Menu Version

[Barry Wiseman]

Scott Nelson wrote:
> Nancy Palmquist wrote:
>> Scott Nelson wrote:
>>> Kenneth Brody wrote:
>>>> Quoting Scott Nelson (Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:22:19 -0800):
>>>>
>>>>> filePro 5.0.13 on SCO 5.07
>>>>>
>>>>> Define Menu help shows Menu Version can have an environmental variable
>>>>> set to show in the Menu Version field when defining the Menu.  I 
>>>>> have a
>>>>> Main menu, and in one selection to call another menu, I am creating a
>>>>> script file (F5) and setting the environment variable name in the
>>>>> typical pattern: envar=name;export envar.
>>>> What is the complete script being run that sets the variable?
>>>>
>>> CONAME=LCHI;export CONAME
>>> PFQUAL=LCHI;export PFQUAL
>>> p LCacctm
>>>
>>>
>>> In the 'Menu Version:' field on Define User Menu i have: $CONAME
>>>
>>>>> Then in the Menu Version
>>>>> field, have tried $envar or %envar% and the value does not show, the
>>>>> '$envar' is what shows.
>>>> Define "does not show".
>>>>
>>>> What, exactly, is on the menu, and where?
>>> On the top right corner of the LCattm Menu it shows $CONAME
>>>
>>> The PFQUAL set works fine.
>>>
>>>>> What have I forgotten?
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>> On WINDOWS and UNIX, the crazy thing is like this:
>> Enter the variable with % signs like on Windows.
>>
>> Menu Version: %MOSV%
>>
>> if you did:
>>
>> MOSV="12345" ; export MOSV
>>
>> it would display 12345
>>
>> ON windows, set MOSV=12345
>>
>> Not sure why but I could guess.
>>
>> Nancy
> 
> 
> Nancy,
> 
> I tried that and the menu still runs as %CONAM% , which is the env var I 
> am setting.
> 
> Scott
> 

Works for me here.

foo="12345"; export foo

and in the "Menu version" field I have

	%foo%

Running the menu displays 12345.  This is 5.0.14 on linux, so who knows?

Little sanity check: try adding a choice to the menu that executes

	@echo $CONAM

what do you get?