read from registry key multi-string value ?

[SystemX]

Hi,

I have made this code and it does work with a normal string key, but with a multi-string value(REG_MULTI_SZ) key it does not :/

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim readValue As String
        readValue = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test", "test123", Nothing)

        For Each itemD As String In readValue

            ListBox1.Items.Add(itemD)
        Next

    End Sub

The error is this : Conversion from type 'String()' to type 'String' is not valid.

So how do i read from a multi-tring value registry key and list is all into the listbox ?

Thanks

[weirddemon]

Do you have Option Strict On? I'm going to guess not. The value you get from GetValue is an object. You're implicitly converting an object to a string. Which is most likely the problem. If you cast the object to a string, then it should work.

[SystemX]

Do you have Option Strict On? I'm going to guess not.

Makes no difference, same error :/

but if i use a normal registry key then it works fine, just not with mutli-string value

Thanks

[weirddemon]

You should always keep Option Strict on as a good programming practice and to avoid possible mistakes later on.

In the case of this issue, it's because a multi-string registry value is returned as an array. But you're not treating it as such.

I did this which allowed me to find an example by JMC here. It took about 10 seconds to do so. Although I haven't tried the example myself, it looks fairly solid.

*Edit: It works fine. Please do a little research next time before posting a question. It helps eliminate clutter such as this.