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<hr><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The Registry library allows access to the desktop or the device registry.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Writing to the registry should be done with great care as incorrect settings could damage
the computer.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The Registry library includes two files: RegistryDevice.dll - for the device and
RegistryDesktop.dll - for the desktop.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Prior to using this library you should add a reference to the library using the Components
dialog, add an object of this type and initialize the object with the New1 method.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The registry is divided to four (on the device) or five (on the desktop) root keys.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Using the RootKey method you can choose the relevant root key.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Example:</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'Add a Registry object named reg.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Globals</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > key = "Software\My Application"</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >App_Start</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > form1.Show</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > reg.New1</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > reg.RootKey(reg.rtCurrentUser)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >ErrorLabel</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >(NotCreatedYet)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >msgbox</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >("The value is: " & reg.GetValue(key,"Settings"))</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >return</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >NotCreatedYet: </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'creates the subkey if it didn't exist</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > reg.CreateSubKey("",key)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >msgbox</span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >("The key was created.")</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Form1_Close</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > reg.SetStringValue(key,"Settings","Something important that should
be saved in the registry.")</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div>
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