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B14speedfreak

Technical User
Mar 23, 2006
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Hi all,

Guess I am one of those people that Microsoft hate. Normally I spend most of my time using Unix/Linux and my desktop OS doesn't get used that much since I work with Oracle instances quite lot.

Anyhow my question is this. Is there a way of setting a date as a enviroment variable in XP pro???

thanks again,

B14... aka... Marky Mark... the frozen monkey in the server room...
 
Great tip bcastner!
I did not know you code use slicing on environment variables.
Where is this documented?
 
Justin,

You cannot manipulate batch parameters in the same manner that you can manipulate environment variables. You cannot search and replace values or examine substrings. However, you can assign the parameter to an environment variable, and then manipulate the environment variable.

See:
 
Any reason you wouldn't put the mouse cursor over the time in the sys tray?
 
NoBigDeal said:
Any reason you wouldn't put the mouse cursor over the time in the sys tray?
I don't think that is what the OP was asking for..

Regards,
Zack Barresse

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. What is a MS MVP? PODA
- Leonardo da Vinci
 
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