.bat file - Write a new variable to a .msl (.txt) file -

ok, follow-up another question had earlier. code finds previous business day , loops through hour-minute combinations between 3 , 9.

the code feed new variable .msl (basically .txt file our document direct server).

i need code write found variable .msl file , run file.

here have far:

@echo off  setlocal enabledelayedexpansion echo wd = weekday^(date^(^), vbsunday^)>yesterday.vbs echo if wd ^< 3 dif = -1 - wd else dif = -1 >>yesterday.vbs echo d = dateadd^("d", dif, date^(^)^)>>yesterday.vbs echo wscript.echo datepart^("yyyy",d^) ^& " " ^& datepart^("m", d^) ^& " " ^& datepart^("d", d^) >>yesterday.vbs /f "tokens=1-3" %%i in ('cscript /nologo yesterday.vbs') (     set year=%%i     if %%j leq 9 (set month=0%%j) else set month=%%j     if %%k leq 9 (set day=0%%k) else set day=%%k ) del yesterday.vbs set yyyy=%year:~-4% set mm=%month:~-2% set dd=%day:~-2%  set prevbusday=%yyyy%%mm%%dd%  echo %prevbusday%  pause  /l %%g in (3,1,9) (     /l %%h in (0,1,59) (         set "h=0%%h"         echo %prevbusday%0%%g!h:~-2!         set "id=%prevbusday%0%%g!h:~-2!"         break>test.msl         (echo openview serverid 'mobius server     ' reportid 'trialreports ' versionid ' **id** 'sectionid ' 0000-000 name of report' page 1)> test.msl         (echo export ascii file 'c:\new folder\check.rpt' cursec group '') >> test.msl          (echo close) >> test.msl         rem **here add code call newly minted 'test.msl' -         rem   i'll later**       ) )  pause 

where says versionid ' id need inject variable. i've tried in quotes , not , can't figure out how inject properly.

windows variables evaluated inline. have replace **id** !id!.

just feel i've done useful, i'll previous business day calculation well. can hybridize code , use jscript date() object remove necessity of echoing out temporary .vbs script. moved redirect test.msl parenthetical code block clean code bit. if msl handler allows, can dump openview...export...close lines file , run handler once, might improve efficiency. see revision 2 of answer example.

i think want. save .bat extension.

@if (@codesection == @batch) @then  @echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion  /f %%i in ('cscript /nologo /e:jscript "%~f0"') set "prevbusday=%%i"  echo %prevbusday% pause  /l %%g in (3,1,9) (     /l %%h in (0,1,59) (         set "h=0%%h"         set "id=%prevbusday%0%%g!h:~-2!"         echo !id!          >test.msl (             echo openview serverid 'mobius server     ' reportid 'trialreports ' versionid ' !id! ' sectionid ' 0000-000 name of report' page 1             echo export ascii file 'c:\new folder\check.rpt' cursec group ''             echo close         )          rem **here add code call newly minted 'test.msl' -         rem   i'll later**       ) )  pause  goto :eof @end // end batch / begin jscript chimera  var day = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24,     yesterday = new date().getday() - 1,     prevbusday = new date(!yesterday?new date()-day*3:(yesterday<0?new date()-day*2:new date()-day)),     y = [         prevbusday.getfullyear(),         ('0' + (prevbusday.getmonth() + 1)).match(/\d\d$/)[0],         ('0' + prevbusday.getdate()).match(/\d\d$/)[0]     ]  wsh.echo(y.join(''));