Attribute VB_Name = "RegKeys"
' This module reads and writes registry keys.  Unlike the
' internal registry access methods of VB, it can read and
' write any registry keys with string values.

Option Explicit
'---------------------------------------------------------------
'-Registry API Declarations...
'---------------------------------------------------------------
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCreateKeyEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegCreateKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal lpClass As String, ByVal dwOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, ByRef lpSecurityAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, ByRef phkResult As Long, ByRef lpdwDisposition As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, ByRef phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, ByRef lpType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByRef lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegSetValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByVal cbData As Long) As Long

'---------------------------------------------------------------
'- Registry Api Constants...
'---------------------------------------------------------------
' Reg Data Types...
Const REG_SZ = 1                         ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_EXPAND_SZ = 2                  ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_DWORD = 4                      ' 32-bit number

' Reg Create Type Values...
Const REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0       ' Key is preserved when system is rebooted

' Reg Key Security Options...
Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Const KEY_READ = KEY_QUERY_VALUE + KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS + KEY_NOTIFY + READ_CONTROL
Const KEY_WRITE = KEY_SET_VALUE + KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY + READ_CONTROL
Const KEY_EXECUTE = KEY_READ
Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = KEY_QUERY_VALUE + KEY_SET_VALUE + _
                       KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY + KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS + _
                       KEY_NOTIFY + KEY_CREATE_LINK + READ_CONTROL
                     
' Reg Key ROOT Types...
Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Const HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA = &H80000004

' Return Value...
Const ERROR_NONE = 0
Const ERROR_BADKEY = 2
Const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 8
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0

'---------------------------------------------------------------
'- Registry Security Attributes TYPE...
'---------------------------------------------------------------
Private Type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
    nLength As Long
    lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
    bInheritHandle As Boolean
End Type

' The resource string will be loaded into a control's property as follows:
' Object      Property
' Form        Caption
' Menu        Caption
' TabStrip    Caption, ToolTipText
' Toolbar     ToolTipText
' ListView    ColumnHeader.Text

Sub LoadResStrings(frm As Form)
  On Error Resume Next
  
  Dim ctl As Control
  Dim obj As Object
  
  'set the form's caption
  If IsNumeric(frm.Tag) Then
    frm.Caption = LoadResString(CInt(frm.Tag))
  End If
  
  'set the controls' captions using the caption
  'property for menu items and the Tag property
  'for all other controls
  For Each ctl In frm.Controls
    Err.Clear
    If TypeName(ctl) = "Menu" Then
      If IsNumeric(ctl.Caption) Then
        If Err = 0 Then
          ctl.Caption = LoadResString(CInt(ctl.Caption))
        End If
      End If
    ElseIf TypeName(ctl) = "TabStrip" Then
      For Each obj In ctl.Tabs
        Err.Clear
        If IsNumeric(obj.Tag) Then
          obj.Caption = LoadResString(CInt(obj.Tag))
        End If
        'check for a tooltip
        If IsNumeric(obj.ToolTipText) Then
          If Err = 0 Then
            obj.ToolTipText = LoadResString(CInt(obj.ToolTipText))
          End If
        End If
      Next
    ElseIf TypeName(ctl) = "Toolbar" Then
      For Each obj In ctl.Buttons
        Err.Clear
        If IsNumeric(obj.Tag) Then
          obj.ToolTipText = LoadResString(CInt(obj.Tag))
        End If
      Next
    ElseIf TypeName(ctl) = "ListView" Then
      For Each obj In ctl.ColumnHeaders
        Err.Clear
        If IsNumeric(obj.Tag) Then
          obj.Text = LoadResString(CInt(obj.Tag))
        End If
      Next
    Else
      If IsNumeric(ctl.Tag) Then
        If Err = 0 Then
          ctl.Caption = LoadResString(CInt(ctl.Tag))
        End If
      End If
      'check for a tooltip
      If IsNumeric(ctl.ToolTipText) Then
        If Err = 0 Then
          ctl.ToolTipText = LoadResString(CInt(ctl.ToolTipText))
        End If
      End If
    End If
  Next

End Sub

'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'sample usage - Debug.Print UpodateKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "keyname", "newvalue")
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Function UpdateKey(KeyRoot As Long, KeyName As String, SubKeyName As String, SubKeyValue As String) As Boolean
    Dim rc As Long                                      ' Return Code
    Dim hKey As Long                                    ' Handle To A Registry Key
    Dim hDepth As Long                                  '
    Dim lpAttr As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES                   ' Registry Security Type
    
    lpAttr.nLength = 50                                 ' Set Security Attributes To Defaults...
    lpAttr.lpSecurityDescriptor = 0                     ' ...
    lpAttr.bInheritHandle = True                        ' ...

    '------------------------------------------------------------
    '- Create/Open Registry Key...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    rc = RegCreateKeyEx(KeyRoot, KeyName, _
                        0, REG_SZ, _
                        REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, lpAttr, _
                        hKey, hDepth)                   ' Create/Open //KeyRoot//KeyName
    
    If (rc <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo CreateKeyError   ' Handle Errors...
    
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    '- Create/Modify Key Value...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    If (SubKeyValue = "") Then SubKeyValue = " "        ' A Space Is Needed For RegSetValueEx() To Work...
    
    ' Create/Modify Key Value
    rc = RegSetValueEx(hKey, SubKeyName, _
                       0, REG_SZ, _
                       SubKeyValue, LenB(StrConv(SubKeyValue, vbFromUnicode)))
                       
    If (rc <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo CreateKeyError   ' Handle Error
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    '- Close Registry Key...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    rc = RegCloseKey(hKey)                              ' Close Key
    
    UpdateKey = True                                    ' Return Success
    Exit Function                                       ' Exit
CreateKeyError:
    UpdateKey = False                                   ' Set Error Return Code
    rc = RegCloseKey(hKey)                              ' Attempt To Close Key
End Function

'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'sample usage - Debug.Print GetKeyValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "COMCTL.ListviewCtrl.1\CLSID", "")
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Function GetKeyValue(KeyRoot As Long, KeyName As String, SubKeyRef As String) As String
    Dim i As Long                                           ' Loop Counter
    Dim rc As Long                                          ' Return Code
    Dim hKey As Long                                        ' Handle To An Open Registry Key
    Dim hDepth As Long                                      '
    Dim sKeyVal As String
    Dim lKeyValType As Long                                 ' Data Type Of A Registry Key
    Dim tmpVal As String                                    ' Tempory Storage For A Registry Key Value
    Dim KeyValSize As Long                                  ' Size Of Registry Key Variable
    
    ' Open RegKey Under KeyRoot {HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...}
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    rc = RegOpenKeyEx(KeyRoot, KeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey) ' Open Registry Key
    
    If (rc <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo GetKeyError          ' Handle Error...
    
    tmpVal = String$(1024, 0)                             ' Allocate Variable Space
    KeyValSize = 1024                                       ' Mark Variable Size
    
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    ' Retrieve Registry Key Value...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    rc = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, SubKeyRef, 0, _
                         lKeyValType, tmpVal, KeyValSize)    ' Get/Create Key Value
                        
    If (rc <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo GetKeyError          ' Handle Errors
      
    tmpVal = Left$(tmpVal, InStr(tmpVal, Chr(0)) - 1)

    '------------------------------------------------------------
    ' Determine Key Value Type For Conversion...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    Select Case lKeyValType                                  ' Search Data Types...
    Case REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ                              ' String Registry Key Data Type
        sKeyVal = tmpVal                                     ' Copy String Value
    Case REG_DWORD                                          ' Double Word Registry Key Data Type
        For i = Len(tmpVal) To 1 Step -1                    ' Convert Each Bit
            sKeyVal = sKeyVal + Hex(Asc(Mid(tmpVal, i, 1)))   ' Build Value Char. By Char.
        Next
        sKeyVal = Format$("&h" + sKeyVal)                     ' Convert Double Word To String
    End Select
    
    GetKeyValue = sKeyVal                                   ' Return Value
    rc = RegCloseKey(hKey)                                  ' Close Registry Key
    Exit Function                                           ' Exit
    
GetKeyError:    ' Cleanup After An Error Has Occured...
    GetKeyValue = vbNullString                              ' Set Return Val To Empty String
    rc = RegCloseKey(hKey)                                  ' Close Registry Key
End Function