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RegSetValue - Associate the Registry Key with a Text String

Valid on Windows

The RegSetValue function associates the specified registry key with a text string.

Function format:

RegSetValue(hKey as Integer, subkey as String, value as String) as Boolean

hKey

Identifies a currently open key or a predefined key. The hKey parameter can have one of the following predefined values:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_USERS

subkey

Identifies the name of the subkey that is to be set.

value

Identifies the String value that is to be set in the variable.

On successful completion, the function returns TRUE; otherwise, returns FALSE.

Example:

Dim hkey1, hkey2, hkey3 as integer
Dim cBuf as string
Dim ccBuf[47] as char
Dim bBuf[100] as byte
Dim i as integer

ClrScr()
for i = 0 to 99
	bBuf[i] = i
next i
cBuf = "1234567890ßqwertzuiopü+asdfghjklöä#<yxcvbnm,.-"
ccBuf = cBuf

hkey1 = RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE")

if hkey1 = 0 then
	Print("RegOpenKey failed.")
	exit
endif

hkey2 = RegCreateKey(hkey1, "CA Technology")
if hkey2 = 0 then
	Print("RegCreateKey 1 failed.")
	exit
endif

if Not(RegSetValue(hkey1, "CA", "International")) then
	Print("RegSetValue failed")
endif

hkey3 = RegCreateKey(hkey2, "4 test only")
if hkey3 = 0 then
	Print("RegCreateKey 2 failed.")
	exit
endif

if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_1", 123)) then
	Print("RegSetVar 1 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_2", "i'm a string")) then
	Print("RegSetVar 2 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_3", cBuf, 46)) then
	Print("RegSetVar 3 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_4", bBuf, 100)) then
	Print("RegSetVar 4 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_5", cBuf, 46, REG_SZ)) then
	Print("RegSetVar 5 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegSetVariable(hkey3, "var_6", ccBuf, 46, REG_SZ)) then
	Print("RegSetVar 5 failed.")
endif

if Not(RegCloseKey(hkey3)) then
	Print("RegCloseKey for hkey3 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegCloseKey(hkey2)) then
	Print("RegCloseKey for hkey2 failed.")
endif
if Not(RegCloseKey(hkey1)) then
	Print("RegCloseKey for hkey1 failed.")

endif