IEFormFill alpha chars in variable cause Inappropriate msg

[Methuselah]

MSched 14.0.14

WebRecorder code produces statements encapsulated in braces and double quotes.
Changing this when using variable values can cause issues. You may encounter the very helpful Line nnnn: ? is inappropriate
where ? turns out to be the first character of the variable value.

The IEFormFill as generated by WebRecorder:

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IEFormFill>%IE[0]%,{""},{"payment"},{"recipientAcctRef"},{"Payment Ref"},0,ie_res

Now, when automating, I wanted to insert a dynamic reference

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Let>RefText=1234
IEFormFill>%IE[0]%,{""},{"payment"},{"recipientAcctRef"},{"%RefText%"},0,ie_res

No problems, even {"RefNum=%RefText%"} works.

But NO Alpha chars can be in the variable.
Let>RefText=Inv123 or any other combination is "inappropriate"

Solution: Eventually I found I was able to code it without the double-quotes - {%RefText%}

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IEFormFill>%IE[0]%,{""},{"payment"},{"recipientAcctRef"},{%RefText%},0,ie_res

This way I can pass anything I encounter.

Hopes this keeps someone else sane
Meths

[Marcus Tettmar]

Yes, {" ... "} is for a literal string. For a variable just use the variable name or %variable% without curly braces and quotes. The variable can be named anything you like. See the chapter Using Variables in the help file.