>Thanks to Joe Wilkins, Roger M. Clary and Bowerbird for your suggestions for >alternatives to INKEY$. > >I was trying to make a small window that would show the value of any variable >of interest and then disappear at the press of a key. Hopefully that wont be >necessary when Staz gets his variable window back in operation. Also I think >that the existence of the window itself causes problems by changing the >Dlgevent >and ID values when I dispose of it. But there have been times when it was >useful. > >Stewart > Let me suggest the use of Macsbug scripts in the short term. You can display many values in macsbug without destroying any kind of window output setup Best, -STAZ ~)~ 800.348.2623 Orders http://www.stazsoftware.com 228.255.7086 FAX mailto:staz@...