If you really must... then one way to go, and I'm not saying the only
way, is to create a .BAT file to echo and shell that.. or even maybe
shell the echo itself.
Whatever you do, I think you will need to either shell to a DOS
command or program or start a WSH script.. which I think is also a
shell process.
But I really don't see why you can't write to the immediate window.
Another option may be to write to the status line... and maybe even
use MsgBox