CompuServe Messages

Bill, Just guessing offhand, I would doubt that there would be any advantages to compiled menus under MS-DOS. They would simply have to be kept in a larger .EXE file as opposed to a separate data file, and it's easy enough to write a program that uses pointers to read and generate menus. Matter of fact, a number of MS-DOS programs, including Borland's Quattro Pro, keep menus in text files so users can customize them. I imagine that this also makes marketing the programs in multiple languages easier. — Carl