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MrTAToad
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Posted: 8th Jun 2003 02:55
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GetResource has been updated to get system variables (and return the string values they hold). They can also get the values of user-created variables as well.

So, you can now get the values held in TEMP,TMP,PATH etc...
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IanM
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Posted: 8th Jun 2003 14:23
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How about another suggestion?

There is an API call that you can make that will take %systemroot% within a string and expand it for you to the value held in that variable - ExpandEnvironmentStrings

I find that your library is a bit 'low-level'. Why not return strings? Why force the users to allocate memory and peek/poke it?
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MrTAToad
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Posted: 8th Jun 2003 16:07 Edited at: 8th Jun 2003 16:08
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'cos it saves having to muck around with the string handling system...

The first suggestion is quite a good idea...

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 8th Jun 2003 18:55
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yeah but it means the rest of us lowely useless people can't use them

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 8th Jun 2003 19:08 Edited at: 8th Jun 2003 19:09
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Yes you can - I presume you've heard of the MAKE MEMORY command...
Plus, it means the DLL is easier to use in C...
In addition, putting more onus on the user to do the work (and get things right) means simpler and bug-free plug-ins...

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 10th Jun 2003 23:15
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I've put in the ExpandEnvironmentStrings - and yes, I'be kept the same format as the GetEnvironmentVariable command (after all, the command can fail).

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