pros and cons of setenv and vla-put-???

[geoffdavis]

Hello,

I'm interested in opinions regarding when to use the setenv function and when to use the vla-put- functions to modify environment variable using visual lisp.

Is there criteria that can be used to determine which function will work best? I have considered them pretty much interchangeable but usually use the vla-put functions.

Just curious. thanks,

Geoff

 

[Jason Piercey]

I don't know about better/worse but I've found a few
things that could not be set with vla-* functions.

(setenv "MRUFilesToList" "9")
(setenv "ShowFullPathInTitle" "1")
(setenv "HideSystemPrinters" "1")

So sometimes you don't have a choice.

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-Jason
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program

Hello,

I'm interested in opinions regarding when to use the setenv function and when to use the

vla-put- functions to modify environment variable using visual lisp.

Is there criteria that can be used to determine which function will work best? I have

considered them pretty much interchangeable but usually use the vla-put functions.