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CAI_MSG_EXIT

Applies to Windows only

This environment variable can be used to facilitate the execution of user‑defined programs in response to a console message. Set the variable to any .exe, .bat, or other executable-like file either in the Windows Control Panel in Settings, System, User Environment or at the DOS prompt before launching CAUGUI CONLOG.

When that program or script is invoked, the name of a temporary file with the message in it and the name of the log file are appended as the last parameter. The user program deletes this temp file after completion.

Notes:

• If the program/script is not in the normal user PATH environment, a full path is provided.

  The records in the temporary file are formatted according to the SDK documentation. See cauevt.h struct: EMEVT_LOG. The emlog1 program included in the SDK converts the temporary file containing the log records (parm 2) to a text comma‑separated file (parm 1).

• More than one record can be selected at a time. The temp file contains all of them in selection order.