Re: GetEnvironmentVariable

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From: Ed Mulroy
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:32

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It comes out as GetEnvironmentVariableA because you included windows.h (or 
one of the derivative Windows header files) and the macro changed the name. 
You should be including vcl.h, not windows.h.

.  Ed

> Joanne wrote in message
> news:43ea18ba$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
>>See if this works:
>>
>>  Name = "USETNAME";
>>  Name = GetEnvironmentVariable(Name);
>
> Still no joy.  I notice that the linker error references
> GetEnvironmentVariableA  whereas my code calls
> GetEnvironmentVariable  - I don't understand this?
>
> I can use the Win API version of the function, so it is no
> hassle, but interesting why it doesn't work!

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