Re: DOS Environment not working

My observation about "time to move on" referred to the
need to stop using a command processor that became
obsolete seven years ago. This has nothing to do with
the need to do what the client needs.

Let's nail this one down. Modify your batch file like so:
@echo off
SET CLDON=0
SET INTLMAIL=1HPLSRJET
SET AUTO_COMP_ROOT=H:\DATA\SHARED\AUTO
SET BCO_APP_ROOT=H:\BIN\BCO
echo INTLMAIL=xxx%INTLMAIL%xxx

Now invoke cmd.exe (not command.com!), then run this
batch file directly from the Command Prompt (without
shelling out to another command prompt!) and report what
you see.



"Gussie" <Gussie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It just shows the variables set by windows on startup, the ones you can
edit
when you go to MyComputer properties. The batch file does not fail because
I
installed a errorlevel statement to echo a message.... mmmmm

Frustrating, and I agree with you: 'time to move on' but as a contractor I
need to do what my client needs, which is get this application going

Thank you for your time!

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Try this:
1. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
2. Execute your batch file
3. Type this command:
set bco{Enter}

What do you see?

"Gussie" <Gussie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Your assumption is correct; I am using the Command Prompt.
The batch file is very simple:
@echo off

SET CLDON=0
SET INTLMAIL=1HPLSRJET
SET AUTO_COMP_ROOT=H:\DATA\SHARED\AUTO
SET BCO_APP_ROOT=H:\BIN\BCO

I run the batchfile at the command prompt, but when I check the
variables:
SET, none of them are there!! but if I SET each one at the command
prompt
then its fine.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Gussie" <Gussie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello, I have legacy system written in Clipper 5.2e/Blinker 7.0. I
need
to
do
a bunch of SET' when I open up the command shell. To do that I run a
batch
file once command.com is triggered, but variables are not been set
as
they
supposed to.

I can set these variables one-by-one and it works fine, but cannot
run
batchfile.
Any ideas? is it possible to set variables using a SCRIPT?

Gus
sdl-gus@xxxxxxxxxx

Presumably you're talking about the Command Prompt, not DOS.
DOS is an operating system - it does not exist in WinXP.

The "set" command works exactly as designed but you need to
be aware that your changes are only effective within the process
in which they are applied. Child processes inherit their environmental
variables from their parents but the parents do not inherit anything
from their children. I suspect that you're trying to set your
variables by shelling out from within Clipper. You cannot do this -
you must set your variables when you start your Command Prompt.
This is usually done by placing a suitable batch file into your
Startup menu, e.g. like so:
@echo off
set path=%path%;c:\Clipper
clipper.exe

Note also that command.com is a legacy command processor.
It was superceded seven years ago by cmd.exe. Time to move on!








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