Q75355: Automatic Exit to Command Prompt After Running QBasic Program

Article: Q75355
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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After running a QBasic program, control is returned to the QBasic editor. To
automatically return to the command prompt after running a QBasic program, do
one of the following:

- Add the following line to the end of the QBasic program so that the statement
  executes at the end of the program:

  " SYSTEM " (without the quotation marks)

- Run the QBasic program with the "/run" option from the command prompt. For
  example, if the QBasic program is called TEST.BAS, type the following:

  " QBASIC /RUN TEST.BAS " (without the quotation marks)

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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