EnvGet() don't get a user defined variable

[romulocarlos]

Hello.

I have created a batch to suit our needs in our systems, and this batch generates some variables. The problem is: AutoIt don't recognize the variables the batch created, only Windows variables! In a example:
batch:

 

@echo off
set my_var=test

AutoIt
 

$name_test = EnvGet("my_var")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "The variable has the value of: " & @CRLF & @CRLF & $name_test)

It returns nothing!

But, if I change 'my_var' in AutoIt part with a Windows variable, like PATH, SYSTEMDIR, etc, it retrieves the correct variable!

How I can get my variables inside autoit?

Thanks!

[Jos]

How is that batchfile ran to set the Environment variable in relation to when the AutoIt3 script is ran?

Jos

[romulocarlos]

Thanks for fast reply.

It runs as administrator privilegies. The AutoIt scritp runs as administrator, also.

[Jos]

Ok, but how are you running it? Because when shelling the batchfile, the environment variables created by the SET command will only live during the execution of the batch file, not in any other shelled program ...right?

Jos 

Edited February 1, 2016 by Jos

[romulocarlos]

The batch sets the variables, the runs some programas, including the autoit script. Like this:

@echo off
set my_var1="test1"
set my_var2="test2"

start /w autoit_compiled_script.exe

So, as you can see, the batch still alive when the script is called! The autoit_compiled_script.exe make use of my_var1 and my_var2!

[romulocarlos]

So, I get my variable inside AutoIt with another metodh, but I wanna learn how to read the variable directly.

I used this:

@echo off
set my_var=test1

echo %my_var% >variable1

start /w autoit_compiled_script.exe

Inside AutoIt script, I have this:

FileOpen("c:\program_folder\variable1")
Local $nome_logmein =  FileRead("c:\program_folder\variable1")
FileClose("c:\program_folder\variable1")

 

[Jos]

Just tested with your batchfile and this in the compiled script

MsgBox(262144, 'Debug line ~' & @ScriptLineNumber, 'Selection:' & @CRLF & 'EnvGet("my_var")' & @CRLF & @CRLF & 'Return:' & @CRLF & EnvGet("my_var")) ;### Debug MSGBOX

works just fine.

Jos

Edited February 1, 2016 by Jos

[romulocarlos]

Thanks... But you mean the batch in first post, or the last, wich uses a file to store the variable?

[Jos]

This one and not really using the created file:

@echo off
set my_var=test1

echo %my_var% >variable1

start /w autoit_compiled_script.exe

Jos

Edited February 1, 2016 by Jos

[romulocarlos]

Thanks... But don't work for me. Bellow "returns" appears a blank space...

[romulocarlos]

I'm feeling really stupid.

I type some wrong code into script, so when I test script itself throught Editor, it don't get the variable.

With the right code, and running the script as executable, it returns the value of my variable correctly.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for my mistake.

[jdelaney]

edit: oops, already solved, long day.

Edited February 4, 2016 by jdelaney