Can LabVIEW "read" Microsoft Windows Environment Variables?

[maxnoder1995]

I wrote a function that finds the value of an environment variable.
Do you think there is a better way? Sorry for the mess.

Same as you write in the cmd:
"echo My PC is %COMPUTERNAME% and user is %USERNAME%".

[Martin_Henz]

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@maxnoder1995 wrote:

I wrote a function that finds the value of an environment variable.
Do you think there is a better way? 

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Of course there is a better solution, The windows API function ExpandEnvironmentStrings.

[GerdW]

Hi Max,

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@maxnoder1995 wrote:

I wrote a function that finds the value of an environment variable.
Do you think there is a better way? Sorry for the mess.

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Unfortunately you forgot to downconvert your VI. (I prefer LV2019, others may be happy with "LV2021 or older".)

In your image I don't see anything that reads the value of an environment variable. All you seem to do is to parse/format predefined strings…

[MikeMesolella]

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@maxnoder1995 wrote:

I wrote a function that finds the value of an environment variable.
Do you think there is a better way? Sorry for the mess.

Same as you write in the cmd:
"echo My PC is %COMPUTERNAME% and user is %USERNAME%".

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I will have to look at the Windows API way that was mentioned. But the .NET API that I mentioned about 10 years ago in this thread is really the easiest and cleanest way to do it.