I copied and pasted your script into Test2.kix and ran it:-

D:\>notepad test2.kix

D:\>kix32 test2.kix
KIX32.EXE
4.53

D:\>

Look no output.

I think early KiXtart scripting had limits on how large a file it could open, perhaps this is left over from the old days.

Cheers,

Bill
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Bill