Here is what I tested:

::prompt string info = "Enter a string: "
!job test,mgr.kentucky;outclass=lp,1
!comment info....{info}
!comment info...."{info}"
!eoj

Here is my result:

:JOB TEST,MGR.KENTUCKY,PUB.
Priority = CS; Inpri = 8; Time = UNLIMITED seconds.
Job number = #j731.
THU, NOV 11, 1999, 11:15 AM.
HP3000  Release: C.60.00   User Version: C.60.00
MPE/iX  HP31900 C.16.01  Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987.
All rights reserved.
STREAMED BY CJRYAN,MGR.KENTUCKY (#S1500) ON LDEV# 27
   STREAM DATE:   THU, NOV 11, 1999, 11:15 AM
Welcome!  You are now signed on.
:COMMENT   STREAM FILE TEST.PUB.KENTUCKY
:COMMENT     STREAMED BY CJRYAN,MGR.KENTUCKY,PUB ON LDEV 27
:COMMENT     ON THU, NOV 11, 1999, 11:15 AM
:COMMENT info....test string / entry
:COMMENT info...."test string / entry"
:EOJ
CPU sec. = 1.  elapsed min. = 1.  THU, NOV 11, 1999, 11:15 AM.


Looks like it works fine for me... do you have "/" defined as a special
character for vesoft?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Willis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Have a STREAMX question...
>
>
> We use Vesoft's Streamx exclusively here, and I was wondering
> if anyone
> here would know how to get around a little problem I am
> having with it.
> The job prompts the user for a string:
>
> ::PROMPT STRING INFO = &
>   "Enter a string: "
>
> The string may contain a slash ("/"). I want to display within the
> stdlist what string the user entered:
>
> !comment info.....{INFO}
>
> But if the user has entered a string which contains a slash,
> the part of
> the string which follows the slash does not display in the
> comment line.
> Is there some trick to getting the whole string to display, regardless
> of what the user entered?
>
> Thanks a bunch,
> Jay
>