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| When the length of an Argument is stated as being greater than 50, this is only true for Fields. Literal values are restricted to a maximum length of 50. This is especially true for the three arguments in this BIF. All the arguments are limited to a length of 50 unless a field is used. |
Arguments
No. | Type | Req/ Opt | Description | Min Len | Max Len | Min Dec | Max Dec |
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1 | A | R | Registry Root e.g. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, | 1 | 256 | ||
2 | u | R | Registry Path e.g. WinZip\shell\open\command | 1 | 256 | ||
3 | u | O | Registry Key Name If not specified the (Default) value for the specified path will be returned, otherwise specify the name of the key. | 1 | 256 | ||
4 | N | O | Registry Hive to use: 32 or 64 This argument is ignored on a 32 bit operating system. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Return Values
No. | Type | Req/ Opt | Description | Min Len | Max Len | Min Dec | Max Dec |
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1 | X | R | Registry Key Value | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
2 | A | R | Return Code OK – Key found and Value Returned | 2 | 2 | ||
3 | A | O | Value Type S – String | 1 | 1 |
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If a field value is saved by PUT_REGISTRY_VALUE, a field with the same type must be used to get the correct value by GET_REGISTRY_VALUE.
The table shows the supported field types for each key type.
Key Type | Supported Field Types |
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S & X | Alpha, BLOB, Boolean, Char, CLOB, Date, DateTime, Float, Integer, Packed, Signed, Time and Char. |
B | Binary, VarBinary, Alpha, Char and String. |
D | Alpha, Char, String and less than 8 bytes Integer. |
Example
Values PUT and the returned value on a GET from the Registry.
Data Type | PUT | GET |
|---|---|---|
S | ABC1234 | ABC1234 |
D | 7000 | 7000 |
D | 9999999999 | 0 (the biggest number for DWORD is 4294967295) |
D | –12 | -12 |
B | AAAAA | AA AA 0A |
B | WEWE | 0E 0E (because 'W' is not a HEX number) |