>>>One way out of this would be to use an external modem, which can be reset independently from the machine itself. Another thing would be to add an "EXIT" after the last line of the batch file, so it would at least close the DOS window when done. Though, I don't know whether that would help.
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>>I put an Exit in the line in the .bat file. Yet no luck.
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>That means it wasn't done, i.e. it never arrived at that line. Your PCAW is getting stuck - it tries to reset the modem, waits for response, nothing happens, tries again, while .t.

Drgan - I was out at the clients site and a computer tech came and had to reintialize the modem, and then they were able to connect and send the files. Have to see if that will repeat successfully every time. Interesting the same code has been running on that same machine for the last 6 months and used the same pcAnywhere DOS program. Can this be possible , in the sense, it worked for 6 months an then pcAnywhere or modem (whoever the culprit is) begins to become unstable?

Thanks Dragan.