My apology to MPE for casting aspersions, it's our current version of MPEX
that is to blame. Have passed the info onto our suppliers support team.

When joining a company that has MPEX, I set-up a script that automatically
starts it when/where ever I logon. I have got to the point, after over 15
years of MPEX usage, that I write 'CI prompt' when at times I should have
written 'MPEX prompt'.

Thanks to all those who responded.

regards,
Robert W.Mills
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Sieler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 March 2002 23:49
To: Robert Mills; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HPFILE variable anomaly


Re:

> Was trying to find a way for a command file to detect if it was run from
the
> CI prompt or via a Cobol program via the HPCICOMMAND intrinsic. During my
> experimentation I obtained a strange result from the HPFILE variable.

Explanation:

   from CI, do:  HELP SHOWVAR
   maybe you've got a UDC "covering" it and fouling things up?

   Or, :SHOWCATALOG, and look for "SHOWVAR"


Workaround:

   if hpcmdnum = 0 then
      echo (HPCMDNUM) this is from a process (not from the CI)
   else
      echo (HPCMDNUM) this is from the CI
      endif

Note: the above won't work if you've gone out of your way to do:
  :setvar hpredosize 0
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