This did it! Thanks Paul. And thank you, also, Chuck, Tom, Larry, David, and
Jeff.

Paul H. Christidis wrote:

> Try something as:
>
> ::PROMPT STRING INFO = &
> "Enter a string: "
> !JOB TESTJOBS,MANAGER.SYS;OUTCLASS=NOPRINT;pri=cs
> !COMMENT
> !setvar y "{info}"
> !showvar  y
> !echo INFO = !y
> !TELL MANAGER.SYS The test job is done
> !eoj
>
> The results are:
>
> JOB TESTJOBS,MANAGER.SYS,SUPUTIL.
> Priority = CS; Inpri = 8; Time = UNLIMITED seconds.
> Job number = #j563.
> THU, NOV 11, 1999, 10:36 AM.
> HP3000  Release: C.55.00   User Version: C.55.00
> MPE/iX  HP31900 C.05.08  Copyright Hewlett-Packard 1987.
> :SETVAR y "abcd       "
> :SHOWVAR  y
> Y = abcd/efghij
> :ECHO INFO = !y
> INFO = abcd/efghij
> :TELL MANAGER.SYS The test job is done
> :EOJ
> CPU sec. = 1.  elapsed min. = 1.  THU, NOV 11, 1999, 10:36 AM.
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:    Re: Have a STREAMX question...
> Author: [log in to unmask]
> Date:       11/11/99 9:34 AM
>
> 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