Q46880: Suppressing STOP Statement’s "Hit Any Key to Return" Message

Article: Q46880
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom SR# S890705-11 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 13-DEC-1989

The following message displays when a compiled BASIC program is
terminated with a STOP statement:

   "STOP in module xxxxx at address ****:****

   Hit any key to return to system"

This information applies to Microsoft QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b,
and 4.50 for MS-DOS and to Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00,
6.00b for MS-DOS and MS OS/2  and to Microsoft BASIC PDS 7.00 for
MS-DOS and MS OS/2.

To suppress this message and return directly to the system without
having to press a key, use the END statement instead of the STOP
statement. You can have multiple END and STOP statements in your
program.

Eliminating the need to press a key may be useful when running BASIC
programs from within MS-DOS batch files or from MS-DOS itself.

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