Environment Variables

Environment variables provide access to paths and executables on your workstation for use in generation commands and GTL templates. To review and edit variables, select Tools > General Options, and click the Variables category in the left pane.

Click in the row of an existing variable in order to edit its value. To create a new variable, click the Add a Row tool and specify a name and value. The following variables are defined by default:

Variable	Description
CMD	Windows command interpreter. Default: command.com or cmd.exe
HOME	Home directory.
J2EEVERIF	Batch program for verifying if the deployment jar for an EJB is correct Default: verifier.bat
JAR	Command for archiving java files Default: jar.exe
JAVA	Command for running JAVA programs Default: java.exe
JAVAC	Command for compiling JAVA source files Default: javac.exe
JAVADOC	Command for defining JAVA doc comments Default: javadoc.exe

Note: To use a variable in GTL (see Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner > Customizing Generation with GTL ), prefix it with a dollar sign, and wrap it in percent signs. For example, %$CMD%.