I'm saving Keys in the registry, and I have a slight issue here. What if I wanna delete some values using VB?
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I'm saving Keys in the registry, and I have a slight issue here. What if I wanna delete some values using VB?
there are two api functions:
RegDeleteKey and RegDeleteValue
you'll need em.
VB Code:
'Windows 9x: The RegDeleteKey function deletes a key 'and all its descendents.Windows NT: The RegDeleteKey 'function deletes the specified key. This function 'cannot delete a key that has subkeys. Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001 Const REG_OPTION_BACKUP_RESTORE = 4 ' open for backup or restore Const REG_OPTION_VOLATILE = 1 ' Key is not preserved when system is rebooted Const REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0 ' Key is preserved when system is rebooted Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL = &H1F0000 Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000 Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000 Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = (READ_CONTROL) Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = (READ_CONTROL) Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20 Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4 Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8 Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10 Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1 Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2 Const KEY_READ = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE)) Const KEY_WRITE = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE)) Const KEY_EXECUTE = (KEY_READ) Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY Or KEY_CREATE_LINK) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE)) Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long Private Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) As Long Private Declare Function RegCreateKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, lpSecurityAttributes As Any, phkResult As Long, lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long Private Sub Form_Load() 'KPD-Team 2000 'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url] 'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email] Dim Result As Long 'Check if the specified key exists RegOpenKeyEx HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, Result 'If the key doesn't exist, we create it If Result = 0 Then 'Create a new key RegCreateKeyEx HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", 0, "REG_DWORD", REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, ByVal 0&, Result, Ret If Result = 0 Then MsgBox "Error while creating the Key!!" Exit Sub End If End If 'Delete the key RegDeleteKey Result, "" 'close the handle RegCloseKey Result End Sub 'The RegDeleteValue function removes a named value from the 'specified registry key. 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, "KPD-Team", "BinaryValue", CByte(strString) End Sub Private Sub Command2_Click() 'Get a string from the registry Ret = GetString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", "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, "KPD-Team", "BinaryValue" MsgBox "The value was deleted ...", vbInformation + vbOKOnly, App.Title End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() 'KPD-Team 1998 'URL: [url]http://www.allapi.net/[/url] 'E-Mail: [email][email protected][/email] Command1.Caption = "Set Value" Command2.Caption = "Get Value" Command3.Caption = "Delete Value" End Sub