAR%, DOSBox doesn’t resolve %IP_VAR% and treats it as a literal string. Even if I I could reference it, it’s still not input.

Is there a way to:
1. Prompt for user input in DOSBox with minimal to no batch (it doesn’t seem to work)?
2. Pass that input as a parameter to a command?

For now, I’d like a solution that works for regular DOSBox on Windows, but if there are specific constraints for iDOS, I’d appreciate advice on those as well.

Thanks in advance for your help!