Shell.SetEnvironmentVariable

Syntax

function Shell.SetEnvironmentVariable(VarName: string; VarValue: string): integer

Alternative Names

Description

Sets the value of an existing Windows environment variable or creates a new one with the given name and value if it doesn't exist.

VarName is the name of the environment variable, VarValue is the new value for the variable.

The Return Value is non-zero if the call succeeds and zero otherwise. You can use GetLastError to get information about the error.

See Also

Example

execute UDSBlock 

as

begin

  /* get Windows temp folder */
  temp_folder = Shell.GetEnvironmentVariable('TEMP');

  GUI.ShowMessage(temp_folder);

  /* change temp folder */

  Shell.SetEnvironmentVariable('TEMP', 'd:\temp\');

  temp_folder = Shell.GetEnvironmentVariable('TEMP');

  GUI.ShowMessage(temp_folder);

end