ESLREG Subroutine
Retrieve a string value from the specified Windows Registry entry.
ReadRegString(integer:RegID_IV,
string:ValueName_SV,
string:Target_SV)
Parameters
RegID_IV
An integer variable that holds the handle to the currently open registry key, as opened by OpenReg.
ValueName_SV
The name of the value to be queried. If a null string is used, the default value for the key is used, although you must have previously set the default value using WriteRegString or WriteRegBinary.
Target_SV
A string variable that will hold the character or binary value from the registry entry.
Returns
One of the following codes will be returned in the pseudo variable, "errorlevel":
REG_E_ERRORFREE |
Operation was successful. |
REG_E_NOTFOUND |
Registry entry not found. |
REG_E_BADHANDLE |
The Key Handle being passed is invalid. |
REG_E_WRONGDATATYPE |
Data in Registry is the wrong type. |
REG_E_MEMORY |
Cannot allocate memory to store string. |
Description
This routines retrieves the character or binary value the specified Windows registry entry. The entry type must be REG_SZ (i.e. Null terminated character array) or REG_BINARY (i.e. Binary data array), as created when using WriteRegString or WriteRegBinary.
