Adam,

Thanks for that bit of history. From that standpoint I see how it got to where it got. Since I have never used Basic Stamp and came straight through to PBC Basic to me it should still be Basic with these common commands.

While I acknowledge the manual where it talks about Basic Stamp and how/what changes to make for PBC I never got the idea that PBC was the off-shoot of Basic Stamp. I read it to imply that PBC was something new and Basic Stamp users might want to make the jump for reasons A,B and C. I assumed, which I acknowledge is never a good idea, this "better" system brought a larger command set along with it hence another reason why the Stamp people would want to migrate to PBC.

I still believe the full IF...THEN...ELSE...ENDIF command set should be included in PBC to make it more useful for new users. The pro version has a lot of bells and whistles that most hobbyists will never touch, but have to pay for to get some nice basic commands. Not everyone is doing this to make money so coming up with money for the pro version is a big deal for a little hobby.

Bart