-// wxGetenv is declared in wxchar.h, but define a wrapper/synonym for it for
-// consistency with wxSetEnv
-inline const wxChar *wxGetEnv(const wxString& var) { return wxGetenv(var); }
+// returns TRUE if variable exists (value may be NULL if you just want to check
+// for this)
+WXDLLEXPORT bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value);