I have some code the reference an outside program, which is a command app, but it errors, I know that it is because of what sesame is issuing to the dos app, but the window appears and closes to quickly i know in some programming launagues there is a step or a wait command to debug the app is there the same in sesame?

There is a Loiter command for Sbasic but it is not Sbasic that you want to pause it is the Dos Command that you want to pause.

Two things you could do:

1. You can have your Sbasic code write out the command that you are trying to run to a Batch file and add a Pause to the batch file. Then @Shell() would call the batch file.

2. Use Writeln() to write out exactly what you are passing to @Shell(). Then copy and paste that into a Dos Prompt and hit enter. This will tell you what the problem is.

If the syntax is all correct for the dos app, My guess would be that there is a space in a file path and the file path is not in quotes.

-Ray