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Can anyone help me.

I wanna add a "Settings" feature to a VB app of mine. But would like the settings to be stored in the system registry? How can i rite data to and read data from the registry in Visual Basic 6? I have no idea of how to do this so if you could provide me with the required module(s) it'll be great.

Please

Thanks in advance, i know someone on these forums will be able to help me.
RileyM

http://www.mentalis.org/apilist/r.shtml

all the stuff beginning with Reg

use a registry module...

some here:

http://pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=10479&lngWId=1
http://pscode.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=36374&lngWId=1


Or generally :
http://pscode.com/vb/scripts/BrowseCategoryOrSear...fEntriesPerPage=10

use can use

code:

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GetSetting ( AppName As String,Section As String,Key As String, [Default]) As String

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and 

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SaveSetting ( AppName As String,Section As String) As String

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But with those you don't really have much control.
If you want more control, use RegOpenKey(), RegCreateKey(), RegQueryValueEx(), RegSetValueEx(), and RegCloseKey().

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Originally posted by Dempsey
use can use

code:

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GetSetting ( AppName As String,Section As String,Key As String, [Default]) As String

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and 

code:

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SaveSetting ( AppName As String,Section As String) As String

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Wouldn't i need to declare anything if using this method?

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Originally posted by raceprouk
But with those you don't really have much control.
If you want more control, use RegOpenKey(), RegCreateKey(), RegQueryValueEx(), RegSetValueEx(), and RegCloseKey().

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What functionality do these ones provide that Dempsey's don't. I just want very basics for now.

GetSetting and SaveSetting are ideal for basic saving and retrieving of user options.  ANd you don't need to decalre anything as they are built-in VB commands.

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Originally posted by Dempsey
GetSetting and SaveSetting are ideal for basic saving and retrieving of user options.  ANd you don't need to decalre anything as they are built-in VB commands.

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Oh thanks, that seems good enough for me. Can you give me a code example on how they are used.

Sorry, if im askin alot. I just can't find anything online, and this is the first time im trying it.

RileyM

code:

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SaveSetting ("MyAppName", "MySettingName", "MySettingValue")


GetSetting ("MyAppName", "MySettingName")

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If you want help with the Reg*() functions, don't hesitate to ask. They're not hard to use once you get used to them
For now though, Get/SaveSetting will do you fine