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GetEnvironmentVariable
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Retrieves the value of the specified variable from the environment block of the calling process. The value is in the form of a null-terminated string of characters. |
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DWORD GetEnvironmentVariable(
LPCTSTR lpName, // environment variable name
LPTSTR lpBuffer, // buffer for variable value
DWORD nSize // size of buffer
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DECLARE INTEGER GetEnvironmentVariable IN kernel32;
STRING lpName,;
STRING @ lpBuffer,;
INTEGER nSize
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lpName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the environment variable.
lpBuffer
[out] Pointer to a buffer to receive the value of the specified environment variable.
nSize
[in] Specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer pointed to by the lpBuffer parameter. |
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| If the function succeeds, the return value is the number of TCHARs stored into the buffer pointed to by lpBuffer, not including the terminating null character. |
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| Created: | 2001-09-18 12:00:00 | | Modified: | 2001-11-26 16:03:41 |
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