Environment variable comes off App Server, oh well.

I just tried an environment variable from a different machine and it reads it off of the Application Server machine, so I won't be using that method. Maybe I can't avoid WebUtil after all. Do you know if the jacobBin_17.zip file is required for what I want to do? Or can I leave it out as I won't need OLE? They should change that name, jacobBin is too much like jacobian and brings back bad memories from calculus.

They should change that name, jacobBin is too much like jacobian and brings back bad memories from calculus. Well, Jacobin makes me think of eigtheenth century French politics. I really ought to renew my membership of the Must Get Out More Club.
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