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Change the value of the current user’s configuration, overriding their variables.config file settings.

Syntax:

Variable, value

Parameters:

value – the new variable command to be used

Examples:

Variable, myScriptsDir=apps\SystemScripts\

This command changes the scripts directory to a systems scripts directory.

Comments:

This is a technique to dynamically alter the contents of the user’s configuration, which are normally assigned in their variables file, which is associated with them when their user id is detected. The itself is found as a field within the userfile.This is a rarely used script item to override the settings in the variables file. Except in custom situations we do not condone using this function. It is included here for completeness of the documentation. Common subdirectory definitions (all relative to the application root directory):myProjectsDir – the directory for project filesmyPagesDir – the directory for page definition filesmyImportedDataDir – the directory for reading and saving data filesmyScriptsDir – the directory to use for script files
 
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