Fist one OCX file can contain multiple controls.
The answer is the registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLSID\{
equals the name of the OCX.
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How do we get the Class Id of an OCX control?
Suppose i have an OCX control (say MsCal.ocx) .How will i get the class id corresponding to that?
(if any source code is available for this, pl let me know)
thanking you
Regards
KnowledgeSeeker
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Dear MirkWood,
That idea is very good.
But i don't how to enumarate all the keys under HKEYS_CLASSE_ROOT\CLSID,
using RegEnumVal().I don't know exactly what parameters i have to pass to it,
so that i can enumarate all the keys under it, inside a loop.
Can u please help me with the code for that also.
I would be greatful if you can help me with tha code for getting the keys and storing
them in a collection.
Thank you very much.
Waiting for your reply.
Attribute VB_Name = "ModReg"
Option Explicit
Public Const REG_SZ As Long = 1
Public Const REG_DWORD As Long = 4
Public Const REG_EXPAND_SZ = 2
Declare Function ExpandEnvironmentStrings Lib "kernel32" Alias "ExpandEnvironmentStringsA
Type FILETIME
dwLowDateTime As Long
dwHighDateTime As Long
End Type
Public Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Public Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Public Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Public Const ERROR_NONE = 0
Public Const ERROR_BADDB = 1
Public Const ERROR_BADKEY = 2
Public Const ERROR_CANTOPEN = 3
Public Const ERROR_CANTREAD = 4
Public Const ERROR_CANTWRITE = 5
Public Const ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY = 6
Public Const ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER = 7
Public Const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 8
Public Const ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETERS = 87
Public Const ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259
Public Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = &H3F
Public Const REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0
Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
(ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
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, ByVal lpSecurityAttributes _
As Long, phkResult As Long, lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, _
ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As _
Long) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryValueExString Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As _
String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, ByVal lpData _
As String, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryValueExLong Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As _
String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, lpData As _
Long, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryValueExNULL Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As _
String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, ByVal lpData _
As Long, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegSetValueExString Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, _
ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByVal lpValue As _
String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegSetValueExLong Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, _
ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, lpValue As Long, _
ByVal cbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegEnumKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumKeyA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpName As String, _
ByVal cbName As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegEnumKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumKeyExA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpName As String, _
lpcbName As Long, lpReserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, _
lpcbClass As Long, lpftLastWriteTime As FILETIME) As Long
Declare Function RegEnumValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegEnumValueA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal dwIndex As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, _
lpcbValueName As Long, lpReserved As Long, lpType As Long, _
lpData As Byte, lpcbData As Long) As Long
Declare Function RegQueryInfoKey Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegQueryInfoKeyA" ( _
ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, lpcbClass As Long, lpReserved As Long, _
lpcSubKeys As Long, lpcbMaxSubKeyLen As Long, lpcbMaxClassLen As Long, lpcValues As Long, _
lpcbMaxValueNameLen As Long, lpcbMaxValueLen As Long, _
lpcbSecurityDescriptor As Long, lpftLastWriteTime As FILETIME) As Long
'*************************
'********* SetValueEx
'*************************
Public Function SetValueEx(ByVal hKey As Long, sValueName As String, _
ltype As Long, vValue As Variant) As Long
Dim lValue As Long
Dim sValue As String
Select Case ltype
Case REG_SZ
sValue = vValue + Chr$(0)
SetValueEx = RegSetValueExString(hKey, sValueName, 0&, _
ltype, sValue, Len(sValue))
Case REG_DWORD
lValue = vValue
Debug.Assert Len(sValueName) > 0 ' That does not work on windows 95
SetValueEx = RegSetValueExLong(hKey, sValueName, 0&, ltype, lValue, 4)
Case Else
Debug.Assert 0
End Select
End Function
'*************************
'********* QueryValueEx
'*************************
Function QueryValueEx(ByVal lhKey As Long, ByVal szValueName As _
String, vValue As Variant) As Long
Dim cch As Long
Dim lrc As Long
Dim ltype As Long
Dim lValue As Long
Dim sValue As String
On Error GoTo QueryValueExError
' Determine the size and type of data to be read
lrc = RegQueryValueExNULL(lhKey,
If lrc <> ERROR_NONE Then Error 5
Select Case ltype
' For strings
Case REG_SZ:
sValue = String$(cch, 0)
lrc = RegQueryValueExString(lhKe
sValue, cch)
If lrc = ERROR_NONE Then
If (cch > 1) Then
vValue = Left$(sValue, cch - 1)
Else
vValue = ""
End If
Else
vValue = Empty
End If
' For DWORDS
Case REG_DWORD:
lrc = RegQueryValueExLong(lhKey,
lValue, cch)
If lrc = ERROR_NONE Then vValue = lValue
Case REG_EXPAND_SZ:
sValue = String$(cch, 0)
lrc = RegQueryValueExString(lhKe
sValue, cch)
If lrc = ERROR_NONE Then
Dim result As String
result = String$(2048, 0)
Dim size As Integer
size = ExpandEnvironmentStrings(L
sValue = Left(result, size)
vValue = sValue
Else
vValue = Empty
End If
Case Else
'all other data types not supported
lrc = -1
End Select
QueryValueExExit:
QueryValueEx = lrc
Exit Function
QueryValueExError:
Resume QueryValueExExit
End Function
'*************************
'********* EnumKey
'*************************
Public Function EnumKey(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal index As Long, ByRef key As String) As Long
Dim cch As Long
Dim lrc As Long
Dim ltype As Long
Dim lValue As Long
Dim szKeyName As String
cch = 260
szKeyName = String$(cch, 0)
lrc = RegEnumKey(hKey, index, szKeyName, cch)
If (lrc = 0) Then
key = Left$(szKeyName, InStr(szKeyName, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
EnumKey = lrc
End Function
'*************************
'********* EnumValue
'*************************
Public Function EnumValue(ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal index As Long, ByRef valueName As String) As Long
Dim cch As Long
Dim lrc As Long
Dim ltype As Long
Dim lValue As Long
Dim szValueName As String
'Not tested yet
Debug.Assert 0
cch = 260
szValueName = String$(cch, 0)
lrc = RegEnumValue(hKey, index, szValueName, cch, 0, 0, 0, 0)
If (lrc = 0) Then
valueName = Left$(szValueName, InStr(szValueName, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
EnumValue = lrc
End Function
'*************************
'********* SetXXXValue
'*************************
Public Sub SetXXXValue(ByVal RootKey As Long, ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String, ByVal ltype As Long, ByVal value As Variant)
Dim lRetval As Long 'result of the API functions
Dim hKey As Long 'handle of opened key
Dim lDispo As Long
lRetval = RegOpenKeyEx(RootKey, sKeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey)
If (lRetval <> 0) Then
lRetval = RegCreateKeyEx(RootKey, sKeyName, 0, "", 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, 0, hKey, lDispo)
End If
If (lRetval = 0) Then
lRetval = SetValueEx(hKey, sValueName, ltype, value)
RegCloseKey (hKey)
End If
End Sub
Public Sub SetUserValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String, ByVal ltype As Long, ByVal value As Variant)
SetXXXValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sKeyName, sValueName, ltype, value
End Sub
Public Sub SetMachineValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String, ByVal ltype As Long, ByVal value As Variant)
SetXXXValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sKeyName, sValueName, ltype, value
End Sub
Public Sub SetClassesValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String, ByVal ltype As Long, ByVal value As Variant)
SetXXXValue HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, sKeyName, sValueName, ltype, value
End Sub
'*************************
'********* QueryXXXValue
'*************************
Public Function QueryXXXValue(ByVal RootKey As Long, ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String) As Variant
Dim lRetval As Long 'result of the API functions
Dim hKey As Long 'handle of opened key
Dim vValue As Variant 'setting of queried value
lRetval = RegOpenKeyEx(RootKey, sKeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey)
If (lRetval = 0) Then
lRetval = QueryValueEx(hKey, sValueName, vValue)
If Not (lRetval = 0) Then
vValue = Empty
End If
RegCloseKey (hKey)
End If
QueryXXXValue = vValue
End Function
Public Function QueryUserValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String) As Variant
QueryUserValue = QueryXXXValue(HKEY_CURRENT
End Function
Public Function QueryMachineValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String) As Variant
QueryMachineValue = QueryXXXValue(HKEY_LOCAL_M
End Function
Public Function QueryClassesValue(ByVal sKeyName As String, ByVal sValueName As String) As Variant
QueryClassesValue = QueryXXXValue(HKEY_CLASSES
End Function
'*************************
'********* EnumXXXValues
'*************************
Public Function EnumXXXValues(ByVal RootKey As Long, ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim nrValues As Long
Dim lrc As Long
Dim value As String
Dim hKey As Long
Dim AllValuesCollection As New Collection
Dim lRetval As Long
Dim vValues() As String
On Error GoTo leave
hKey = 0
lRetval = RegOpenKeyEx(RootKey, sKeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey)
If (lRetval = 0) Then
lrc = 0
i = 0
'Request all Values
While lrc = 0
lrc = EnumValue(hKey, i, value)
If (lrc = 0) Then
i = i + 1
AllValuesCollection.Add value, "Value" & i
End If
Wend
'Copy all Values in a variant array
If (i > 0) Then
nrValues = i
ReDim vValues(nrValues - 1) As String
For i = 1 To nrValues
vValues(i - 1) = AllValuesCollection("Value
Next
End If
End If
'Set return value
EnumXXXValues = vValues
leave:
If (hKey <> 0) Then
RegCloseKey hKey
End If
End Function
Public Function EnumUserValues(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumUserValues = EnumXXXValues(HKEY_CURRENT
End Function
Public Function EnumMachineValues(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumMachineValues = EnumXXXValues(HKEY_LOCAL_M
End Function
Public Function EnumClassesValues(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumClassesValues = EnumXXXValues(HKEY_CLASSES
End Function
'*************************
'********* EnumXXXKeys
'*************************
Public Function EnumXXXKeys(ByVal RootKey As Long, ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim nrKeys As Long
Dim lrc As Long
Dim key As String
Dim hKey As Long
Dim AllKeysCollection As New Collection
Dim vKeys() As String
Dim lRetval As Long
On Error GoTo leave
hKey = 0
lRetval = RegOpenKeyEx(RootKey, sKeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey)
If (lRetval = 0) Then
lrc = 0
i = 0
'Request all keys
While lrc = 0
lrc = EnumKey(hKey, i, key)
If (lrc = 0) Then
i = i + 1
AllKeysCollection.Add key, "Key" & i
End If
Wend
'Copy all keys in a variant array
If (i > 0) Then
nrKeys = i
ReDim vKeys(nrKeys - 1) As String
For i = 1 To nrKeys
vKeys(i - 1) = AllKeysCollection("Key" & i)
Next
End If
End If
'Set return value
EnumXXXKeys = vKeys
leave:
If (hKey <> 0) Then
RegCloseKey hKey
End If
End Function
Public Function EnumUserKeys(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumUserKeys = EnumXXXKeys(HKEY_CURRENT_U
End Function
Public Function EnumMachineKeys(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumMachineKeys = EnumXXXKeys(HKEY_LOCAL_MAC
End Function
Public Function EnumClassesKeys(ByVal sKeyName As String) As Variant
EnumClassesKeys = EnumXXXKeys(HKEY_CLASSES_R
End Function
Public Function RegClassesHasSubKeys(ByVal
Dim lRetval As Long
Dim subkeys As Long
Dim hKey As Long 'handle of opened key
Dim ft As FILETIME
Dim Class As String
Dim cbClass As Long
Dim cbMaxSubKeyLen As Long
Dim cbMaxClassLen As Long
Dim cValues As Long
Dim cbMaxValueNameLen As Long
Dim cbMaxValueLen As Long
Dim cbSecurityDescriptor As Long
RegClassesHasSubKeys = False
lRetval = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_
If (lRetval = 0) Then
lRetval = RegQueryInfoKey(hKey, Class, cbClass, ByVal 0, subkeys, cbMaxSubKeyLen, cbMaxClassLen, _
cValues, cbMaxValueNameLen, cbMaxValueLen, cbSecurityDescriptor, ft)
If (lRetval = 0) And subkeys > 0 Then
RegClassesHasSubKeys = True
Else
RegClassesHasSubKeys = False
End If
RegCloseKey hKey
End If
End Function
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by: MirkwoodPosted on 1998-12-08 at 00:03:57ID: 1488774
Fist one OCX file can contain multiple controls.
......}\In procsvr32
The answer is the registry.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLSID\{
equals the name of the OCX.