The program is supposed to read numbers from a .txt file and write colors to the screen depending on which number is read. My problem is no numbers are being read from the file. Thank you very much for the time and help! Code: Cpp Code: INCLUDE Irvine16.inc .data buffer byte 0 fileName byte "pix.txt",0 fileHandle word ? y byte ? x byte ? .code main PROC mov ax,@data mov ds,ax mov ah,3dh ;opens the file to read mov al,0 mov dx,offset fileName int 21h jc quit mov fileHandle,ax mov x,0 mov y,0 mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al,buffer begin: mov ah,02h mov bh,0 mov dl,x mov dh,y int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al,buffer cmp al,2 je greenColor cmp al,7 je whiteColor cmp al,6 je yellowColor cmp al,4 je redColor cmp al,1 je blueColor cmp al,0 je blackColor greenColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,10100000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin whiteColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,11110000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin yellowColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,11100000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin redColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,11000000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin blueColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,00010000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin blackColor: mov ah,09h ;writes needed color to screen mov al,' ' mov bh,0 mov bl,00000000b mov cx,1 int 10h mov ah,3fh ;reads a single byte mov bx,fileHandle mov cx,1 mov dx,offset buffer int 21h mov al, buffer inc x cmp x,20 je lineJump jmp begin lineJump: call crlf inc y mov x,0 cmp y,20 je quit jne begin quit: mov ah,01h int 21h mov ah,4ch ; terminate process mov al,0 int 21h main ENDP END main