>>Hi all,
>>
>>i am using textmerge (to a textfile0 with a combination of set console off in the hope that the output isn't sent to the screen, but it does show. How can i resolve this?
>>
>>Thanks beforehand.
>
>SET TEXTMERGE TO ..... NOSHOW (not sure if this exists in VFP5 though)

If it doesn't exist in VFP5, he can always

set console off
set textmerge...
...
set texmerge off
set console on

That's what the NOSHOW clause has actually replaced.