Getting environment variables in Classic ASP

Question

How can I get the value of a custom environment variable in a classic ASP page using VBScript?

Answer 1

You can use the ExpandEnvironmentStrings method of the WScript.Shell object to retrieve environment variables. The following code will assign the value of the PATH environment variable to var myPath:

set foo = createobject("WScript.Shell")
myPath = foo.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%PATH%")

More info on the Shell object as MSDN

Edit: Had to change the variable to which the shell object is assigned.