RAD & DESQview When operating in a DESQview environment, RAD must have access to the com ports directly. This is acheived by setting your window options as follows: Writes text directly to screen.......: [Y] Displays graphics information........: [N] Virtualize text/graphics (Y,N,T).....: [T] Uses serial ports (Y,N,1,2)..........: [2] Requires floppy diskette.............: [N] Note that the serial port option is set at 2, You may use 1 or Y depending on what comports are being used. See your DESQview documentation for further details. This information was provided by a beta tester, and author of FSEARCH the Online BBS list searcher... Don Laverdure, 1:249/124. Harvey Parisien, 1:249/114