Assuming we're working only on WINNT, I've scripted the following:

:check registry entries to install inoculan if not intalled

EXISTKEY("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cheyenne\InocuLAN")
If @ERROR = 1
shell "C:\COMMAND.COM /C"+@LDRIVE+" \inoc.bat"
end if

I pulled the "EXISTKEY.." function from a sample script web site, but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. How do I get Kixtart to look for a registry key, and if it doesn't find it, call a batch file. If it does find it, I just want it to bypass the routine...

Thanks

Nathan Ely, MCSE
TEKSystems, Inc

First, I'm not positive, but I don't think existkey sets the @error macro. It is a function. You should set a variable to it and test the variable.

$returncode=ExistKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/...")
If $returncode=0
? "Hey, my key is alive!"
Else
? "No stinking key!"
Endif

Another thing to be careful of is that existkey, at least in my experience, only checks for the existence of keys. It will not check for the existence of a value. Make sure what you are looking for is a key. If it is a value, you can try to read the value, or use enumvalue.

Also, on NT, you probably don't want to shell to c:\command.com. Just to make sure someone hasn't installed a workstation with a non-standard winnt directory, I use:
$comd="@LANROOT\cmd.exe /c "

Hope that helps.

Regards,

Brad Van Orden