/setvar<name><value>

About this task

For: CimView (and Webspace) only)

(Configured on the current screen), sets variables and their initial values that a CimView screen uses when it opens from or overlays the current screen.

The arguments for this command line option are:

Argument Specifies the:
<name> Variable name, which can be qualified
<value> Initial value of the variable the open screen uses.

Example

/setvar "\Button1\Tank" "0" /setvar "\Button2\Tank" "0" /setvar "Value" ""

sets the qualified variable \Button1\Tank to the initial value 0; the qualified variable \Button2\Tank to the initial value 0 and the unqualified variable, Value to no specified initial value.

Use double quotes as follows:

Procedure

  1. If the name contains non-alphanumeric characters, e.g. spaces, hyphens, surround it with double quotes.
  2. If the value has embedded double quotes in it, double the embedded double-quotes.
  3. If the value contains non-alphanumeric characters, e.g. spaces, hyphens, embedded double-quotes, surround the entire value with double quotes.

    Example

    Name Value Syntax
    No spaces var1 value1 /setvar var1 value1
    Space in name my var tank1 /setvar "my var" tank1
    Space in name and Embedded quotes in value my var "tank1" /setvar "my var" """tank1"""
    Embedded quotes in value var1 "hello, world!" /setvar var1 """hello, world!"""
    Embedded quotes in value var1 a"b /setvar var1 "a""b"