Registry

[Sheryl M]

i would like to know how to access a certain key in the registry i.e. BinDirPath key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Micorsoft\Office\8.0.
thanks hope you could help me.

[cksiow]

refer http://vblib.virtualave.net, there is a class vbRegistry in the activeX DLL which wrap the API for ease of use.


HTH

cksiow
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[poobal]

Hi!
You can use RegQueryValueEx

API.
By using this dll function along with RegCloseKey ,RegOpenKey

you can achive this.

private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpValueName as string, byval lpReserved as Long, lpType as Long, lpData as Any, lpcbData as Long) as Long




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[Sheryl M]

can you please give me a sample code for using these registry function?
thanks.

[poobal]

Hi!
Here is the sample code.

'This program needs 3 buttons
Const REG_SZ = 1 ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_BINARY = 3 ' Free form binary
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (byval hKey as Long) as Long
private Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpSubKey as string, phkResult as Long) as Long
private Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpValueName as string) as Long
private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpSubKey as string, phkResult as Long) as Long
private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpValueName as string, byval lpReserved as Long, lpType as Long, lpData as Any, lpcbData as Long) as Long
private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (byval hKey as Long, byval lpValueName as string, byval Reserved as Long, byval dwType as Long, lpData as Any, byval cbData as Long) as Long
Function RegQueryStringValue(byval hKey as Long, byval strValueName as string) as string
Dim lResult as Long, lValueType as Long, strBuf as string, lDataBufSize as Long
'retrieve nformation about the key
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, lValueType, byval 0, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 then
If lValueType = REG_SZ then
'Create a buffer
strBuf = string(lDataBufSize, Chr$(0))
'retrieve the key's content
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, 0, byval strBuf, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 then
'Remove the unnecessary chr$(0)'s
RegQueryStringValue = Left$(strBuf, InStr(1, strBuf, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
ElseIf lValueType = REG_BINARY then
Dim strData as Integer
'retrieve the key's value
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, 0, strData, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 then
RegQueryStringValue = strData
End If
End If
End If
End Function
Function GetString(hKey as Long, strPath as string, strValue as string)
Dim Ret
'Open the key
RegOpenKey hKey, strPath, Ret
'get the key's content
GetString = RegQueryStringValue(Ret, strValue)
'Close the key
RegCloseKey Ret
End Function
Sub SaveString(hKey as Long, strPath as string, strValue as string, strData as string)
Dim Ret
'Create a new key
RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
'Save a string to the key
RegSetValueEx Ret, strValue, 0, REG_SZ, byval strData, len(strData)
'close the key
RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
Sub SaveStringLong(hKey as Long, strPath as string, strValue as string, strData as string)
Dim Ret
'Create a new key
RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
'set the key's value
RegSetValueEx Ret, strValue, 0, REG_BINARY, CByte(strData), 4
'close the key
RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
Sub DelSetting(hKey as Long, strPath as string, strValue as string)
Dim Ret
'Create a new key
RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
'Delete the key's value
RegDeleteValue Ret, strValue
'close the key
RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim strString as string
'Ask for a value
strString = InputBox("Please enter a value between 0 and 255 to be saved as a binary value in the registry.", App.Title)
If strString = "" Or Val(strString) > 255 Or Val(strString) < 0 then
MsgBox "Invalid value entered ...", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, App.Title
Exit Sub
End If
'Save the value to the registry
SaveStringLong HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "test", "BinaryValue", CByte(strString)
End Sub
private Sub Command2_Click()
'get a string from the registry
Ret = GetString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "test", "BinaryValue")
If Ret = "" then MsgBox "No value found !", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, App.Title: Exit Sub
MsgBox "The value is " + Ret, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, App.Title
End Sub
private Sub Command3_Click()
'Delete the setting from the registry
DelSetting HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "test", "BinaryValue"
MsgBox "The value was deleted ...", vbInformation + vbOKOnly, App.Title
End Sub
private Sub Form_Load()
Command1.Caption = "set Value"
Command2.Caption = "get Value"
Command3.Caption = "Delete Value"
End Sub




All the best.
-Poobal


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