<snip> Remove the ampersand from your COMMAND(&CMD) operand. Also, add an )INIT section to your fake panel with a .RESP=END statment following it.
ISPEXEC VGET (ZDEL) SET CMD = &STR(SCRNAME ON&ZDEL.SCRNAME &MEMBERNM PERM) ISPEXEC DISPLAY PANEL(FAKETSO) COMMAND(CMD) )BODY blank line )INIT .RESP=END )PROC )END </snip> John, Thanks! That did it. I've been bit before by the & versus no & on variables. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. As to the ".RESP=END", I hadn't thought of that at all. Thanks again for you help. Chuck ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

