Re: Begin Document

[Ray Ontko <rayo@ONTKO.COM>]

Rob,

What you're doing should work.  My only suggestions would be to
double-check the spelling ($send_date vs $send-date), local
vs global, etc.  My test program worked fine:

   begin-report
   do main
   end-report

   begin-procedure main
   move '10/10/98' to $send-date
   do my_proc
   end-procedure

   begin-procedure my_proc

   show $send-date
   Begin-Document (+2,1)

   This  statement  confirms  your  recent  flex  elections.   employees in
   the local area by $Send-Date upon receipt of this statement.  Please
   keep this form for your records.

   End-Document
   end-procedure

Produced

   This  statement  confirms  your  recent  flex  elections.   employees in
   the local area by 10/10/98   upon receipt of this statement.  Please
   keep this form for your records.

and "showed"

   10/10/98

Ray

> Hi.  I am having some problems with something that sounds very easy.  I
> am trying to include a variable in a begin-document in SQR.  I carved
> some of the text out of the statement below, but you should still be
> able to get an idea of what I am trying to do. See below:
>
> Begin-Document (+2,1)
>
> This  statement  confirms  your  recent  flex  elections.   employees in
> the local area by $Send-Date upon receipt of this statement.  Please
> keep this form for your records.
>
> End-Document
>
> I displayed the $Send-Date field right before the begin document, and I
> am getting the date.  But in the actual lis/spf file, there are only
> spaces where the variable is.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Thanks in
> advance.
> >Rob Budzinski
> >Hershey Foods Corporation
> (717) 534-7297
> RBudzinski@Hersheys.Com
>

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