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   Michael Warner to Timmah   
   Re: Clearing the DOS screen?   
   28 Mar 05 19:14:52   
   
   From: cornerstonestudios@adelphia.net   
      
   if I understand your question correctly, this answer should be of help   
   to you.   
      
   Something you *could* try is incorporating the CLS command into the code   
   when you actually want to return to the menu.   
      
   Timmah wrote:   
   > I have a Visual Basic menu script that I am trying to get to clear the   
   > dos screen it is running in.  Basically, you select an option from the   
   > menu, and after the processing is complete, a "press enter to   
   > continue" comes up.  When enter is pressed I'd like the DOS screen the   
   > script is running in to clear (and the menu to be displayed again).   
   > Is there any way to do this?  I've tried many different things, but I   
   > seem to have trouble actually accessing the cmd process my script is   
   > running in, it always seems to spawn a new process.   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance for any help you might provide!   
      
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