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Options to set Environment Variables with envSetVal

envSetVal is a very useful API for custom configuration. But I haven't been able to find the list of options that can be changed.

envGetAvailableTools() helps with the list of tools. But if I want to know all the variables in the tool "schematic", how can I find out?

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greywanderer over 4 years ago

I just saved the defaults to a file to look at the options. This should be good enough. Are there any setting missing from this? How would I know what the non-default options are?
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greywanderer over 4 years ago

I just saved the defaults to a file to look at the options. This should be good enough. Are there any setting missing from this? How would I know what the non-default options are?
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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago in reply to greywanderer

In IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1 and later there's now Options->Cdsenv editor in the CIW which allows you to search for matches. This searches all the public environment variables (there are also some undocumented, private options which you shouldn't in general use unless advised to by support).

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greywanderer over 4 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

But these only show the defaults. How would I know the various other options? For eg.

viva.application vivaWindowMode string window<--- what other options are there than "window"

Thanks much Andrew!
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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago in reply to greywanderer

Most environment variables which have a predefined list of choices are cyclic which means they have a cyclic list of choices on the form. Unfortunately a few use string instead, and the UI doesn't show available options because it's not recorded anywhere in the system. However, in many cases you can just use the Search box at the top of the Help menu in most windows (e.g. the CIW) and type in "vivaWindowMode". Voila! This takes you to relevant documentation and shows that the choices are "window" and "assistant" (it shows in the cdsenv editor that if "window" is set then it's modified from default; using Right Mouse->set to default would have changed it to "assistant".

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