I'm running version 3.4.17.

I'm trying to use the name of a trigger file
in my script. However, the @V macro is
generating a syntax error.

Even a script with this one line is failing:

messagebox @V"file"

The job is setup as type
"When certain files are found", and
the job is firing correctly.

Any suggestions?

Try
messagebox "@V"file""

@V"file" is just a substitute in run-time replaced with the actual value. So if you have a file C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt and you use @V"file" without surrounding double-quotes you would get the following in run-time

messagebox C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt

This in turn will cause script syntax errors. With double-quotes you would get
messagebox "C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt" which is ok.

: I'm running version 3.4.17.

: I'm trying to use the name of a trigger file
: in my script. However, the @V macro is
: generating a syntax error.

: Even a script with this one line is failing: messagebox @V"file"

: The job is setup as type
: "When certain files are found", and
: the job is firing correctly.

: Any suggestions?

I had already tried that format.

I'm also getting a syntax error in this:

dim str, string
set str, "@V"file""
messagebox str

: Try
: messagebox "@V"file""

: @V"file" is just a substitute in run-time replaced with the actual
: value. So if you have a file C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt and
: you use @V"file" without surrounding double-quotes you would get
: the following in run-time

: messagebox C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt

: This in turn will cause script syntax errors. With double-quotes you would
: get
: messagebox "C:\Program Files\My Program\Data\file.txt" which is ok.

Sorry, it is @V"files" not @V"file"

: I had already tried that format.

: I'm also getting a syntax error in this: dim str, string
: set str, "@V"file""
: messagebox str

Ah, thanks. The help file for 3.4.17 is incorrect.

: Sorry, it is @V"files" not @V"file"