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#66694 - 2002-06-11 05:01 PM Incorporating a Reg file
jwawrzynski@pbwt.com jwawrzynski@pbwt.com Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-06-06 Posts: 15	Without using the shell command what would be the best way to incorporate a registry file. shell 'regedit /s //server/share/....' DOES work but would like to keep the number of recursive calls that kix makes to a minimum. TIA
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#66695 - 2002-06-11 05:09 PM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	Firstly, you might want to try this version of the shell command, it waits for regedit.exe to finish: shell '%COMSPEC% /c regedit /s \\server\share....' ah, then you have to consider possible security issues, might want to check the errorlevel with: ?"@ERROR : @SERROR" after your shell. Then, there are known issues when writting to HKCU under Win95, what platform are you writing to ? Lastly, you might want to check out the builtin Kixtart functions READVALUE() and WRITEVALUE(), that read and write to the registry directly, without having to shell-out to regedit. Might be a better way to go if you only have a poke or two. -Shawn
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#66696 - 2002-06-11 05:31 PM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
jwawrzynski@pbwt.com jwawrzynski@pbwt.com Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-06-06 Posts: 15	Sorry platform is NT4 I will look into the READVALUE() and WRITEVALUE() functions. Thanks
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#66697 - 2002-06-11 05:58 PM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	I prefer read/writevalue, than reg files. But it always depended on how BIG the reg file was. (i'm too lazy to write a bunch of code for that) _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#66698 - 2002-06-11 06:51 PM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	BTW, This is also in the FAQ Forum and under - LOADKEY - Why doesn't it work?. HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#66699 - 2002-06-12 03:34 AM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11625 Loc: CA	In reply to your comment: "Without using the shell command what would be the best way to incorporate a registry file" I don't think you can do it without a SHELL command. You can READ/WRITE/DELETE entries using internal commands of KiXtart, but not "incorporate" a registry file. So unless you are willing to use SHELL, you will have to use the commands of KiXtart to perform registry tasks.
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#66700 - 2002-06-12 04:52 AM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
BrianTX BrianTX Korg Regular Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 895	Hmm.. yeah.. a registry file... I'm not sure that there isn't a way to load it using WMI.... just a hunch. Brian
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#66701 - 2002-06-12 05:41 AM Re: Incorporating a Reg file
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11625 Loc: CA	I would doubt it. WMI can do a lot, but I don't recall seeing any documentation or sample code of opening external data files and manipulating it. If you know of some that would be cool, please share the code or a link. Thanks...
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#66702 - 2002-06-12 02:49 PM

Re: Incorporating a Reg file

Sealeopard Offline

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Registered: 2001-04-25
Posts: 11165
Loc: Boston, MA, USA

I am using a .INI file to incorporate registry changes. The routine first enumerates the sectiosn and then read the keys for each section. If the referenced registry key ahs changed, then it'll be updated.
.INI structure:

code:

; Mandatory registry settings for users
;
; Format:
;
;[RegistryEntryNumber]
;Kernel       = OS kernel verion to which the registry setting should be applied
;GroupInclude = User groups to be included in the registry update
;HKey         = Registry key (HKCU, HKLM, HKCR)
;Subkey       = Registry subkey
;Entry        = Registry entry
;Value        = Registry value
;Type         = Registry type (defaults to REG_SZ)
;Reboot       = Reboot flag (defaults to 0)

[1]
Kernel=WinNT, Win2K
GroupInclude=Domain Users
HKey=HKCU
Subkey=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Entry=AutoRestartShell
Value=1
Type=REG_DWORD
Reboot=0

Code for the routine is posted in the UDF section: ProcessRegINI()

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