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Re: Self delete

David Crow9-Aug-07 3:08

9-Aug-07 3:08

J_E_D_I wrote:
...including the application itself.

See here.

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Re: Self delete

Russell^'9-Aug-07 3:15

9-Aug-07 3:15

A simple way is use the key RunOnce on the windows registry to delete all files and directoryes.
Also you can run a bat file that do this, or, of course, you can run an exe file to do this and delete it after that it ends.
Cool | :cool:

Cool | :cool:

Russell

Re: Self delete

Russell^'9-Aug-07 3:17

9-Aug-07 3:17

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Russell

Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 0:26

9-Aug-07 0:26

I am wondering if anybody could help. I have written a program in C++ and now I need to read and create Registry Keys. I know how to do it in VB (it's pretty simple) but I have no idea on how to do it in C++. I didn't find VS and MSDN online help resources very useful.

To read a key I have tried:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <ctime>
#include <math.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using std::dec;
using std::hex;
using namespace std;
#include <iomanip>
using std::setprecision;
using std::setbase;
#include <cstdlib>
using std::atof;
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib ")
#include <stdio.h>

int_tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HKEY temporarykey;
TCHAR License[64];
DWORD lpcbData = 64;

LPCWSTR lpPointer;

char Licenza[] = "License";
lpPointer = &Licenza[0];

lpPointer

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,

"SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License",0,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE ,&temporarykey);

RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,

"License", NULL, NULL,
(LPBYTE)License, &lpcbData);

RegCloseKey(temporarykey);

return 0;
}

But I get these two errors:
Error 1 error C2664: 'RegOpenKeyExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [23]' to 'LPCWSTR' c:\documents and settings\edy\my documents\my programs\giovi read reg key\giovi read reg key\giovi read reg key.cpp 31

Error 2 error C2664: 'RegQueryValueExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [8]' to 'LPCWSTR' c:\documents and settings\edy\my documents\my programs\giovi read reg key\giovi read reg key\giovi read reg key.cpp 34

What am I doing wrong? I am working in c++ / Console Win32. Any advice please? Thank you

jEDI

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

Ranjoy Guha9-Aug-07 0:40

9-Aug-07 0:40

Use _T("SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License") and _T("License") instead

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 0:53

9-Aug-07 0:53

Where exactly? Thank you

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 0:56

9-Aug-07 0:56

J_E_D_I wrote:
Where exactly?

Where you use "SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License" and "License"? D'Oh! | :doh:

D'Oh! | :doh:

:shakehead:

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Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 1:13

9-Aug-07 1:13

What I've got in my code is:

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License",0,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE ,&temporarykey);

RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,"License", NULL, NULL,
(LPBYTE)License, &lpcbData);

Where should I add _T(SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License")
and _T("License")?

Sorry to be a pain! WTF | :WTF:

WTF | :WTF:

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 1:18

9-Aug-07 1:18

Where you now have "SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License" and "License", you should have _T(SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License") and _T("License").

Do you notice the difference with "_T" and the round braces?

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 2:05

9-Aug-07 2:05

Bingo. Now it doesn't return any error anymore but it doesn't seem to visualize the value of the registry key correctly. It should be 1234 but it shows 0012FED4. Why??

HKEY temporarykey;
TCHAR License[64];
DWORD lpcbData = 64;

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,_T("SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License"),0,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE ,&temporarykey);

RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,_T("License"), NULL, NULL,
(LPBYTE)License, &lpcbData);

cout << License;

RegCloseKey(temporarykey);

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 2:26

9-Aug-07 2:26

Try
...
DWORD dwType;
if( !(RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,_T("License"), NULL, &dwType, (LPBYTE)License, sizeof(License)/sizeof(License[0])) == Error_SUCCESS)
{
AfxMessageBox("Error!")
}
...
(As you see, I like to determine the sizes where they are needed.)

And look what dwType is. If its REG_SZ, be sure to read the RegQueryValueEx entry in the MSDN. It tells you how to handle String queries.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
George Orwell, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Opening words

{
}

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 4:01

9-Aug-07 4:01

That's correct, it's a REG_SZ type.
I had a look at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724911.aspx#Mtps_DropDownFilterText
and it looks like I've got to make LPBYTE lpData non-zero but I'm not sure if I'm right and I don't know how to do it..Help!

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

Ed

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 5:36

9-Aug-07 5:36

It would be something along this lines:

HKEY temporarykey;
if( !::RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,_T("SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License"), 0,	KEY_QUERY_VALUE ,&temporarykey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
	std::cout << "Prblm" << std::endl;
}

DWORD dwType = 0;
DWORD dwDataSize = 0;
LONG result = ::RegQueryValueEx( temporarykey, _T("License"), NULL, &dwType, NULL, &dwDataSize);
if( (ERROR_SUCCESS != result) || (0 == dwDataSize) || (dwType != REG_SZ))
{
}

dwDataSize += 1; //I dont know if the NULL-Byte is already counted. 
BYTE* pBuffer = new BYTE[dwDataSize];
result = ::RegQueryValueEx( temporarykey, _T("InstallRootSubDir"), NULL, &dwType, pBuffer, &dwDataSize);
if( result != ERROR_SUCCESS)
{
}

You need to add the error decoding (via FormatError() and GetLastError()) yourself. This is extremly complicated but quite well documented in the MSDN.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
George Orwell, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Opening words

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I11-Aug-07 3:06

11-Aug-07 3:06

Thank you for showing me the code. I'll try and let you know. An example is by far the best way for me to understand.

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

David Crow9-Aug-07 3:16

9-Aug-07 3:16

jhwurmbach wrote:
Do you notice the difference with "_T" and the round braces?

It took you three tries to say, "Use the _T() macro for string literals." D'Oh! | :doh:

D'Oh! | :doh:

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Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 3:35

9-Aug-07 3:35

And you think he would have known what "string literals" are?
I was reluctant to simply show him the code - maybe too reluctant. I have to admit that.
But he must be able to do some know-how transfer anyway.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
George Orwell, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Opening words

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

Ranjoy Guha9-Aug-07 1:25

9-Aug-07 1:25

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,_T("SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License"),0,
KEY_QUERY_VALUE ,&temporarykey);

RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,_T("License"), NULL, NULL,
(LPBYTE)License, &lpcbData);

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 0:54

9-Aug-07 0:54

J_E_D_I wrote:
C++...read and create Registry Keys

Have you looked at the classes available for that here on Codeproject?

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
George Orwell, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Opening words

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I9-Aug-07 1:10

9-Aug-07 1:10

:(Where are the they? I am new to the community but as far as I can see there is a Message Board and some articles for beginners but I cannot find any section with classes... Frown | :(

Frown | :(

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

jhwurmbach9-Aug-07 1:15

9-Aug-07 1:15

J_E_D_I wrote:
Where are the they?

Directly below the orange bar at the top of your browser window is a edit field labeled "Search". Entering "registry C++" there yields a whole lot of code snippets showing you how to do it. There are even beginners tutorials...

J_E_D_I wrote:
I am new to the community

You must be new to this world if you never have heard about search facilities on Websites.
Sorry for being so blunt, but that is no rocket science, you know?
Tampering with the registry, on the other hand, is.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
George Orwell, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Opening words

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

Jim Crafton9-Aug-07 8:33

9-Aug-07 8:33

There's stuff on CP, and this might help too:
http://vcf.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vcf/trunk/vcf/src/vcf/FoundationKit/Win32Registry.cpp?revision=2805&view=markup

This is a class that wraps the Win32 interface to the registry. The use the "String" class you can consider as a typedef of std::basic_string<unsigned short> (though that's not exactly accurate, it's close enough for this discussion).

Basically the problem you're having is passing an ansi string to a wide string function.

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Re: Create Registry Key with C++

hxhl959-Aug-07 9:34

9-Aug-07 9:34

There IS a shorter way of doing that...

#include <windows.h>

HKEY temporarykey;
CString value;
DWORD lpcbData = 64;

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\XXX\License",0,KEY_QUERY_VALUE,&temporarykey);
RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,"License",NULL,NULL,(unsigned char*)value.GetBuffer(0),&lpcbData);
RegCloseKey(temporarykey);

It looks a lot simpler than what you are doing Big Grin | :-D

Big Grin | :-D

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I15-Aug-07 23:56

15-Aug-07 23:56

Hi there, thanks for your advice. I've tried your code but it gives me a series of errors. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks.

error C2065: 'CString' : undeclared identifier
error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'value'
error C2065: 'value' : undeclared identifier
error C2664: 'RegOpenKeyExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [21]' to 'LPCWSTR'
error C2228: left of '.GetBuffer' must have class/struct/union
error C2664: 'RegQueryValueExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [8]' to 'LPCWSTR'

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

hxhl9516-Aug-07 14:15

16-Aug-07 14:15

For errors 4 and 6, put enclose the 2nd parameter in _T(). That should help. And as for CString, I forgot you're using C++, sorry. CString is in MFC. What you need to store the value is a buffer, so I think you can use char* or just std::string.

Read this: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231164[^]

Re: Create Registry Key with C++

J_E_D_I18-Aug-07 22:00

18-Aug-07 22:00

Thanks, now it ALMOST works! The code (reported below) however still returns one error (error C2228: left of '.GetBuffer' must have class/struct/union). Final advice please!

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HKEY temporarykey;

unsigned char* value;
DWORD lpcbData = 64;

RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,_T("SOFTWARE\\XXX\\License"),0,KEY_QUERY_VALUE,&temporarykey);

RegQueryValueEx(temporarykey,_T("License"),NULL,NULL,(unsigned char*)value.GetBuffer(0),&lpcbData);
RegCloseKey(temporarykey);

return 0;
}

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