Re: How to set environment variable via JScript?

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Use StdOut to send values back to the batch file and change environmental
variables. For example:

::caller.bat
@echo off
SET MYVAR=Original value of MYVAR
echo Value of MYVAR is: %MYVAR%
echo Running script ...
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('cscript setvar.js') do %%a
echo Value of MYVAR is: %MYVAR%
pause

//setvar.js
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Set MYVAR=New value of MYVAR")

"David Mayerovitch" <davmay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running Windows XP Home with SP2.

From a batch file ("caller.bat") I would like call a JScript file
("setvar.js") to set the value of a DOS environment variable (MYVAR) which
the batch file could then manipulate. (I need to do some tweaking of
strings that the DOS batch language is incapable of doing.)

But I find with the following test files that the script fails to change
MYVAR from its original value. This failure occurs whether I use "USER",
"SYSTEM", "VOLATILE" or "PROCESS" as the parameter to the Environment
property of the WScript.Shell object.

Can anyone tell me why this setup is not working and how I can fix it?

Thanks.
David

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Text of batch file "caller.bat":
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@echo off
SET MYVAR=Original value of MYVAR
echo Value of MYVAR is: %MYVAR%
echo Running script ...
cscript setvar.js
echo Value of MYVAR is: %MYVAR%
pause

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Text of script file "setvar.js":
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function setEnvVariable(mystring){
WScript.Echo("This is setvar.js");
var sh=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var userEnv=sh.Environment("USER");
userEnv("MYVAR")=mystring;
return;
}

setEnvVariable("New value of MYVAR");
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