Thanks to all for finding the solution.

I've used the same var in other scripts and they seem to work.  But here
I followed the recommendation of using different var names; see below.
This fixed the problem.

Thanks again.

	parm helpme = "", _menu1 = ""
	option nolist nohelp
	setjcw insidempex = 0
	if insidempex <> 0
	 showvar _@
	 if "!_menu1" = ""
	  prompt string _menu_name =" Enter the name of the menu name to
review :"
	  setvar _menu2 ups('!_menu_name')
	 else
	  setvar _menu2 ups('!_menu1')
	 endif

	 echo Gathering information on !_menu2 ... please wait or press
ctrl-y to exit

	ELSE
	 xeq mpex.pub.vesoft;parm=1;info="!hpfile !helpme,!_menu1"
	 showvar _@
	ENDIF

 

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of David N Lukenbill
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Vesoft vexation!

Larry,

A follow-up to my previous post.... Try the following on your system:
      Parm Test1="",Test2=""
      SetVar Test3 "!Test1"
      SetVar Test4 "!Test2"
      ShowVar Test@

When you run this, the ShowVar will only show Test3 and Test4 as
variables.

David N. Lukenbill
Computer Sciences Corporation

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