AddTemporalVariable

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Adds a temporary variable. Variable functions only during the process of installation or uninstallation of a catalog entry (they are not persistent). Those variables can only be used in the parameters of an action (like a macro).

For instance:

$(Test)

Parameters

• Parameter 1: String. A temporal variable name to add.
• Parameter 2: String. Temporal variable value to add. Macros are allowed.
• Parameter 3: Boolean. Optional. Specifies if GetIt must overwrite an existing variable or not.
  • False: will not update an existing environment variable.
  • True: will update an existing environment variable.
  • The default value is False.
• Parameter 4: Boolean. Optional. Specifies if GetIt must expand only temporal variables or not on the variable value (parameter 2).
  • The default value is False.

Examples

• Example 1:

AddEnvironmentVariable("DemosDir", "$(BDSCOMMONDIR)\Samples\");

• Example 2:

AddEnvironmentVariable("DemosDir", "$(BDSCOMMONDIR)\Samples\", "True");

• Example 3:

AddEnvironmentVariable("DemosDir", "$(BDSCOMMONDIR)\$(OtherTmpVar)\", "True", "True");

See Also

• RemoveEnvironmentVariable
• RemoveTemporalVariable