Re: Forms 4.5 Questions -- Replace for one sent by mistake. ;)

Jody Lewis wrote:
>
> Could anyone tell me how to reference an environmental variable in Forms 4.5?
> What I am trying to do is this:
> I want to get the computer name assigned when adding a computer to a network.
> This is the only thing that uniquelly identifies each computer location for us
> and defines parameters for queries throughout my forms application.
> In access they had an Environ$(variable_name) function which allowed me to pull
> the computer name from the system registry. Idon't see anything ocmpatible in
> Forms 4.5
>
> I would appreciate any ideas or thoughts on this matter. Please help if you
> can.
>
> Please send responses to my email address!! :)
>
> Thank you in advance!!
>
> Jody Lewis

I beleive you can use tool_env.GetVar(...) built-in to reference an environment variable.

-Sridhar Nallani

CARDS Group
The Boeing Company Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST