Passing Arguments to a Process Task

I have a Process Task inside a For Each Loop Container.
When I hardcode the arguments to a known id it works fine.
If I set the Arguments property to my variable as -> User::CustomerId nothing happens and it looks like nothing is passed.
This variable is set in a Script Task previously inside the For Each Loop container and I see it is set when I debug it.
I am a little lost as to what is happening.
Anyone?
Thanks,
C.
CG

Try like this
1. Put a breakpoint on the pre execute of the execute process task
2. When package execution hits the breakpoint go to watch window and check the value set for variable
3. Copy the value out and go to command prompt
4. invoke the exe which execute process task calls with argument value you got from variable and then you will get the exact error message.
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