DW> Since you are writing the same ANSI stuff over and over again, you
 DW> could define characters to mean it, and use them in your program
 DW> instead to make it a bit shorter. But this wouldn't be related to your
 DW> present problem.
 DW> Just possibly, your ANSI codes may include characters that interact
 DW> horribly with the DOS (like the CHR$(26)es that we discussed in
 DW> another thread here recently). If this is so, you'll have to replace
 DW> the codes with something else, and put something into the program the
 DW> *reads* the files to interpret the modified codes properly.
 DW> Good luck!
 DW> dow
Ok ill try that . But what is the write command good for? It like print
but it puts " around the message printed to the screen or a file.
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