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"L. A. Barnes" <[log in to unmask]>
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L. A. Barnes
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:34:57 -0700
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Streamx probably thinks everything after the slash is a password so it
doesn't display it.

maybe if you put it in a comment line ::comment {user_string}.  Since I
don't have access to a machine right now I can't test it.


Larry Barnes

Jay Willis wrote:

> 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

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