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Script Hostejemplo del API-Guide:
Const REG_SZ = 1 ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_BINARY = 3 ' Free form binary
Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE As Long = &H80000002
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 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
Function RegQueryStringValue(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal strValueName As String) As String
Dim lResult As Long, lValueType As Long, strBuf As String, lDataBufSize As Long
'retrieve nformation about the key
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, lValueType, ByVal 0, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 Then
If lValueType = REG_SZ Then
'Create a buffer
strBuf = String(lDataBufSize, Chr$(0))
'retrieve the key's content
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, 0, ByVal strBuf, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 Then
'Remove the unnecessary chr$(0)'s
RegQueryStringValue = Left$(strBuf, InStr(1, strBuf, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
ElseIf lValueType = REG_BINARY Then
Dim strData As Integer
'retrieve the key's value
lResult = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, strValueName, 0, 0, strData, lDataBufSize)
If lResult = 0 Then
RegQueryStringValue = strData
End If
End If
End If
End Function
Function GetString(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String)
Dim Ret
'Open the key
RegOpenKey hKey, strPath, Ret
'Get the key's content
GetString = RegQueryStringValue(Ret, strValue)
'Close the key
RegCloseKey Ret
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
'KPD-Team 1998
'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
Ret = GetString(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents", "OOBETimer")
If Ret = "" Then MsgBox "No value found !", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, App.Title: Exit Sub
MsgBox "The value is " + Ret, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, App.Title
End Sub
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Lightning! Registry