Possible to read from registry without API?

[pbolin]

I dont want to use the getsettings functions etc. as i am trying to determine the version of office installed using the registry, and im not having much luck with the API calls...i am simply trying to determine the existance of a key. the relevent code is as follows:

Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&

Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "AdvApi32" (ByVal Hkey As Long, ByVal lpsubkey As String, ByVal uloptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, ByVal phkresult As Long) As Long

<and later down in the function to determin version:>

Success = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\9.0", 0, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, Presult)
If Success = ERROR_SUCCESS Then MsgBox "2000" Else MsgBox "98,97"

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The Erorr message i am getitng is :
Cant find DLL Entry Point RegOpenKeyEx in AdvApi32

Have read help contents, but havent been able to solve, all help appreciated.

[Vlatko]

Try this declaration:

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

[Megatron]

You can't access a custom part of the registry without API. If you don't want to use API, use the SaveSetting and GetSetting functions, but they can only save in a specified path.