David Blache wrote: > Unless I am misreading the problem, this sounds an awful lot like the > anomoly mentioned in tech note #38 > (http://www.stazsoftware.com/tn38.html). Check to be sure that you are > running the latest version of FB II. I believe we fixed this problem in > mid-late January. There are two ways to fix the problem: [1] update FB > II to the latest version, or [2] poking a zero word into the address > pointed to by _acount. See the technote for more info. I am (almost) positive that I am using the latest FBII update. I just updated before the programming session when the problem happened. I am at work now, but I will check my FB version tonight. The problem description in TN38 is backwards from what I experience. It is the first attempt to bring up an alert that fails. However, I will try: % _ACount,0 and let you know if it solves the first call failure. ------------------ Pierre A. Zippi ------------------ Home email: paz@... Home web: http://web2.airmail.net/paz