Get a variable from command line to use in AutoIT script

[allen00se]

So I am knee deep in a script that I am writing and the last thing I need to get this to work is to be able to set a envvariable at the command line using comspec, and then have a function in AutoIT assign that EnvVariable to an AutoIT variable for later use. Here is the simplified version of what I want to happen.

Run(@comspec)

sleep(2000)

send('set pc_name=foo{enter}')

sleep(2000)

$pcname = EnvGet("pc_name")

MsgBox(4096, "Path variable is:", $pcname)

Right now the message box is just blank.

In theory this should work, after I use the 'set pc_name=foo' command, I can check the pc's EnvVariables and sure enough pc_name=foo. However, for some reason EnvGet is not able to grab that EnvVariable. However it does work with other preset EnvVariables such as 'computername' etc.

any ideas?

Edited October 14, 2010 by allen00se

[Realm]

Hello allen00se,

Just a guess here, but wouldn't EnvSet('pc_name','foo') be more useful then send('set pc_name=foo{enter}').

Realm

[whim]

Hi, allen00se

It looks like env vars in the cmd window are local (not visible ouside that session)

- open 2 cmd windows

- in cmd window #1 do a 'set pc_name=foo'; then do a 'set' -> your env var is there

- in cmd window #2 do a 'set' -> it's not available

HTH,

whim