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A-Shell Reference

Reviewed and revised December 2023

tab(-10, AG_SETENV); var=value; chr(127);     Tab(-10,x) Syntax Notes

AG_SETENV (77) is used to set an environment variable.

This function has both a subroutine and a print tab implementation.

Parameters

var

environment variable to set

value

value to set the environment variable to

Example

? TAB(-10,AG_SETENV);"APEX=%MIAME%\cache";chr(127);

This defines (or redefines) the environment variable APEX to equal the specified directory, after first expanding the environment variable MIAME. Note that the APEX environment variable determines where ATE puts the print files captured for local print or preview operations.

See Also

MX_SETENV for setting an environment variable on the application server as opposed to client