Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Const REG_OPTION_BACKUP_RESTORE = 4     ' open for backup or restore
Const REG_OPTION_VOLATILE = 1           ' Key is not preserved when system is rebooted
Const REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0       ' Key is preserved when system is rebooted
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL = &H1F0000
Const SYNCHRONIZE = &H100000
Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ = (READ_CONTROL)
Const STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE = (READ_CONTROL)
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Const KEY_READ = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Const KEY_WRITE = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_WRITE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Const KEY_EXECUTE = (KEY_READ)
Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = ((STANDARD_RIGHTS_ALL Or KEY_QUERY_VALUE Or KEY_SET_VALUE Or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY Or KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS Or KEY_NOTIFY Or KEY_CREATE_LINK) And (Not SYNCHRONIZE))
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey 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 RegCreateKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, lpSecurityAttributes As Any, phkResult As Long, lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 2000
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    Dim Result As Long
    'Check if the specified key exists
    RegOpenKeyEx HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, Result
    'If the key doesn't exist, we create it
    If Result = 0 Then
        'Create a new key
        RegCreateKeyEx HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", 0, "REG_DWORD", REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, ByVal 0&, Result, Ret
        If Result = 0 Then
            MsgBox "Error while creating the Key!!"
            Exit Sub
        End If
    End If
    'Delete the key
    RegDeleteKey Result, ""
    'close the handle
    RegCloseKey Result
End Sub

'This program needs 3 buttons
Const REG_SZ = 1 ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_BINARY = 3 ' Free form binary
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
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
Sub SaveString(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String, strData As String)
    Dim Ret
    'Create a new key
    RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
    'Save a string to the key
    RegSetValueEx Ret, strValue, 0, REG_SZ, ByVal strData, Len(strData)
    'close the key
    RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
Sub SaveStringLong(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String, strData As String)
    Dim Ret
    'Create a new key
    RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
    'Set the key's value
    RegSetValueEx Ret, strValue, 0, REG_BINARY, CByte(strData), 4
    'close the key
    RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
Sub DelSetting(hKey As Long, strPath As String, strValue As String)
    Dim Ret
    'Create a new key
    RegCreateKey hKey, strPath, Ret
    'Delete the key's value
    RegDeleteValue Ret, strValue
    'close the key
    RegCloseKey Ret
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Dim strString As String
    'Ask for a value
    strString = InputBox("Please enter a value between 0 and 255 to be saved as a binary value in the registry.", App.Title)
    If strString = "" Or Val(strString) > 255 Or Val(strString) < 0 Then
        MsgBox "Invalid value entered ...", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, App.Title
        Exit Sub
    End If
    'Save the value to the registry
    SaveStringLong HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", "BinaryValue", CByte(strString)
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
    'Get a string from the registry
    Ret = GetString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", "BinaryValue")
    If Ret = "" Then MsgBox "No value found !", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, App.Title: Exit Sub
    MsgBox "The value is " + Ret, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, App.Title
End Sub
Private Sub Command3_Click()
    'Delete the setting from the registry
    DelSetting HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "KPD-Team", "BinaryValue"
    MsgBox "The value was deleted ...", vbInformation + vbOKOnly, App.Title
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: KPDTeam@Allapi.net
    Command1.Caption = "Set Value"
    Command2.Caption = "Get Value"
    Command3.Caption = "Delete Value"
End Sub