starting application after a set_env variable

[Roberto Ostinelli]

dear all,

i'm starting an application which i need to dinamically configure.

therefore, in the my_app.app file, i set an empty list as env:

{application, my_app,
[
	{description, "My App"},
	{vsn, "0.3"},
[...]
	{env, []},
	{mod, {my_app, []}}
]}.

then, before starting the application, i set the env variables i need,  
with:

application:set_env(my_app, var1, "value").

then i start the application with application:start(my_app), and in  
the start/2 function of my_app i have:

start(_Type, _StartArgs) ->
	{ok, Var1} = application:get_env(my_app, var1),
	my_sup:start_link(Var1).

so, basically i use Var1 as parameter of my_sup, which is my top level  
supervisor.

i can see that Var1 is correct within my_app:start/2, because if i  
print it out it corresponds to the string "value".

however, the application fails to start, and i get the following:

{error,{shutdown,{my_app,start,[normal,[]]}}}

=INFO REPORT==== 20-Jun-2009::11:12:35 ===
     application: my_app
     exited: {shutdown,{my_app,start,[normal,[]]}}
     type: temporary

if, instead, i set the var1 in the my_app.app file, without changing  
ANYTHING in the code, everything works correctly:

{application, my_app,
[
	{description, "My App"},
	{vsn, "0.3"},
[...]
	{env, [{var1, "value"}]},
	{mod, {my_app, []}}
]}.


is there some kind soul to tell me what i'm doing wrong?

thank you in advance,

r.