Getting a substitution variable value with VB API

Hi,I'm trying to get the value of a specific substitution variable on an application with EsbGetVariable().I get a nice message that says "you do not have sufficient access to get this subsitution variable." and then i get the return code of EsbGetVariable() that is 1051085 (i couldn't find it in any documentation).The funniest thing is that i can get the value of the substitution variable, using Application Manager, with the same Essbase user that tries to get the value in the API.Any help would be welcome...PS : here is the code of the macro i execute (hope it will be readable)...Public Sub ESB_GetVariable()Dim i As IntegerDim nCount As IntegerDim sts As LongDim oVariable As ESB_VARIABLE_TDim hCtx As LongDim AppName As String * ESB_APPNAMELENDim DbName As String * ESB_DBNAMELENDim szApp As IntegerDim szDb As IntegerDim pAccess As IntegerDim X As VariantX = EssVConnect("Feuil1", "xxx", "xxx", "xxx", "Gmo_RvIt", "It_Repr")If X = 0 Then hCtx = EssVGetHctxFromSheet("Feuil1") If hCtx <> 0 Then sts = EsbGetActive(hCtx, AppName, szApp, DbName, szDb, pAccess) oVariable.AppName = AppName oVariable.VarName = "Divers_VR" sts = EsbGetVariable(hCtx, oVariable) MsgBox "status is " & sts MsgBox "Divers_VR value is " & oVariable.VarValue Else MsgBox "EssVGetHctxFromSheet failed with status " & hCtxEnd IfElse MsgBox "EssVConnect failed with status " & XEnd IfEnd Sub

testing formatting ...
0.03965 0.00026 ds ... <save> auth user=nobodyEdited by: gpoz on Apr 18, 2013 12:14 PM

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