Accessing the registry

[Peter Mount <petermount at it dot maidstone dot gov dot uk>]

Does anyone have any examples on accessing the Windows 95/NT registry
from Cygwin?

Being a unix programmer, I try to stay away from windows as much as
possible, but I have one project where we have to update the registry.

I'm currently using the following function, but I'm not certain if this
correct, or if there is an easier way.

Thanks in advance,

Peter

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Peter Mount
Enterprise Support
Maidstone Borough Council
Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council.



LONG setRegistryValue(HKEY keyroot,char *key,char *value,char *buf)
{
	DWORD bufsz = strlen(buf)+1;
	DWORD regtyp;
	LONG reg;
	HKEY keyid;
	DWORD disp;
	
	reg = RegCreateKeyEx(	keyroot,
				key,
				0,		// must be null
				"mbchelp",	// I have no idea
				REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
				KEY_ALL_ACCESS,
				NULL,
				(PHKEY)&keyid,
				(LPDWORD)&disp
				);
	
	if(reg != ERROR_SUCCESS) printErrorMessage(reg);
	
	reg = RegSetValueEx(	keyid,
				value,
				0,		// must be null
				REG_SZ,
				(LPBYTE)buf,
				bufsz
				);
	
	if(reg != ERROR_SUCCESS) printErrorMessage(reg);
	
	reg = RegCloseKey(keyid);
	
	if(reg != ERROR_SUCCESS) printErrorMessage(reg);
	
	return regtyp;
}

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