Conference azur::mcc

4627.0. "Launced arguments passed in VMS is always passed in uppercase" by ANTIK::WESTERBERG (Stefan Westerberg DS Stockholm) Tue Mar 02 1993 10:44

	DECmcc T1.3.1

	If I try to pass a communtiy name string that is registrated in
	lower case, it is passed to the procedure in uppercase:

del_key:*
Menu: Applications
  Button: HUBwatch Procedure
    shell: @mcc_common:mcc_hubwatch
    Env_type: TERMINAL
    Term_title: HUBwatch
    Icon_label: HUBwatch
    Argument: *<InternetAddress>*
    Argument: *<snmp.!.proxy agent address>*
    Argument: *<snmp.!.write community name>*
Endmenu:

MCC_HUBWATCG.TXT

$ set nover
$!---
$!              MCC_HUBWATCH.COM
$!              ================
$!      Date:   3-Mars-1993
$!      By:     Stefan Westerberg
$!---
$!
$ write sys$output "P1=''P1', P2=''P2'"
$
$ if p1.eqs.""
$ then
$   write sys$output "No IP address passed......"
$   wait 00:00:10
$   exit
$ endif
$
$ if p2.eqs.""
$ then
$   watch/agent/ip_address='p1'
$ else
$   watch/agent/ip_address='p1'/community="''p2'"
$ endif
$
$ wait 00:00:10
$ exit

	Output from the first write command then is:

P1=16.181.0.156, P2=PUBLIC
(W): �
(W): Current agent community name not in the agent table
.
.



	Another thing I don't get to work is to pass the agrument directly
	to the watch/agent command using the following definition:

del_key:*
Menu: Applications
  Button: HUBwatch Command
    binary: watch/agent
    Env_type: WINDOW
    Term_title: HUBwatch
    Icon_label: HUBwatch
    Argument: */ip_address=<InternetAddress>*
    Argument: */ip_address=<snmp.!.proxy agent address>*
    Argument: */community=<snmp.!.write community name>*
Endmenu:

	By directing the arguments to a command file it seems that the passed
	argument isn't translated.

	Any ideas ?

	/Stefan