Registry...?????

I want to make a dir in the registry with some keys for programm settings, but i want it on "hkey_localmachine\software\timer" (timer = programm's name...).

this doesn't work with the savesettings-function (only hkey_currentuser\software\vb and vba program\timer ........)

is there a OCX or somethiny else, that could help me ?
thanx for help

vbAlex

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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

[email protected]
A BMW Group Company

Sure thing:

Code:

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Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, 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
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 SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, phkResult As Long, lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long

Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Private Const REG_SZ = 1
Private Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
        nLength As Long
        lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
        bInheritHandle As Long
End Type

Public Sub SaveProgram(pHive As Long, pKeyName As String, pProgramName As String)
    Dim lKeyHandle As Long
    Dim lRet As Long
    Dim strValue As String
    Dim strKey As String
    Dim sec As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    Dim lDummy As Long
   
    sec.nLength = Len(sec)
    strKey = "Software\Timer"
    strValue = "MyProgram"
    lRet = RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKey, 0, vbNullString, 0, KEY_SET_VALUE, sec, lKeyHandle, lDummy)
    If lRet <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        MsgBox "Error creating a KEY", vbCritical
        Exit Sub
    End If
    RegCloseKey lKeyHandle
    lRet = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKey, 0, KEY_SET_VALUE, lKeyHandle)
    If lRet = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        lRet = RegSetValueEx(lKeyHandle, strValue, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal "", 1)
        RegCloseKey lKeyHandle
    End If
End Sub

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Usage: SaveProgram KEYROOT, KeyValue, ProgramName

Example: SaveProgram HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "Software\Timer", "MyProgram"


Regards,

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Serge

Software Developer
[email protected]
[email protected]

thanx!