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#126635 - 2004-09-13 09:42 PM Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
MACE MACE Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2004-09-07 Posts: 150 Loc: Manchester UK	I am learning KiXtart and it is annoying how some of the little things can cause the biggest issues. Having spent many hours in the KIX2001 manual and in the forums and got no further; will someone tell me why neither of these set the environmental variables and what I need to do to be able to get them to work. Running on XP SP2 Option [1] $OSN = @ProductType+" "+@CSD+"." $PCSPEC = @CPU + " at " + @MHZ + "MHz " $RAM=MemorySize(0) $USERUID=UCASE(@USERID) SHELL "SET OSN="+$OSN SHELL "SET PCSPEC="+$PCSPEC SHELL "SET RAM="+$RAM SHELL "SET USERNAME="+$USERUID Option [2] SHELL "SET OSN=@OSN" SHELL "SET PCSPEC=@PCSPEC" SHELL "SET RAM=@RAM" SHELL "SET USERNAME=@USERUID" FUNCTION OSN() $OSN = @ProductType+" "+@CSD+"." ENDFUNCTION FUNCTION PCSPEC() $PCSPEC = @CPU + " at " + @MHZ + "MHz " ENDFUNCTION FUNCTION RAM() $RAM=MemorySize(0) ENDFUNCTION FUNCTION USERUID() $USERUID=UCASE(@USERID) ENDFUNCTION
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#126636 - 2004-09-13 09:48 PM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	why not use kix's own set, setl, or setm commands?
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#126637 - 2004-09-14 12:21 AM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	When you "Shell" a set command it operates in that shell environment which is automatically closed (thus destroyed) after the KiXtart shell is completed. As Bryce mentioned, you should use the native KiX Set commands.
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#126638 - 2004-09-14 12:29 AM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	There are a few lines in your script as well that don't sit right. What are the two lines? Option [1] Option [2] There are no such commands in KiX. Also there is no such macro as @USERUID. SHELL "SET USERNAME=@USERUID" _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#126639 - 2004-09-14 11:10 AM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
MACE MACE Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2004-09-07 Posts: 150 Loc: Manchester UK	People - For CLARITY the Options[x] are for the benefit of this Board - NOT in the Script. Option[0] if you will was the native SET command but it only appears to last for the duration of the kix script. So I tried to get the result using Option[1] and then Option[2]. The UDF function @USERUID is Uppercase @USERID !
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#126640 - 2004-09-14 11:21 AM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	The '@' character is only valid for calling built-in macros. To call user defined functions just use the function name, and I suggest that you adopt a naming convention to avoid namespace clashes with current and future KiXtart functions. As regards your problem, look up the SET commands in the KiXtart manual - SETL, SETM etc.
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#126641 - 2004-09-22 08:43 PM Re: Syntax can be a b - SHELL 'SET variable=###'
MACE MACE Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2004-09-07 Posts: 150 Loc: Manchester UK	The resolution to the problem proved simple , I installed kix2001 and things started to behave as expected. Older version obviously did not like XP SP2 and gave ambiguous results. NB: The set option now works as per the manual. Thanks everyone
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