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Tony Marler of Prosolve (England) asks "Can message can be called for input (as with R and RC) but not display output on screen? I need this to prompt for passwords."

Those in possession of the utility diskette which came with the August/September issue will be aware that this can be answered by reference to the routine GET.PASSWORD included in the program file which uses a system routine called NOECHO.MSG (this routine prompts for input without displaying any information on screen). Alternatively, using the I modifier on the R code with MSG will cause INPUT to be used in place of SCRIBE. Thus echo could be turned off, MSG called, the input prompted for and then echo reenabled ie