How to set key values

check this code, it demonistrates using registery in VB:


'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

egsemsem, did you even read his question or did you just see "registry" and then pull some code from the net?

a_padwal,

Try this, I use it all the time.  It should work for you.

It makes sure you have access to the key before you try to change it.  I have never had any problems.

If you have any problems post.

Cheers,

Ed.
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    Public Const REG_SZ As Long = 1
    Public Const REG_DWORD As Long = 4
   
    Public Const REG_TYPE_STRING As Long = 1
    Public Const REG_TYPE_DWORD As Long = 1
   
    Public Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
    Public Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
    Public Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
    Public Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
   
    Private Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT_NAME = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"
    Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER_NAME = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"
    Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_NAME = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
    Private Const HKEY_USERS_NAME = "HKEY_USERS"
       
   
    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_ARENA_TRASHED = 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
 
    Public Type tReturnValues
        lvReturnValue As Variant
        llErrorStatus As Long
    End Type

    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 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
   
    'Returns 0 if the Save was successful.
    Public Reg_Ret_Val As Long
   


Public Function SetValueKey(psRootKey As String, psKeyName As String, psValueName As String, pvValueSetting As Variant, plValueType As Long) As Long
   
Dim llRetVal As Long        'result of the SetValueEx function
Dim lhKey As Long           'handle of open key
Dim llRootKey As Long


    'Find the root key
    llRootKey = GetRootKey(psRootKey)
           
           
    'set return value prior to errors
    SetValueKey = ERROR_NONE

           
    'open the specified key
    llRetVal = RegOpenKeyEx(llRootKey, psKeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, lhKey)
   
    If llRetVal <> 0 Then
        'an error has occurred
        SetValueKey = llRetVal
        Exit Function
    End If
   
   
    'write the value
    llRetVal = SetValueEx(lhKey, psValueName, plValueType, pvValueSetting)
   
    If llRetVal <> 0 Then
        'an error has occurred
        SetValueKey = llRetVal
        Exit Function
    End If

   
    'Close the specified key
    RegCloseKey (lhKey)
 
 
End Function
 

Private 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
            SetValueEx = RegSetValueExLong(hKey, sValueName, 0&, lType, lValue, 4)
           
    End Select

End Function


Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Reg_Ret_Val = SetValueKey("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", "Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\BVPReg", "DBQ", Text1.Text, REG_TYPE_STRING)
End Sub

The code in the original question doesn't match the API declarations correctly for "RegSetValue":

Declare Function RegSetValue Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal dwType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long

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        
 
The last parameter is a Long not "Text1.Text" (ie potentially string/variant). Presumably the other variables have been declard appropriately as well (DBQ, REG_SZ).

Elmo

it is giving undeclare function for 'RegCloseKey (lhKey)'

a_padwal,

Sorry about that. I must of fogot to add it in.

Add this in and try again.

If you have any more problems, just post.

Cheers,

Ed.

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    Declare Function RegCloseKey _
        Lib "advapi32.dll" _
            (ByVal hKey As Long) _
    As Long