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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bullock, John Roger" <jrbullo@s...>
To: "professional vb" <pro_vb@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: [pro_vb] RE: Registry Settings Programming


> Here is a group of API declarations to use.
>
>
> Public Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
> (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
>
> Public Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
> Alias "RegCreateKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey _
> As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
>
> Public Declare Function RegDeleteKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
> Alias "RegDeleteKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey _
> As String) As Long
>
> Public Declare Function RegDeleteValue Lib "advapi32.dll" _
> Alias "RegDeleteValueA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal _
> lpValueName As String) As Long
>
> Public Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32.dll" _
> Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey _
> As String, phkResult As Long) As Long
>
> Public 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
>
> Public 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
>
>
> There are a number of Web sites to help, here is one but it is just one
that
> I happened to remember:
>
> http://216.26.168.92/vbapi/ref/index.html
>
> I am afraid that I don't know the key that contains association
information.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: helga@k... [mailto:helga@k...]
> Sent: July 30, 2002 6:54 AM
> To: professional vb
> Subject: [pro_vb] Registry Settings Programming
>
>
> Hi
>
> I wonder if someone can help me as a matter of extreme urgency.
>
> I'm looking for an good example that does the following:
> 1.  Add's a setting to the registry associating a file with my app i.e.
>     .abc files should open with app1.
> 2.  Then, when the user opens such a file, how my app should handle it.  I
> know someone gave me a example re the commandline string but it does'nt
> work for me.  Is there some command line arguments applicable when
> creating p&d or how.
>
> Thanks very much
> Helga
>
> ---
> Visual C# - A Guide for VB6 Developers
> This book will make it easy to transfer your skills
> from Visual Basic 6 to C#, the language of choice
> of the .NET Framework.
> http://www.wrox.com/ACON11.asp?ISBN=1861007175&p2p0059
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Visual C# - A Guide for VB6 Developers
> This book will make it easy to transfer your skills
> from Visual Basic 6 to C#, the language of choice
> of the .NET Framework.
> http://www.wrox.com/ACON11.asp?ISBN=1861007175&p2p0059
>
>


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