Pin To Start Up

Hi

I have two checkboxes on my form. What i want to do is when one is clicked it pins the program to start up and if the other is clicked it unpins the program from startup. Is there anyway of doing this.

Thanks

Jamie:D

What do you mean by "pin" and "unpin"? :confused:

ok "pin to startup" means that the program starts on startup and "unpin from startup" means that if the program is already set to go on startup it doesnt

Oh....never heard that expression before. :D Here is an example

vb Code:

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 RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String) 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
 
 
Private Const REG_SZ = 1 ' Unicode nul terminated String
Private Const REG_DWORD = 4 ' 32-bit number
Private Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Private Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Private Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004
Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
 
 
Private Const UNIT_NAME = "UTILITY"
'To use the procedures;
'---------
'If StartUp Then
'    Call MakeStartUp(AddFile(App.Path, (App.EXEName & ".exe")))
'Else
'    Call DeleteFromStartup(AddFile(App.Path, (App.EXEName & ".exe")))
'End If
'==================================
 
Private Sub MakeStartUp(FileName As String)
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim MarkPos As Integer
Dim Application As String
    
Application = GetFileName(FileName)
Application = Left(Application, (Len(Application) - 4)) 'Replace(Application, ".exe", "", , , vbTextCompare) & "~@#"
Call SaveString(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", Application, FileName)
End Sub
 
Private Sub SaveKey(hKey As Long, strPath As String)
    Dim KeyHand&
    Dim r As Long
    
    r = RegCreateKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand&)
    r = RegCloseKey(KeyHand&)
End Sub
 
Private Function GetString(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String)
    'EXAMPLE:
    '
    'text1.text = getstring(HKEY_CURRENT_USE
    '
    ' R, "Software\VBW\Registry", "String")
    '
    Dim KeyHand As Long
    Dim datatype As Long
    Dim lResult As Long
    Dim strBuf As String
    Dim lDataBufSize As Long
    Dim intZeroPos As Integer
    Dim r As Long
    Dim lValueType As Long
    
    r = RegOpenKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand)
    lResult = RegQueryValueEx(KeyHand, strValue, 0&, lValueType, ByVal 0&, lDataBufSize)
 
 
    If lValueType = REG_SZ Then
        strBuf = String(lDataBufSize, " ")
        lResult = RegQueryValueEx(KeyHand, strValue, 0&, 0&, ByVal strBuf, lDataBufSize)
 
 
        If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
            intZeroPos = InStr(strBuf, Chr$(0))
 
 
            If intZeroPos > 0 Then
                GetString = Left(strBuf, intZeroPos - 1)
            Else
                GetString = strBuf
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Function
 
Private Sub SaveString(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String, strdata As String)
    'EXAMPLE:
    '
    'Call savestring(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Sof
    '
    ' tware\VBW\Registry", "String", text1.t
    '     ex
    ' t)
    '
    Dim KeyHand As Long
    Dim r As Long
    
    r = RegCreateKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand)
    r = RegSetValueEx(KeyHand, strValue, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal strdata, Len(strdata))
    r = RegCloseKey(KeyHand)
End Sub
 
 
Private Function GetDWord(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal strPath As String, ByVal strValueName As String) As Long
    'EXAMPLE:
    '
    'text1.text = getdword(HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    '
    ' , "Software\VBW\Registry", "Dword")
    '
    Dim lResult As Long
    Dim lValueType As Long
    Dim lBuf As Long
    Dim lDataBufSize As Long
    Dim r As Long
    Dim KeyHand As Long
    
    r = RegOpenKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand)
    ' Get length/data type
    lDataBufSize = 4
    lResult = RegQueryValueEx(KeyHand, strValueName, 0&, lValueType, lBuf, lDataBufSize)
 
 
    If lResult = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
 
 
        If lValueType = REG_DWORD Then
            GetDWord = lBuf
        End If
        'Else
        'Call errlog("GetDWORD-" & strPath, Fals
        '
        ' e)
    End If
    r = RegCloseKey(KeyHand)
End Function
 
 
Private Function SaveDword(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal strPath As String, ByVal strValueName As String, ByVal lData As Long)
    'EXAMPLE"
    '
    'Call SaveDword(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Soft
    '
    ' ware\VBW\Registry", "Dword", text1.tex
    '     t)
    '
    '
    Dim lResult As Long
    Dim KeyHand As Long
    Dim r As Long
    
    r = RegCreateKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand)
    lResult = RegSetValueEx(KeyHand, strValueName, 0&, REG_DWORD, lData, 4)
    'If lResult <> error_success Then
    ' Call errlog("SetDWORD", False)
    r = RegCloseKey(KeyHand)
End Function
 
 
Private Function DeleteKey(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal strKey As String)
    'EXAMPLE:
    '
    'Call DeleteKey(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Soft
    '
    ' ware\VBW")
    '
    Dim r As Long
    
    r = RegDeleteKey(hKey, strKey)
End Function
 
 
Private Function DeleteValue(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal strPath As String, ByVal strValue As String)
    'EXAMPLE:
    '
    'Call DeleteValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "So
    '
    ' ftware\VBW\Registry", "Dword")
    '
    Dim KeyHand As Long
    Dim r As Long
    
    r = RegOpenKey(hKey, strPath, KeyHand)
    r = RegDeleteValue(KeyHand, strValue)
    r = RegCloseKey(KeyHand)
End Function
 
Private Sub DeleteFromStartup(FileName As String)
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim MarkPos As Integer
Dim Application As String
   
Application = GetFileName(FileName)
Application = Left(Application, (Len(Application) - 4)) 'Replace(Application, ".exe", "", , , vbTextCompare) & "~@#"
Call DeleteValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", Application)
End Sub
 
Private Function GetFileName(Path As String) As String
'returnes the filename from a path.
 
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim LastPos As Integer
 
LastPos = 1
For Counter = 1 To Len(Path)
    If Mid(Path, Counter, 1) = "\" Then
        LastPos = Counter
    End If
Next Counter
 
GetFileName = Mid(Path, (LastPos + 1), Len(Path))
 
End Function
 
Private Function AddFile(Path As String, File As String) As String
'This procedure adds a file name to a path.
If Right(Path, 2) = ":\" Then
    Path = Path & File
Else
    Path = Path & "\" & File
End If