Variables - Customizing the list

If the standard variables in Easy View don't suit your needs exactly, you can change them or even make new variables of your own.

To open the master list of variables click on the 'Tools' menu and then 'Variable Settings'.

Variable Types

• DateTime
  This category is all variables that involve dates, times, days, months, years etc.
• Registry
  This category allows you to get settings from the Window registry.
  The main registry directory is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\Easy View.

Changing the format

The most common thing you may want to do is change the format of the way a variable will be displayed. For example the variable <Date> will display today's date like this 1/1/2010. This is because the format is set to M/d/yyyy. If you want to display the year with 2 numbers, you can change the format to M/d/yy. These are all standard Windows formatting techniques.

Adding a DateTime Variable

To add a new DateTime variable, click on the last row in the grid and enter the information in for the variable you want.

• VarName
  Name of the variable. This must be unique in the variable list.
• Type
  Enter DateTime for this type.
• StringFormat
  Format you want the date displayed in.
• Range
  The sets the maximum value you can use for calculated dates. For example entering 120 will limit you to either <Date-120> or <Date+120>. Do not set this any higher than you need it because it will increase the time to process the variables.
• Comment
  Enter any comments you want here.
• Deactivate
  Set this to 1 and you will no longer see the variable in the drop down menu and it won't be processed in any emails etc. Set it to 0 to activate it.

Adding a Registry Variable

To add a new Registry variable, click on the last row in the grid and enter the information in for the variable you want.

• VarName
  Name of the variable. This must be unique in the variable list.
• Type
  Enter Registry for this type.
• StringFormat
  Format you want the date displayed in.
• RegSec
  This is the section in the registry you want to use. The base directory is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\Easy View.
• RegKey
  This is the registry key you want to read in the section specified by the RegSec.
• Comment
  Enter any comments you want here.
• Deactivate
  Set this to 1 and you will no longer see the variable in the drop down menu and it won't be processed in any emails etc. Set it to 0 to activate it.

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