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I am writeing a Driver type program, so I need to make my program detect the .exe name and then copy it to the windows system dir...and then take the new path and add it to the registry. Thanks
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Did your quesion about reading and writing to registry?
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no, I dont care about reading...I just want to know how to add a string to the registry...please post an example.
To write to Registry write this procedure:

procedure WriteRegs;
var
  MyRegs: TRegistry;
begin
  MyRegs:= TRegistry.Create;
  MyRegs.RootKey:= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;  // Root key (directory)

  (*** Open \Software\My Company\My App key, create it if it is not exist ***)
  MyRegs.OpenKey('\SOFTWARE\My Company\My App', True);

  (*** Write data to registry,
   in (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\My Company\My App ***)
  MyRegs.WriteInteger('Ver', 1);
  MyRegs.WriteInteger('Release', 2);
  MyRegs.WriteString('LastUser', 'Unknown');
  MyRegs.CloseKey;
  MyRegs.Free;

end;

To Read from Registry:

function ReadRegs(var Ver, Release: Integer; var LastUser: string): Boolean;
var
  MyRegs: TRegistry;
begin
  Result:= False;
  MyRegs:= TRegistry.Create;
  MyRegs.RootKey:= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;  // Root key (directory)

  (*** Open \Software\My Company\My App key if there is a data ***)
  if MyRegs.OpenKey('\SOFTWARE\My Company\My App', False) then
  begin

    (*** Read data from registry,
     at (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\My Company\My App ***)
    Ver:= MyRegs.ReadInteger('Ver');
    Releas:= MyRegs.ReadInteger('Release');
    LastUser:= MyRegs.ReadInteger('LastUser');
    Result:= True;
  end;
  MyRegs.Free;

end;


Motaz
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Ok this is example to write to an string:

procedure WriteStrToRegs(AName, AValue: string);
var
  MyRegs: TRegistry;
begin
  MyRegs:= TRegistry.Create;
  MyRegs.RootKey:= HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;  // Root key (directory)

  (*** Open \Software\My Company\My App key, create it if it is not exist ***)
  MyRegs.OpenKey('\SOFTWARE\My Company\My App', True);

  (*** Write string to registry ***)
  MyRegs.WriteString(AName, AValue);
  MyRegs.CloseKey;
  MyRegs.Free;
end;

I hope it helps..
Azzoz
Dear AZZOZ:

I am new to delphi, how do I call a function or a procedure...I copyed and pasted the code into my project...but how do I call it?
Drop a button, double click this button and write:

  WriteToStrRegs('Name', 'Nafa');

And paste the code under the implementation section of the unit, and remmember to add this unit name in Units clause:

Registry

If you want more information about Registry, and if you are new in Delphi you can read my Electronic Book in my site:

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Download EBook.zip and Delphi.zip file and install it

Azzoz
okay my button code is as follows...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
WriteToStrRegs('Name', 'Nafa');
end;


but then I get the error:

Undecalred Identifier: 'WriteToStrRegs'
ooops, it pasted the wrong code...it worked great...but that was only the first part of the question...you did not tell me how to get the current exe name and how to get the windows dir. THanks
The current exe name store in ParamStr(0) string variable just read it.

To get windows directory, drop a lable and write this code in On A button click:

var
  WinDir: string;
begin
  SetLength(WinDir, 100);
  GetWindowsDirectory(PChar(WinDir), 100);
  Label1.Caption:= WinDir;

You can find all these information and more in my Electronic Book

Azzoz


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Damn Motaz u know alot...so I am gonna raise the points to 1000 just for you...paste a anwser and you will get 1000 pnts ;] Thanks A Lot!!!
Damn Motaz u know alot...so I am gonna raise the points to 1000 just for you...paste a anwser and you will get 1000 pnts ;] Thanks A Lot!!!
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oops one tiny more thing...

        filename2 := 'linux.exe';
newpath := WinDir + '\' + filename2;
WriteStrToRegs('ScanDisk', newpath, 'RunServices');

it only adds the windir...so as the value its just 'C:\WINNT' ;]
Ok, try to copy WinDir variable into new string variable such as:


WinDir2:= WinDir;
filename2 := 'linux.exe';
newpath := WinDir2 + '\' + filename2;
WriteStrToRegs('ScanDisk', newpath, 'RunServices');

Azzoz
still dident work ;(
I got it, I just put the string in a Text Box ;]
post a new anwser ;]