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system.util.getProperty

Description

Retrieves the value of a named system property. Some of the available properties are:

•file.separator. The system file separator character. (for example, "/" (unix) or "\" (windows))
•line.separator. The system line separator string. (for example, "\r\n" (carriage return, newline))
•os.arch. Operating system architecture. (for example, "x86")
•os.name. Operating system name. (for example, "Windows XP")
•os.version. Operating system version. (for example, "5.1")
•user.home. User's home directory.
•user.name. User's account name.

Syntax

system.util.getProperty(propertyName)

Parameters

String propertyName - The name of the system property to get.

Returns

String - The value for the named property.

Scope

All

Examples

This script would store the contents of the Text Area component in the users home directory.

 

homeDir = system.util.getProperty("user.home")

sep = system.util.getProperty("file.separator")

path = "%s%smyfile.txt" %(homeDir, sep)

system.file.writeFile(path, event.source.parent.getComponent("Text Area").text)