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    DECLARE INTEGER GetEnvironmentVariable IN kernel32;
        STRING lpName, STRING @lpBuffer, INTEGER nSize
     
    DECLARE INTEGER SetEnvironmentVariable IN kernel32;
        STRING lpName, STRING lpValue
     
    lcName = "DebugMode"
    ? _GetEnv (lcName)
    = _SetEnv (lcName, "True")
    ? _GetEnv (lcName)
     
    FUNCTION _GetEnv(lcName)
        LOCAL lcBuffer, lnResult
        lcBuffer = SPACE(1024)
        lnResult = GetEnvironmentVariable (lcName, @lcBuffer, Len(lcBuffer))
    RETURN  Iif(lnResult=0, "#nothing#", Left(lcBuffer, lnResult))
     
    FUNCTION _SetEnv(lcName, lcValue)
    RETURN SetEnvironmentVariable(lcName, lcValue) <> 0
     
     
     

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    588 bytes  
    Created: 2001-09-18 12:00:00  
    Modified: 2011-12-10 09:20:22  
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    GetEnvironmentVariable
    SetEnvironmentVariable
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    A reminder: any changes you made to environment variables are effective only for current VFP session.

    Every process, when created, acquires its own separate environment block. And to my knowledge there is no way of information exchange between two VFP instances through environment variables.

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