/NV suppresses the "Suspending XyWrite..." message. /X freezes the display while the DOS command executes /Z suppresses the "Type EXIT to return to XYWRITE" message Quoting Harry Binswanger: I searched my old XyWrite files and couldn't find the answer: what do the /x and /z switches do when we use DOS/nv/x/z?Thanks-- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx