Henry,

You did everything right. Double check where your program creates that .BAT file and make sure it doesn't delete it.

>Sergy: Thank you for your response
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>>To isolate problem, try to run MCIBTELE.BAT from the DOS command prompt multiple times. Does it work?
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>Could you tell me how do do this in DOS. I did bring up the DOS window and it was at C:\WINDOWS\. I changed the directory to cd c:\aw and then tried a run c:\aw\mcibtele, only to get a Bad Command message.
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>Thanks.