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I was trying to run a simple command from the MapBasic window, the relevant section in the Help manual (Issuing Commands through the MapBasic Window) wrongly states that to execute a command you hit Enter. I finally worked out that it is in fact Ctrl + Enter

Hi Alex. This is actually a backstage option. Check your MapBasic options settings (Pro \ Options \ Window \ MapBasic)

Check [Enter Key Executes command]

With this checked, [Enter] executes the line on which the cursor is positioned (same as "run command" on the context menu), while [Ctrl+Enter] should insert a nl/cr at the position of the cursor in the MB window, without executing the statement on the line itself.

Hi John,

ah - wasn't aware of the settings. Thanks for the pointer!

I've created a documentation work item to clean this up. Thanks for pointing it out.