ExpandEnvString

Icetips Utilities Documentation 6/29/2009

Shell Class: ExpandEnvString

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Prototype:

(String pSt, Byte pReturnEmpty=0),String

pSt	Environment string to expand

pReturnEmpty

Return an empty string if the environment variable is empty

Returns

The expanded environment string

This method is used to take a string that contains an environment variable, such as %PATH% and expand it. The environment variable can be the entire string or it can be just part of it. For example '%PATH%' or 'The path contains "%PATH%".'

Example:

ITS ITShellClass

Loc:EnvStringToExpand String(255)

Code

Loc:EnvStringToExpand = '%SystemRoot%\System32\taskmgr.exe'

Loc:EnvStringToExpand = ITS.ExpandEnvString(Loc:EnvStringToExpand)

Message('Expanded string: ' & Loc:EnvStringToExpand)

This would result in a message similar to this:

ShellClass - Expanded String message