>Sorry, I wasn't clear enough concerning command. I'm thinking of the DOS prompt. The program will be run from the DOS prompt in a batch file and I want it to be able to place a status message there if any problems or if completed.
>If you use the run ! command, it tries to execute what is placed in the DOS prompt. I want a simple message to show there without "Bad command or filename" below it. (Actually, how do you put the "Bad command or filename" on the screen? Similar to that.)

Use the DOS ECHO command in your batch file.

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