Try MESSAGE:="This is message ", textnumber; Or TEXT="This is message "; MESSAGE:=TEXT,textnumber; I don't have a system handy to test this, but I think the first one will work. The result you got is what I would expect from the code you wrote. "text" is a literal string and text1 or text2 would be appropriate results. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (voice) 713.722.2700 (operator) 713.932.0222 (fax) ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx For the latest information on ArchestrA, go to http://www.invensys.com/Archestra.html. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of raymond.roofthooft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:22 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] sendmsg Hi list Need to send a message to a display according to a number that i recieve I tried the folowing in sequence text1 = this is message 1 text2 = this is message 2 MESSAGE := text1 ; SENDMSG (MESSAGE) TO SN0001 ; In SN0001 appears this is message 1 so far ok when i change to MESSAGE := "text",textnumber ; then in SN0001 appears literal text1 in stead of this is message 1 any ideas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BASF Antwerpen N.V. C710 Raymond Roofthooft Tel.: +32-3-561-3057 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave