Kbase P60102: What is OS-GETENV returning
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
10/15/2008 |
|
Status: Verified
GOAL:
What is OS-GETENV returning
GOAL:
How to use the OS-GETENV function
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.x
OpenEdge 10.x
Windows NT 32 Intel/Windows 2000
FIX:
OS-GETENV is only returning values for environment variables which are set on the specific machine.
You can simply check if the return value of OS-GETENV("<env-var-name>") is correct by opening a command box and look at the result of the "set" command
For example the command:
set COMPUTERNAME
should return to you the same value as you get with OS-GETENV("COMPUTERNAME").
The Progress 4GL OS-GETENV function can access those envronment variables that were already set when the session Progress started. IT can not access those variables that are set in that same session.