WARNING! Microsoft's QuickBASIC compiler version 3.0 has a BUG in it that affects ADVBAS users! If you compile a program using ADVBAS in the programming environment with the compile-to-BCOM30 option, the results will be unreliable at best. If you need to generate stand-alone programs, do not use the programming environment with compile-to-BCOM30. Instead, compile from the command line. Check your QuickBASIC manual for more information if you are unfamiliar with that method. A typical syntax will be: QB filename/O; with a letter "O", not the number zero. You may need additional switches besides the "/O", depending on your program.