I want to be able to save a registry key with all it's values to a variable in my program and then be able to restore it after changes are made. Example: Command1 button saves the key and Command2 button restores it. So if the user makes changes and then doesn't like them they will be able to restore that key to it's original values. It's the saving and restoring part I can't get.
Thanks
To save a retrieve values from the Registry:
Public Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Public Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Public Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Public Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004
Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hkey As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long
Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String) As Long
Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hkey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
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
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)
Dim lResult As Long
Dim lValueType As Long
Dim strBuf As String
Dim lDataBufSize As Long
On Error GoTo 0
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, strValueName, 0&, lValueType, ByVal 0&, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
If lValueType = REG_SZ Then
strBuf = String(lDataBufSize, " ")
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hkey, strValueName, 0&, 0&, ByVal strBuf, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
RegQueryStringValue = StripTerminator(strBuf)
End If
End If
End If
End Function
Public Function GetString(hkey As Long, strpath As String, strvalue As String)
Dim keyhand&
Dim datatype&
r = RegOpenKey(hkey, strpath, keyhand&)
GetString = RegQueryStringValue(keyhand&, strvalue)
r = RegCloseKey(keyhand&)
End Function
Function StripTerminator(ByVal strString As String) As String
Dim intZeroPos As Integer
intZeroPos = InStr(strString, Chr$(0))
If intZeroPos > 0 Then
StripTerminator = Left$(strString, intZeroPos - 1)
Else
StripTerminator = strString
End If
End Function
Public Sub savestring(hkey As Long, strpath As String, strvalue As String, strdata As String)
Dim keyhand&
r = RegCreateKey(hkey, strpath, keyhand&)
r = RegSetValueEx(keyhand&, strvalue, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal strdata, Len(strdata))
r = RegCloseKey(keyhand&)
End Sub
Usage
Use the Functions GetString and SaveString to retrieve and save values to the Registry. Here is an example. Make a Form with 2 CommandButtons's and put the following code into them.
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'Save a Value to the Registry
savestring HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Myapp", "Testing", "Hello"
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'Get a value from the Registry
Retval = GetString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Myapp", "Testing")
Print Retval
End Sub
I guess I wasn't clear. I know hot to save and retrieve values to the registry. I want to save the entire contents of a key and then be able to restore it. Like Scanregw does but only for one key.