Well, I've run some tests with V8 Power Tools and let's just say they are inconsistent. In summary, the V8 Power Tools approach sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, so it's not a universal solution. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a good, universal solution and I just may need to live with the annoying screen clutter.
I am doing these tests in a Virtual Machine (specifically PCem) and a 286 CPU, so I'm not testing with MS-DOS v7+ since that requires a 386+ CPU. I have two batch files set up, one with the "one-liner" solution and the other with the "two-liner" solution: TEST1.BAT --------- :Begin ECHO Off | VGoToXY Up | VEcho /N /E ECHO Test Line 1 ECHO Test Line 2 :End TEST2.BAT --------- :Begin ECHO Off VGoToXY Up VEcho /N /E ECHO Test line 1 ECHO Test Line 2 :End If I run either TEST1.BAT or TEST2.BAT with MS-DOS 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2, it crashes. If I run them with MS-DOS 3.3 or 4.01 the session looks like this: C:\>test1 C:\> ECHO Test Line 1 Test Line 1 C:\> ECHO Test Line 2 Test Line 2 Test Line 2 C:\>test2 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 Test Line 2 C:\> If I run them in MS-DOS 5.0 thru 6.22 the session looks like this: C:\>test1 C:\> ECHO Test Line 1 Test Line 1 C:\> ECHO Test Line 2 Test Line 2 C:\> C:\>test2 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 C:\> If I run them in DR-DOS 6.0 thru 8.0 the session looks like this: C:\>test1 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 C:\>test2 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 C:\> If I run them in FreeDOS 1.2 or 1.3 the session looks like this: C:\>test1 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 C:\>test2 Test Line 1 Test Line 2 C:\> As you can see, there are extra blank lines (though that problem is not a deal-killer), extra ECHO's, and extra DOS prompts (extra <Enter> keys being pressed) depending on the specific environment. I think FreeDOS is the only one works the way I think it should (no extra "stuff" appearing on the screen anywhere). _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
