Delphi Tip of the Day - Environment Variables used only by the Delphi IDE

 I wanted a quick, down-and-dirty, reference to only those variables used by the Delphi IDE. Inside the IDE you can navigate to Tools > Options > IDE > Environment Variables. This will list all the Environment Variables currently in use. Those belonging to Delph and those outside of Delphi. However, that is not what I was looking for. I just wanted the Environment Variables specific to the Delphi IDE.

Generating this list was a three step process which involved some code I found here. 
http://delphiexamples.com/systeminfo/envtrings.html

Step 1. I entered and ran the code from the above link. I then copied and pasted the contents of the memo to a separate text file called EnVars-Delphi-IDE.txt.

Step 2. I closed Delphi and ran the program again from the saved location. I then copied and pasted the contents of the memo to a file called EnVars-Without-Delphi-IDE.txt.

Step 3. I then navigated to the Delphi BDSBIN location and ran the Beyond Compare utility BCompareLite.exe. I did a text compare of  EnVars-Delphi-IDE.txt and EnVars-Without-Delphi-IDE.txt looking only for the differences.

I simply copied all the text from the left-had side and saved it as EnVars-Delphi-IDE-Only.txt. And now I have my quick down and dirty list of Delphi IDE Environment Variables.

Here the list generated from my computer. YMMV

BDS=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0
BDSAppDataBaseDir=BDS
BDSBIN=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\bin
BDSCatalogRepository=C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\CatalogRepository
BDSCatalogRepositoryAllUsers=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\CatalogRepository
BDSCOMMONDIR=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0
BDSINCLUDE=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\include
BDSLIB=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\lib
BDSPLATFORMSDKSDIR=C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\SDKs
BDSPROFILESDIR=C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\Profiles
BDSPROJECTSDIR=C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\Projects
BDSUSERDIR=C:\Users\Mike\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0
DELPHI=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0
DEMOSDIR=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Samples
FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING=Internet Explorer
FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING=Default
IBREDISTDIR=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\InterBase\redist\InterBase2020
IB_PROTOCOL=developer_ib2020
InterBase=C:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\22.0\InterBase2020
Path=C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\InterBase\redist\InterBase2020\IDE_spoof
ProductVersion=22.0
SESSIONNAME=Console

Beyond Compare is a fantastic tool written with Delphi. The lite version is included with your purchase of Delphi. For more information about Beyond Compare visit their website: 

https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Enjoy,
Gunny Mike
https://zilchworks.com