Try this cmd script ANYPARM MSG=Sample Block Mode Message SETVAR BML LEN ( "!MSG" ) SETVAR ESC CHR(27) ECHO !ESC&j![BML]L!MSG PAUSE 2 ECHO !ESC&jB This only works for your terminal. TELL removes the ESC char for this sequence so tell won't work. In CSL there are several programs that do this. Check out key words VIEW MSG or MESSAGE TELL. You have to (on classic systems) call GENMSG (priv mode) and send the message yourself to each terminal device. Not sure how to approach this in Native mode (yet). +===================================== Keven Miller KC7LYD [log in to unmask] (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) +=====================================