Variables Module

The variables modules allows you to setup common values needed throughout a palette, to save you time in updating lots of places later on.

Once you specify a variable, it can be used later on - in anything - by just referencing "#(<variable-name>)". And by anything, I mean anything - although the variable reference is passed in via a string, you can pass it regardless of a property's type.

• Properties
• Paint
• Erase

Properties

Key	Type	Description	Values
variables	key-value pair list	This is a list of key-value pairs, where the key is the variable name and the value is the variables value. The value can be of any type	-

Paint

The following is an example of using the variables type in a paint section:

{
    "paint": [
        {
            "type": "variables",
            "variables": {
                "value1": "install",
                "value2": 123,
                "value3": true
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "echo",
            "text": "Easy as #(value2)"
        },
        {
            "type": "windows-optional-feature",
            "ensure": "install",
            "all": "#(value3)",
            "names": [
                "Microsoft-Hyper-V"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The above will setup three variables called value1, value2 and value3, each with the values install, 123 and true respectively.

The echo command will output Easy as 123.

The windows optional features command has a property all which actually takes a boolean value. Regardless you can still pass a variable like above, and just like the value assigned to 'value3', 'all' will be true.

Erase

The erase section is identical to the paint section.