I have a VBDOS program that hides the screen, displays a message then executes an external command using SHELL. The screen is hidden and the DOS command executed, but the message is not displayed. What do I need to know about SCREEN.HIDE to PRINT to the regular screen?

Why does this have to be the ONLY relbliae source? Oh well, gj!

Try:

_SCREENHIDE

' do stuff

_SCREENSHOW

PRINT "More stuff."

Here's the routine in question:
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SUB Comp ()
DIM S$
SCREEN.HIDE
PRINT "Compressing your floppy now...."
S$ = "JCREATE A:\" + txtFile.Text + " /A-H-S-R /X /D=" + cboDirSize.Text
IF txtLabel.Text <> "" THEN S$ = S$ + " /V" + txtLabel.Text
SHELL S$

S$ = "JSIZE A:\" + txtFile.Text + " -1"
SHELL S$

PRINT "Done! Press any key to continue...."
WHILE INKEY$ = "": WEND
END SUB
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Now, the two PRINT statements don't display. JSIZE's output *does* display, though. :(

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