Drive Variable

[Mecano]

Hallo forum members

I've found a nice tool SmithTech DriveVar

Usage:

drivevar.exe (will open the form window to set the drive variable to %PA_DRV%

drivevar.exe -a (will set the drive variable with out opening the window)

drivevar.exe -d (will remove the drive variable)

DriveVar is useful for running applications from a usb drive where the drive letter may change.

It will set a system environment variable of %PA_DRV% to the drive letter of your usb drive.

You can use this variable in place of the drive letter in shortcuts, ini files, config files, etc.

If you use start / end scripts with your usb drive to set other parameters, you can add drivevar.exe to your scripts with the " -a" or " -d" argument to add or remove the variable.

drivevar.exe also works with PStart's on startup and on exit option.

works fine from a batch file

drivevar.exe -a

start /wait %PA_DRV%\PortableApps\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

drivevar.exe -d

but I cant get it running with AutoIt

Run("drivevar.exe -a")

RunWait("%PA_DRV%\PortableApps\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe")

Run("drivevar.exe -d")
Exit

no luck I've tried this:

Run("drivevar.exe -a")
Dim $var
$var = "%PA_DRV%"

RunWait($var & '\PortableApps\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe')

Run("drivevar.exe -d")
Exit

can someone put me in the right direction?

Regards, Mecano

Edited November 17, 2007 by Mecano

[Jex]

Maybe you can use _RunDOS function?

[Danny35d]

To get the value of PA_DRV use EnvGet()

$var = EnvGet("PA_DRV")

Also at the run() and runwait() function I will add the working directory.

Run("drivevar.exe -a", @ScriptDir)

Note:You don't even need drivervar.exe in autoit you can use this line instead:

$var = StringMid(@ScriptDir, 2)

will do the same thing as drivervar.exe without setting a system environment variable

[Mecano]

Wow awesome what you can do with Autoit

Both Works perfect but off course I gone use $var = StringMid(@ScriptDir, 2)

On U3 drives the EnvGet() works great as well

$var = EnvGet("U3_HOST_EXEC_PATH")

Thanx for repley

Regards, Mecano

Edited November 18, 2007 by Mecano