RegistryWrite tip...

[David de Argentina]

Hi Dave,

Are there any way to put into the Registry a DWORD value ?

All tries I did put a char value.

Thanks in advance,
David de Argentina

[Gaev]

David de Argentina:

Are there any way to put into the Registry a DWORD value ?

With the ability (in NeoBook v5.6) to use VB Scripts in NeoBook Functions Called inside your pub files ... you can exploit the facilities already available from this platform.

I did a Google search with "vbs registry write" ... and came up with a couple of useful references ...

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.c ... -vbscript/

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine64.htm

Then did a Google search with "RegWrite" ... and came up with these ...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/doc ... gWrite.htm

http://www.pctools.com/guides/scripting ... =reference

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/wsh ... Write.html


Basically, the syntax is very straight forward ... however, you need to know whether you are adding a "Value Name" or just changing its "Value" ... so a robust function would need to check this kind of thing first ... using RegRead ... trapping errors (for non-existent "Value Name") ... and proceed accordingly.

Note that one of the references points to "AutoIt" ... which can be used to make a (tiny) stand-alone exe that can be Run from NeoBook script ... passing variable data via the command line interface.

[David de Argentina]

Thanks Gaev,

But Neo 5.6 new features are not available for spanish users yet.

I remember a lot of problems when some user update Neo with another language patch...

And I think if Dave add to this action, a new parameter like "Type of Data" (DWORD, Char, etc) he could handle it very easy...

Greetings from Buenos Aires,
David de Argentina

[Gaev]

David de Argentina:

But Neo 5.6 new features are not available for spanish users yet.

And I think if Dave add to this action, a new parameter like "Type of Data" (DWORD, Char, etc) he could handle it very easy...

If Dave were to add this functionality ... presumably in NeoBook v5.7 ? ... whose Spanish version would be available AFTER v5.6 ...

You don't actually need v5.6 to exploit the capabilites of vbscript ... just load a "dummy" html document in a WebBrowser object ... then use BrowserExecScript to invoke it.

[Neosoft Support]

If you're replacing an existing registry entry then NeoBook will attempt to convert the value you're writing to match the existing data type. New registry entries will be written as strings.

I don't expect that there will be more than a week or two delay between the release of the English version 5.6 and the other language versions.

[fkapnist]

Hi Dave,

Are there any way to put into the Registry a DWORD value ?

All tries I did put a char value.

Thanks in advance,
David de Argentina

I don't think you can set Dword in registry with just the Neobook Actions. But this VB Script works very well ... just change "MyProgram.exe" with the name of your Neobook application.

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Option Explicit

Dim Temp

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER = HKCU
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = HKLM
'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = HKCR
'HKEY_USERS = HKEY_USERS
'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

Temp = WriteReg("HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION\MyProgram.exe","0","REG_DWORD")
Temp = ReadReg("HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION")
'WScript.Echo Temp
Function WriteReg(RegPath, Value, RegType)
      'Regtype should be "REG_SZ" for string, "REG_DWORD" for a integer,…
      '"REG_BINARY" for a binary or boolean, and "REG_EXPAND_SZ" for an expandable string
      Dim objRegistry, Key
      Set objRegistry = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")

      Key = objRegistry.RegWrite(RegPath, Value, RegType)
      WriteReg = Key
End Function
Function ReadReg(RegPath)
      Dim objRegistry, Key
      Set objRegistry = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")

      Key = objRegistry.RegRead(RegPath)
      ReadReg = Key
End Function

Save the above code in your Function Library (as Dword or something) and use Call "Dword" from your Neobook script....



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