Questions on PROMPT() in DM

Hi,
a couple of questions regarding the PROMPT() options in a data manager package:
1)  is it possible to refer to a dimension member list of an existing dimension when using TEXT of COMBOBOX option? I only succeed to hard coding the possible values ... (we want to let the user key in a value for one dimension, but ensure only one value can be selected, which is not possible using the SELECTINPUT option for example ...)
2)syntax of  PROMPT(TEXT, [variable], [label], [PWD], [VALIDATE LIST] -> what does PWD stands for?
3) PROMPT type MESSAGE: does anyone now what this is used for and how it works?
regards
D

Hi nilanjan,
I tried various statements, but always get value %TIME_SET% displayed, instead of the individual records:
some examples
1)
PROMPT(COMBOBOX,%DPA%,"select tme time dim combo",,1,{%TIME_SET%})
2)
PROMPT(COMBOBOX,%DPA%,"select tme time dim combo",,1,{%DPA%})
INFO(%DPA%,%TIME_SET)
3)
PROMPT(RADIOBUTTON,%TIME%,"Select time dim.",,{%TIME_SET%,},{%TIME¨SET%})
4)
PROMPT(RADIOBUTTON,%TIME%,"Select time dim.",,{%DPA%,},{%DPA%})
INFO(%DPA%,%TIME_SET)
Could you tell how it should be corrected?
D

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