i wanted to try something like the following code but it doesn't work. can you help me out? 1->A ;storing variables 1->B ; " " " " Lbl C getky->C If c=24 ;24 is the left arrow key Then A-1->A ;subtract 1 from A Else If C=26 ;26 is right arrow key Then A+1->A ;add 1 to A Text(A,B,"#" ;display the text "#" Goto C ;do it again Can anyone find anything wrong with that code, because it doesn't work. Thanks, BlAsTo1414