Index: branches/eam_branch_20080918/ippTasks/automate.pro
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--- branches/eam_branch_20080918/ippTasks/automate.pro	(revision 19608)
+++ branches/eam_branch_20080918/ippTasks/automate.pro	(revision 19619)
@@ -264,4 +264,12 @@
       end
       book setword automate $pageName pantaskState INIT.LAUNCH
+
+      if ($Ncheck == 1) 
+        # XXX this is a somewhat hackish way to carry information from the 'check' to the 'launch'
+        book getword tmpCheck page.000 det_id -var DET_ID
+        book getword tmpCheck page.000 iteration -var ITERATION
+        book setword automate $pageName det_id $DET_ID
+        book setword automate $pageName iteration $ITERATION
+      end
     end
 
@@ -326,4 +334,19 @@
     end
 
+    # modify the launch command to replace certain elements from the page
+    book getword automate $pageName det_id -var DET_ID
+    if ("$DET_ID" != "NULL") 
+      echo '$launchCommand'
+      strsub "$launchCommand" @det_id@ $DET_ID -var launchCommand
+    end
+
+    book getword automate $pageName iteration -var ITERATION
+    if ("$ITERATION" != "NULL") 
+      echo '$launchCommand'
+      strsub "$launchCommand" @iteration@ $ITERATION -var launchCommand
+    end
+
+    echo '$launchCommand'
+
     book setword automate $pageName pantaskState RUN.LAUNCH