Kbase 20044: Using Environment Variables With WebSpeed/Progress Explorer
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
04/09/2008 |
|
Status: Verified
GOAL:
How to set and use environment variables with the Progress Explorer.
FACT(s) (Environment):
Progress 9.X
WebSpeed 3.x
FIX:
Take these steps before you set the variables:
1) The variable must be set at "system" level. For example, on Windows NT, this is set from Control Panel -> System -> Environment.
MYDIR=C:\mydir
2) In the Progress Explorer (or ubroker.properties file) add this environment variable to the PROPATH setting for an instance of a WebSpeed broker.
To add "MYDIR" to the default PROPATH:
@{WinChar Startup\PROPATH};@{WorkPath};${MYDIR}
The syntax of @{WorkPath} is a Registry key lookup. For example, this is translated as:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PSC\PROGRESS\9.1A\WinChar Startup\PROPATH
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PSC\PROGRESS\9.1A\WorkPath
The syntax for specifying an environment variable requires the use the braces:
${ENVVAR}
The Windows NT-specific environment variable delimiters (%ENVVAR%) are not supported.
If you include an additional subdirectory after the environment variable, use the back-slash "\" (not the UNIX style forward-slash "/").
Some additional examples are:
@{WinChar Startup\PROPATH};@{WorkPath};${MYDIR}
@{WinChar
Startup\PROPATH};@{WorkPath};${MYDIR};${ANOTHERDIR}
@{WinChar Startup\PROPATH};@{WorkPath};${MYDIR}\subdir
@{WinCharStartup\PROPATH};@{WorkPath};${MYDIR};${THISDIR}\workdir