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Class: ProgramSettings in Category Windows : Registry from Total Visual SourceBook

Simplified registry access routines used for saving program settings in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64-bit Windows API calls.

This class is designed to store information about a single program to a single location in the Windows registry. Typically it is used to store program-specific run-time settings or switches such as form locations, or most-recently-used menu items.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the CProgramSettings class.
MainBranch	Property	Get the MainBranch property (defaults to "SOFTWARE").
Program	Property	Get the name of the current program for which settings are saved.
RegBase	Property	Get the "base" registry entry (for example, each company's products might use the company name as the registry base).
RootKey	Property	Get the RootKey used for the registry entries.
Section	Property	Get the section of the registry to use to store the value in, within the RegBase and Product section (default value is "Settings"). You can specify a subkey by using a backslash as part of the value, e.g. "Settings\Forms\Positions".
Class_Initialize	Initialize	Set initial values to defaults which may be overridden with property settings.
ReadEntry	Method	Read a string value from the location in the registry specified by the class properties (Hive, MainBranch, RegBase, and Program).
WriteEntry	Method	Write a string entry into the registry at the location specified by the class properties (Hive, MainBranch, RegBase, and Program).
GetKeyValue	Private	Retrieve the specified key value.
SetKeyValue	Private	Set a registry value. Will create key if it doesn't exist.

Example Code for Using Class: ProgramSettings

' Example of CProgramSettings
'
' To try this example, do the following:
' 1. Create a new form
' 2. Create a command button 'cmdSetTime'
' 3. Create a command button 'cmdReadTime'
' 4. Paste all the code from this example to the new form's module.
' 5. Run the form

Private mProgramSettings As CProgramSettings

Private Sub cmdSetTime_Click()

  If mProgramSettings Is Nothing Then
    CreateProgramSettings
  End If

  ' Write an entry to the registry
  mProgramSettings.WriteEntry "Time", "Current Time: " & Now
End Sub

Private Sub cmdReadTime_Click()
  Dim strEntry As String

  If mProgramSettings Is Nothing Then
    CreateProgramSettings
  End If

  ' Read an entry from the registry
  strEntry = mProgramSettings.ReadEntry("Time", "Time not entered yet")
  Debug.Print strEntry

End Sub

Private Sub CreateProgramSettings()
  Set mProgramSettings = New CProgramSettings

  ' Set property settings to determine where the settings will be saved.
  ' In this example, the settings to into the same location used by the VBA/VB6 SaveSetting/GetSettings routines.
  ' This could be your company name, or the name of another known company such as "Microsoft"

  With mProgramSettings
    .RootKey = psrHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    .MainBranch = "SOFTWARE"
    .RegBase = "FMS"
    .Program = "Test CProgramSettings"
    .Section = "Settings"
  End With

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
  Me.cmdReadTime.Caption = "ReadTime"
  Me.cmdSetTime.Caption = "SetTime"
End Sub

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