setEnv & getEnv & askOnce may not be working in JavaScript

[sbennet1]

I may be missing something but I can get the askOnce function and the setEnv and getEnv var to work using the JavaScript test button see attached code

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// askOnce(prompt, defaultValue) shows a prompt dialog only once per batch with the given prompt text and optional default value.
// It returns the user's input as a string. Subsequent calls with the same prompt text return the stored answer without showing the dialog again.
// If the user cancels, an exception is thrown and execution stops.


// Here we just assign ENV to the result of askOnce with a prompt and default value.
ENV = askOnce("Enter new name for the file:", "xxx");           // default to current name if user leaves blank    //  SLB  ask once is not working    ?????????????????????????????????

alert ("ENV = " , ENV );    //  SLB    aksOnce is not working    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

setEnv("BRU_ENV", "YYY");
YYY = getEnv("BRU_ENV");

alert  ("YYY =" , YYY );     //  SLB    setEnv & getEnv is not working    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

// To get the value of an environment variable, use getEnv("VAR_NAME").
// Example: if environment variable USERNAME = "Alice"
// If the original name is "file1", newName will be set to the value of USERNAME, e.g. "Alice"
newName = getEnv("PATH");
alert ("newName = " , newName );    //  SLB    get environment var not working    ????????????????????????????????????????????????


// To generate an exception in JavaScript, you can throw an error.
// This code will throw an error every time it runs, stopping the renaming process.
// Example: if name = "file", this script will throw an exception and not set newName.

throw new Error("This is a generated exception.");