ENV - Get and Set system environment variable (Reports & Settings Report Generator function)

Syntax

$ENV{var, value}

Description

Retrieve and set system environment variables.

Special

Special one character environment variables exist for accessing date and time details.

D

Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros. (01 to 31)

M

Month, 2 digits with leading zeros. (01 to 12)

Y

Year, 4 digits.

y

Year, 2 digits.

H

24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros. (00 to 23)

G

12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros. (01 to 12)

I

Minutes with leading zeros. (00 to 59)

S

Seconds with leading zeros. (00 to 59)

$ENV{"D"}/$ENV{"D"}/$ENV{"Y"} The above in a text formula would result in '31/01/2013' for 31st Jan 2013. $ENV{"G"} $ENV{"I"} The above in a text formula would result in '02:14' for 14 minutes past 2pm.

Parameters

var

A text parameter that can not be omitted.

System environment variable name.

value

A text parameter that can be omitted.

The value to set the environment variable to.

Returns

A text value. The system environment variable contents or spaces if the variable is being set.