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I'm working on my CV and the covering letter and I would like to compile both documents (two different document classes) in one run (more or less). Either way, I followed the example as shown in this thread (requires shell-escape) but unfortunately because I still have "virtually" two different document I can't pass commands and definitions (a la \newcommand{\EMAIL}{cccc@sss.com}) (just to make sure to use the same addresses etc. in the whole document). I thought about using a script file but because I'm using Windows (with MiKTeX and TexStudio) I rejected the idea. Is there a way to pass this information between two different document classes?

\documentclass{report}
\newcommand{\EMAIL}{cccc@sss.com}


\usepackage{filecontents,pdfpages}

\begin{filecontents*}{myletter.tex}
\documentclass{letter}
\begin{document}

My E-Mail: %\EMAIL ->Problem!!!

\end{document}
\end{filecontents*}

\immediate\write18{pdflatex myletter}

\begin{document}

\IfFileExists{myletter.pdf}{\includepdf{myletter.pdf}}{}

My E-Mail: \EMAIL

\end{document}
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jlk
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    why the complication of shell escape etc/ why not just put \newcommand{\EMAIL}{cccc@sss.com} into mysettings.sty and then just use \usepackage{mysettings} in both documents? – David Carlisle Aug 23 '15 at 14:58

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I would avoid the complication of shell escape etc, and just put 

\newcommand{\EMAIL}{cccc@sss.com}

into mysettings.sty and then just use 

\usepackage{mysettings}

in both documents.

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