At the beginning of your command file you'd have to add:

.01 PARM JOBNAME

On the XEQ statement you'd have to add at the end:

11 xeq suetime.sysmenu "!JOBNAME"

or 

11 xeq suetime.sysmenu "{JOBNAME}"


Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Reggie Monroe
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 7:23 PM
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> Subject: [HP3000-L] passing a variable
> 
> 
> How do you pass a variable from a vesoft menu to a command 
> file. For example we would like to pass the HPJOBNAME from below.
>  
> This is the menu:
> 5 SETVAR HPMSGFENCE, 0
> 
> 6 *CAPTION ADD OP CAPABILITY TO USER
> 
> 7 XEQ TIME.SYSMENU.SYS
> 
> 8 PROMPT STRING JOBNAME="ENTER M# OR USER NAME "
> 
> 9 IF EMPNAME ="REGGIE" THEN
> 
> 10 pause 10
> 
> 11 xeq suetime.sysmenu
> 
> 12 SEC CHANGE 
> {JOBNAME},OPERATOR.@;USERTYPE=OP;TIME=!HPHOUR-!ETIME;NOVERify
> 
>  
> 
> This is the command file named suetime
> 
> 1 DELETEVAR ETIME
> 
> 2 setvar hr4 (hphour+10) mod 24
> 
> 3 SETVAR ETIME hr4
> 
> 4 run main.pub.vesoft;info="&
> 
> 5 SEC change {JOBNAME},OPERATOR.@;USERTYPE=OP;TIME=!HPHOUR-!ETIME"
> 
>  
> Regards
>  
> Reginald Monroe
> Systems Engineering
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