Date:         Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:45:33 +0200
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From:         Luca Meyer <lucameyer@tiscali.it>
Organization: Luca Meyer
Subject:      Passing a macro variable to a script
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Hi,

Here I am trying to run something like:

DEFINE !Macro1 (Parameter1=!TOKENS(1)).
GET FILE "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SAV".
SCRIPT "C:\TEMP\TEMP.SBS" ("!Parameter1").
!ENDDEFINE

!Macro1 Parameter1=Q300.

That is, by using the temp.sbs script I am trying to rename some variables
by adding one prefix (in the specific case Q300 but it could vary) to the
name of the variable.

The script produces the correct rename syntax (thanks Neila for your
suggestions!), but instead of the "Q300" value it takes "!Parameter1", that
is the parameter value is not sent to the script...any suggestion on how I
can correct the macro?

Thanks,
Luca

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