Automatic digest processor : >I tried adding escape sequences but the windows console does not >interpret the escape sequences. It just prints a left arrow char >when it sees an escape char. It seems the console is _not_ ANSI >compatible! I cannot find any mention of cursor-placing functions >such as gotoxy() in the on-line help. You need the line DEVICE=C:\windows\command\ansi.sys in your config.sys (this is the default path on Win95) -- Ben (SHoX)