External Command Programming Interface; Icmdsetvar - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

External Command Programming Interface

ICMDSetVar

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part of the variable name and must be included with the variable when referencing
it later. If the filename doesn't exist, it will be created. The varname and var value
will then be written. If the file does exist, the varname and var value will be
appended to the contents of the file.
The external command programming interface contains the functions
described below.
IMPORTANT:
These functions require ICMD.NLM 2.18 or later.
Use the ICMDSetVar function to set a script variable programmatically.
int ICMDSetVar (char *variableName, char *variableValue)
*variableName: Pointer to name of variable to set
*variableValue: Pointer to string representing value of variable being set
0 if successful; non-zero error code if unsuccessful.
ICMDSetVar is a function exported by ICMD.NLM that another NLM can
call (for instance, in a blocking NLMExec command). This lets the NLM set
a variable within a script being executed by ICMD.NLM so the NLM can
communicate with the script, changing the control flow, etc.
If MYNLM.NLM has code as follows:
ICMDSetVar("mynlmvar", "hello world"); exit();
and the script looks like this:
NLMExec 1, mynlm
Display 0, "Information: %{mynlmvar}"
then this popup text box would be displayed:
Information: hello world