Tony,
There's security written into the PE Design program that assures that the PE Design box is attached before the program will run. This is to keep someone from copying the program and selling/giving it to someone else.

If you already have PE Design, then you don't need PED Basic. I'd try to get your $ back if possible.

Laura

you obviously have a hooky pe design v6 :) the best and only way to do it is to use pe design to make the pattern and then ped to write it the the card. brother have caught on to this little gem and have stopped pe basic being made