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{
Subject: Enviro.pas Unit to change Dos Vars permanently
Had this floating round, hope it helps someone.
It works under Dos 5, NDos 6.01, and should work For any other Dos as well,
no guarantees tho' .
}
Unit Enviro;
Interface
Var EnvSeg,
EnvOfs,
EnvSize : Word;
Function FindEnv:Boolean;
Function IsEnvVar(Variable : String;Var Value : String):Boolean;
Procedure ChangeEnvVar(Variable,NewVal : String);
Implementation
Uses Dos;
Type MemoryControlBlock = {MCB -- only needed fields are shown}
Record
Blocktag : Byte;
BlockOwner : Word;
BlockSize : Word;
misc : Array[1..3] of Byte;
ProgramName: Array[1..8] of Char;
end;
ProgramSegmentPrefix = {PSP -- only needed fields are shown}
Record { offset }
PSPtag : Word; { $20CD or $27CD if PSP} { 00 $00 }
misc : Array[1..21] of Word; { 02 $02 }
Environment: Word { 44 $2C }
end;
Var
MCB : ^MemoryControlBlock;
r : Registers;
Found : Boolean;
SegMent : Word;
EnvPtr : Word;
Startofs : Word;
Function FindEnvMCB:Boolean;
Var
b : Char;
BlockType: String[12];
Bytes : LongInt;
i : Word;
last : Char;
MCBenv : ^MemoryControlBlock;
MCBowner : ^MemoryControlBlock;
psp : ^ProgramSegmentPrefix;
begin
FindEnvMCB := False;
Bytes := LongInt(MCB^.BlockSize) SHL 4; {size of MCB in Bytes}
if mcb^.blockowner = 0 then { free space }
else begin
psp := Ptr(MCB^.BlockOwner,0); {possible PSP}
if (psp^.PSPtag = $20CD) or (psp^.PSPtag = $27CD) then begin
MCBenv := Ptr(psp^.Environment-1,0);
if MCB^.Blockowner <> (segment + 1) then
if psp^.Environment = (segment + 1) then
if MCB^.BlockOwner = MCBenv^.BlockOwner then begin
EnvSize := MCBenv^.BlockSize SHL 4; {multiply by 16}
EnvSeg := PSP^.Environment;
EnvOfs := 0;
FindEnvMCB := True;
end
end
end;
end;
Function FindEnv:Boolean;
begin
r.AH := $52; {undocumented Dos Function that returns a Pointer}
Intr ($21,r); {to the Dos 'list of lists' }
segment := MemW[r.ES:r.BX-2]; {segment address of first MCB found at}
{offset -2 from List of List Pointer }
Repeat
MCB := Ptr(segment,0); {MCB^ points to first MCB}
Found := FindEnvMcb; {Look at each MCB}
segment := segment + MCB^.BlockSize + 1
Until (Found) or (MCB^.Blocktag = $5A);
FindEnv := Found;
end;
Function IsEnvVar(Variable : String;Var Value : String):Boolean;
Var Temp : String;
ch : Char;
i : Word;
FoundIt : Boolean;
begin
Variable := Variable + '=';
FoundIt := False;
i := EnvOfs;
Repeat
Temp := '';
StartOfs := I;
Repeat
ch := Char(Mem[EnvSeg:i]);
if Ch <> #0 then Temp := Temp + Ch;
inc(i);
Until (Ch = #0) or (I > EnvSize);
if Ch = #0 then begin
FoundIt := (Pos(Variable,Temp) = 1);
if FoundIt then Value := Copy(Temp,Length(Variable)+1,255);
end;
Until (FoundIt) or (I > EnvSize);
IsEnvVar := FoundIt;
end;
Procedure ChangeEnvVar(Variable,NewVal : String);
Var OldVal : String;
p1,p2 : Pointer;
i,j : Word;
ch,
LastCh : Char;
begin
if IsEnvVar(Variable,OldVal) then begin
p1 := Ptr(EnvSeg,StartOfs + Length(Variable)+1);
if Length(OldVal) = Length(NewVal) then
Move(NewVal[1],p1^,Length(NewVal))
else if Length(OldVal) > Length(NewVal) then begin
Move(NewVal[1],p1^,Length(NewVal));
p1 := ptr(EnvSeg,StartOfs + Length(Variable)+Length(OldVal)+1);
p2 := ptr(EnvSeg,StartOfs + Length(Variable)+Length(NewVal)+1);
Move(p1^,p2^,EnvSize - ofs(p1^));
end
else begin { newVar is longer than oldVar }
p2 := ptr(EnvSeg,StartOfs + Length(Variable)+Length(NewVal)-length(OldVal)+1);
Move(p1^,p2^,EnvSize - ofs(p2^));
Move(NewVal[1],p1^,Length(NewVal));
end;
end
else { creating a new Var }
begin
i := EnvOfs;
ch := Char(Mem[EnvSeg:i]);
Repeat
LastCh := Ch;
inc(i);
ch := Char(Mem[EnvSeg:i]);
Until (i > EnvSize) or ((LastCh = #0) and (Ch = #0));
if i < EnvSize then begin
j := 1;
Variable := Variable + '=' + NewVal + #0 + #0;
While (J < Length(Variable)) and (I <= EnvSize) do begin
Mem[EnvSeg:i] := ord(Variable[j]);
inc(i); Inc(j);
end;
end;
end;
end;
begin
end.
{ TEST Program }
Uses Enviro;
Var EnvVar : String;
begin
if FindEnv then begin
Writeln('Found the Enviroment !!');
Writeln('Env is at address ',EnvSeg,':',EnvOfs);
Writeln('And is ',EnvSize,' Bytes long');
if IsEnvVar('COMSPEC',EnvVar) then Writeln('COMSPEC = ',EnvVar)
else Writeln('COMSPEC is not set');
if IsEnvVar('NewVar',EnvVar) then Writeln('NewVar = ',EnvVar)
else Writeln('NewVar is not set');
ChangeEnvVar('NewVar','This is a new Var');
if IsEnvVar('NewVar',EnvVar) then Writeln('NewVar = ',EnvVar)
else Writeln('NewVar is not set');
ChangeEnvVar('NewVar','NewVar is now this');
if IsEnvVar('NewVar',EnvVar) then Writeln('NewVar = ',EnvVar)
else Writeln('NewVar is not set');
end;
end.