Environment variables in VB6

use the environ function, for example

environ("username")

Unless it's global, such as those that load during Windows startup, your application will not be able to access an environment variable that has been created by another application.

When I tried mstraf's tip, I got an error message...
it is (usually) helpful to know what error message you get... :)

for me

debug.print environ("username")

works fine

Maybe it will be useful if I tell the scenario:

I am trying to make a U3 (www.u3.com) app. To do this, the U3 container program creates several environment variables that my app will need to read.
For example, the variable "U3_HOST_EXEC_PATH" holds the path to my app on the U3 device.

The U3 SDK says that my app will need to read these variables in order to work. Is there any way I can do this? Why would the SDK say to do it if there is no possible way?

Interesting! I'll have a better look at the code soon, and I'll post back then.