MaxL: expand variable

Dear all,On Win2000, Essbase 7.1.2 When a variable is between single quote it is interpreted literally and not expanded this is what happens in the following script:create or replace ...area '@IDESC("Mbr"), $PERIOD, ...'to app.dbarea '@IDESC("Mbr"), $PERIOD, ...'...however if I define the folowing script, adding extra single quotes to my PERIOD variable :create or replace ...area '@IDESC("Mbr"), '$PERIOD', ...'to app.dbarea '@IDESC("Mbr"), '$PERIOD', ...'...then I'll have this result:create or replace ...area '@IDESC("Mbr"), 'JAN', ...'to app.dbarea '@IDESC("Mbr"), 'JAN', ...'...which is not interpreted by MaxL becquse of single quotes.I don't understand what the hell is happening!!I tested this also with Essbase 7.1.3 on Win2000 and Win2003. It seems that this work on UNIX.Is there any setting to include in the *.msh file or something, are there someworkaround for this issue?Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!Best regards,SR

If the sub var is set at application level try
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