ExpandEnvironmentStrings Method, Server class

Description

Expands environment-variable strings and replaces them with their defined values.

Syntax

vExpandEnvironmentStrings = Server.ExpandEnvironmentStrings (EnvironmentString as String)

Where	Type	Optional	Default	Description
EnvironmentString	String			String that might contain references to environment-variable strings.

Returns

String

Examples

Sample envinronment variables.

  Set S = CreateObject("RegEdit.Server")

  'Get windows directory
  Wscript.Echo "windir: " & S.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%")

  'Get temp path
  Wscript.Echo "temp:   " & S.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%temp%")

Other links for ExpandEnvironmentStrings

Methods of Server class

AddConnection, Close, Connect, ExpandEnvironmentStrings, GetKey, LogonUser, RevertToSelf

Properties of Server class

hKey, Keys, Name

RegEdit.Server

Server/computer for the ActiveX regedit.
You can use GetKey method to get a specified key from the server.
Keys property returns a collection containing subkeys of a connected key (See Connect method).

RegEdit

Intuitive, easy to use COM interface to windows registry. Set of classes to read/enumerate/modify windows registry keys and values from ASP, VBS and T-SQL.