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Using RegSetValueEx to Write Information to the Registry

 
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
Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, phkResult As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long

Private Sub cmdWrite_Click()
    Dim strValue As String
    Dim strKeyName As String
    Dim lngRetval As Long
    Dim lngLength As Long
    Dim lngKey As Long

    strKeyName = "KeyName" & vbNullString

    If RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyName, 0, KEY_WRITE, lngKey) Then
    End If

    strValue = "YourValue" & vbNullString

    lngLength = Len("YourValue") + 1

    lngRetval = RegSetValueEx( lngKey, "YourValue", 0, REG_SZ, ByVal strValue, lngLength)

    'Close the key
    RegCloseKey (lngKey)
End Sub








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