Registry Reading
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Hey guys, after searching and looking through some tutorials, i cant seem to find a simple example of reading from an existing registry key, or writing a creating a new registry key.
This is one of those things, I would expect is well documented and easy to pick up, but im finding it pretty difficult.
/***********************************************************************************************Get keys function written by Aaron Holland 14 Mar 2000 This function returns a key value KeyName: A sub key. (can contain \'s) AttribName: The attribute name. returns: A string value of the Data***********************************************************************************************/char* GetRegSetting(HKEY TopLevel, LPCSTR KeyName, LPSTR AttribName){ //declare variables long KeySize = 255; HKEY KeyPointer; if(DEBUG){ printf("KeyName: %s\n", KeyName); printf("AttribName: %s\n", AttribName); } RegOpenKeyEx(TopLevel, KeyName, NULL, KEY_READ, &KeyPointer); RegQueryValueEx(KeyPointer, AttribName, NULL, NULL, (LPBYTE)output, (LPDWORD)&KeySize); RegCloseKey(KeyPointer); if(DEBUG){ printf("Read registry value: %s\n", output); } return output;}/***********************************************************************************************Set keys function written by Aaron Holland 1 Nov 2000 This function sets a key value KeyName: A sub key. (can contain \'s) AttribName: The attribute name. Value: A value for the attribute***********************************************************************************************/void SetRegSetting(HKEY TopLevel, LPCSTR KeyName, LPSTR AttribName, const BYTE* Value, int Size){ //declare variables DWORD KeySize = (DWORD)Size; HKEY KeyPointer; if(DEBUG){ printf("KeyName: %s\n", KeyName); printf("AttribName: %s\n", AttribName); } RegOpenKeyEx(TopLevel, KeyName, NULL, KEY_WRITE, &KeyPointer); RegSetValueEx(KeyPointer, AttribName, NULL, REG_SZ, Value, KeySize); RegCloseKey(KeyPointer); if(DEBUG){ printf("Wrote registry value: \n%s\n", Value); }}No keys actually being created here, but should get you started. MSDN for RegOpenKeyEx and there will probably be links to CreateKey etc...
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