Lee wrote (thanks for the reply!) > :HELLO is not programmatically executable, which means you cannot > invoke it in a > UDC, command file, program, job, etc. I'm not sure of all implications of a command not being programmatically executable, but it's surely possible to execute a HELLO command from a command file (I use it all the time when I need another logon, of course you lose the current one). Besides, what I wanted was to be able to log on to another machine with Telnet, to make a command/udc to (1)start telnet, (2)open a connection, and (3)logon to the remote system. I can do (1) and (2) :-), suggestions on how to achieve (3) greatly appreciated. /thanx per