Greg Bek noticed my error (16#27#) for the value of the escape character. The number one reason you should always use enumerated names! It should be: 033 Octal 8#033# 1B Hexadecimal 16#1B# 27 Decimal 10#27# Anyone know the relevant ANSI standard that defined the escape sequences? The MS-DOS manual doesn't say. Todd Coniam