Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!boydj From: BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Jeff Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran Subject: Re: insidious access violation Message-ID: <90256.090818BOYDJ@QUCDN.BITNET> Date: 13 Sep 90 13:08:17 GMT References: <62748@lanl.gov> Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Lines: 9 Have you tried using the PAUSE statement ? Eg. PAUSE 'Press ENTER to continue' If your Fortran supports PAUSE, the action is to suspend the program until the console receives a carriage return. The message is optional, and is written to the console screen.