test.kix is

code:

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$A=0
$A=$A+1
$B=2
$B=$B+$A
$B ?

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I ran this command:
for %a in (k*.exe) do %a test.kix

so that your script would run on every version of KiX that I have...

The results

code:

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C:\scripts>kix2kb1.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kb2.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kb2a.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kr40.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kr41.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kr42.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix2kr43.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix362.exe test.kix
3
C:\scripts>kix363.exe test.kix
3

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as you can see, all versions reported 3.

Please post more code.

cj