? tab(-10, AG_GETENV);"var,1"; chr(127);
AG_GETENV (45) will return (in the keyboard buffer) the definition of the specified environment variable as defined to the ATE client (or A-Shell/Windows). In addition to the proper environment variables, the command will also recognize two special ones that are only understood by this command within the ATE client: %ATEEXE% (the full filespec of the client executable, e.g. c:\Program Files\MicroSabio\ATE\bin\ashw32.exe) and %ATEVER% (the version string for the client executable, e.g. "4.9(930)-1").
If the ",1" is appended to the environment variable name, as shown above, then the result will be "de-mangled" (i.e. converted from the DOS 8.3 compressed format to the full long format), if possible. For example:
? TAB(-10,AG_GETENV);"TEMP",chr(127);
The above command (without the ,1) might return something like:
C:\DOCUME~1\yourname\LOCALS~1\Temp
Using the new syntax, with the,1, the command:
? TAB(-10,AG_GETENV);"TEMP,1",chr(127);
might return something like:
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\yourname\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp
See Also
• MX_GETENV for retrieving an environment variable from the application server—as opposed to client—machine.
History
2009 October, A-Shell 5.1.1163: The pseudo-environment variable ATELICMODE is supported in AG_GETENV to return a single decimal value containing flags indicating how the ATE workstation was licensed. The bottom 8 bits of the value are 0 if successfully licensed, else one of the LICF_xxx flags from ASHINC:ASHELL.DEF. The next byte(s) contain one or more bit flags from ATELF_xxx:
Symbol |
Value |
Meaning |
ATELF_PROTO |
&h0100 |
ATE handshake was initiated, and also that the ATE client is at least 5.1.1164.0. (Prior to that, the command ? TAB(-10,AG_GETENV);"ATELICMODE";chr(127) will return an empty string. |
ATELF_PC |
&h0200 |
ATE client has a local license. |
ATELF_SRV1 |
&h0400 |
The server attempted to pass the ATE license via the new streamlined protocol (1162+) |
ATELF_SRV2 |
&h0800 |
The server attempted to pass the ATE license via the LICENS/ATESRV mechanism. This also implies that the server is less than 5.1.1162.0 and/or that the passed license wasn't valid (in which case the lower byte should be <>0). |
ATELF_AUX |
&h1000 |
The server attempted to pass an auxiliary license to the client. (Will always be combined with ATELF_SRV2.) |