this code:
-***************************
-* HEADER RECORD DEFINITION
-***************************
-* RECORD TYPE [3] 000 = HEADER RECORD & FILLER FOR [25] SPACES
-SET &REC_TYPE = '000 ';
-* HEADER TEXT [20] MUSE BE:GE STUDENT SUBMITTAL FOR SUBMITTAL BATCHES
-SET &HDR_TXT = 'GE STUDENT SUBMITTAL';

-* PUT THE HEADER REC TOGETHER
-* THIS LINE GENERATES AN ERROR, BUT APPEARS TPO WORK
-SET &HDR_REC = &REC_TYPE|&HDR_TXT;


-EXIT


generates this output/error:

-***************************
-* HEADER RECORD DEFINITION
-***************************
-* RECORD TYPE [3] 000 = HEADER RECORD & FILLER FOR [25] SPACES
-SET &REC_TYPE = '000 ';
-* HEADER TEXT [20] MUSE BE:GE STUDENT SUBMITTAL FOR SUBMITTAL BATCHES
-SET &HDR_TXT = 'GE STUDENT SUBMITTAL';
-* PUT THE HEADER REC TOGETHER
-* THIS LINE GENERATES AN ERROR, BUT APPEARS TPO WORK
-SET &HDR_REC = 000 GE STUDENT SUBMITTAL;
0 ERROR AT OR NEAR LINE 5 IN PROCEDURE mrheaderFOCEXEC *
(FOC295) A VALUE IS MISSING FOR: &REC_TYPE&HDR_TXT


and I have no idea why.

T^here are more fields I will need to concatenate to complete this record, but I always get an error when trying to concatenate a second amper variable. Is there a trick to combining two amper variables?

thx

Al

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

Try this:

-SET &HDR_REC = '&REC_TYPE.EVAL&HDR_TXT.EVAL';

Separate the Dialogue Manager variables with a single or double dot. I cannot remember whether you need just one or two dots.

&VAR1.&VAR2 or &VAR1..&VAR2

The code also works if you put a space before and after the pipe:

-SET &HDR_REC = &REC_TYPE | &HDR_TXT;