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So far, I like Director pretty well. I'm using Director 2. The include files are good. It does not seem to me to impose many limits on things like screen size. The string handling is better than another BASIC-like Amiga language I'm familiar with. Apparently, the parameter passing is better, also. But why does this script fail (on my Amiga with 1MB of CHIP RAM)? After it, I've placed a version that does not fail. You will notice by comparing the versions that the problem with the bad version is not screen sizes. Thanks in advance. ;************************************************************** dim msg[6,80] msg$[1,1]="This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System " msg$[2,1]="given in voluntary cooperation with the Emergency " msg$[3,1]="Broadcasting Corporation. If this were a real " msg$[4,1]="emergency you would be instructed where " msg$[5,1]="to tune on your dial. This is only a " msg$[6,1]="test. Now we return you to All Things Considered. " new 1,3000,200,1 for n=1 to 6 textlength len,msg$[n,1] w=w+len next move 50,50 position 130,44 text w pause 20 new 2,w,200,1 display 2 free 1 move 50,50 position 130,44 text "buffer 2" pause 20 ;************************************************************** The working version: ;************************************************************** new 1,2000,200,1 move 50,50 position 130,44 text "buffer 1" pause 20 new 2,1000,200,1 display 2 free 1 move 50,50 position 130,44 text "buffer 2" pause 20 ;************************************************************** -Tom Elam