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Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 4:21

I would like some help. I need source code that will recursively search the registry and delete text found. It would need to work on 95/98/NT/XP/2000. Any ideas? Any help is appreciated.

Thank You,
Derek

Stephane Rodriguez.13-Nov-02 5:45

Stephane Rodriguez.

13-Nov-02 5:45

I am not sure anyone is willing to share any code like that. Have you figured out that if you don't use safely and properly such code, you could break the entire operating system of end-users ?

Back to real work : D-17.

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

Derek Smigelski13-Nov-02 5:55

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 5:55

Yes, but in my partular case the people that willo be using this are not end users, and are Microsoft Certified individuals, so That is not an issue. Any idea where such code could be found?

leppie13-Nov-02 8:55

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 8:55

Derek Smigelski wrote:
are Microsoft Certified individuals, so That is not an issue.

Are you sure about that? Laugh | :laugh:

The ten finger virus can infect anyone, but being MCP's they should be comfortable with the registry editor already!

Smile | :)

"I dont have a life, I have a program."

leppie13-Nov-02 8:59

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 8:59

Im sure it should be easy with the Registry and RegistryKey classes...and a bit of recursion. I wont test it though... Smile | :)

"I dont have a life, I have a program."

Derek Smigelski13-Nov-02 9:00

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 9:00

I'm new. Can you provide anyhelp or code? I will test it.

leppie13-Nov-02 9:44

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 9:44

OK, I suggest you register and get all the benefits of being a CP'ian Smile | :)

but here you go. The FindKey method will print the location of a specified key name (not value, but thats easy too).

private static void FindKey(RegistryKey key, string keyname)
{
   string[] values = key.GetValueNames();
   for (int j = 0; j < key.ValueCount; j++)
   {
      if (values[j] == keyname) Console.WriteLine(key.Name);
   }
   string[] subkeys = key.GetSubKeyNames();
   for (int i = 0; i < key.SubKeyCount; i++)
   {
      try 
      {
         FindKey(key.OpenSubKey(subkeys[i]), keyvalue);
      }
      catch (System.Security.SecurityException){}
   }
}

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
   FindKey(Registry.CurrentUser, "LeppieRules");
}

It shouldnt be a problem to go from there. Remeber USE AT OWN RISK, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL.

"I dont have a life, I have a program."

Derek Smigelski13-Nov-02 10:34

Re: recursively search the registry and delete text found.

13-Nov-02 10:34

Will the code you provided find all text that I hardcode? From the top of the registry through the bottom, Dwords, text, values.. any text I find, I want to do an action.

Derek Smigelski13-Nov-02 10:41

C# and Visual C#, Difference?

13-Nov-02 10:41

I'm looking to return a list (perhaps in a list box) of all keys (ALL TEXT) that were found. If that Text appears anywhere in registry I want it added to my list. Then I can select/deselect what I wish and then delete the selected items. Allow someone to highlight and delete specific ones.

tcpclient through proxy

Kannan Kalyanaraman13-Nov-02 2:55

Kannan Kalyanaraman

13-Nov-02 2:55

Hi All,

I would like to connect to a server through TcpClient class.
As I'm going through ISA Proxy which requires a NTLM authentication, I want to know how do I associate webproxy class with tcpclient (if thats possible).
I could do something like this with WebRequest class,

<br />
	WebRequest objRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.someurl.com/abc.xml");			<br />
	objRequest.Proxy = System.Net.WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy();<br />
	objRequest.Proxy.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;<br />
	WebResponse objResponse = objRequest.GetResponse();<br />

but how do I do the same with TcpClient, I could not find a way to associate a proxy with TcpClient class.
I tried with

<br />
            _socket = new TcpClient("http://www.google.com", port);	<br />

for which i got the message saying host not found.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers
Kannan Smile | :)

OCX memory leak in C#

gharrison12-Nov-02 21:29

gharrison

12-Nov-02 21:29

I have created an OCX that contains a CArray of doubles
When I add the OCX to a Dialog in a VC6 project, the CArray memory is destroyed correctly on destruction.

When I add the same OCX to a form in a C# .NET project the debugger reports a memory leak for the CArray.

Why is the CArray memory not being destroyed on the OCX destruction?

The doubles are added to the CArray by value.

Aisha Ikram12-Nov-02 21:16

Aisha Ikram

12-Nov-02 21:16

both are different, right? just as c++ and visual c++.
what i have seen is C# is for console applications, why Visual C# is not as popular as c#? Confused | :confused:

Tell me some good book for Visual C#. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

@ish@

Sijin13-Nov-02 0:30

Sijin

13-Nov-02 0:30

Aisha Ikram wrote:
what i have seen is C# is for console applications, why Visual C# is not as popular as c#?

hmmmm is that so?...i don't think there is any difference.

Aisha Ikram wrote:
Tell me some good book for Visual C#.

Inside C# by Tom Archer, Microsoft Press
(Good for learning the language)

Professional C#, Wrox Press
(Covers the base class libraries as well)

May the Source be with you
Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph

Aisha Ikram14-Nov-02 18:08

Aisha Ikram

14-Nov-02 18:08

Sijin, thanks for recommending the books Smile | :)

.

Sijin wrote:
hmmmm is that so?...i don't think there is any difference.
Well that was just an idea, i was not really sure. but yes you are right, no difference except that Visual C# provides wizards and win forms like things.

@ish@

- When there is a will there is a way

James T. Johnson13-Nov-02 4:01

James T. Johnson

13-Nov-02 4:01

As Sijin said there isn't any difference in the language.

C# is the language, Visual C# is a product produced by Microsoft which includes an IDE to help make the writing of C# programs faster. VC# includes a forms designer, as well as some wizards that will generate code.

James

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Stephane Rodriguez.13-Nov-02 5:41

Stephane Rodriguez.

13-Nov-02 5:41

Finally you shot down that bloody sig. At a time I thought exposing an annoying sig and evangelizing .NET at the same time was just too much wrong for a single guy. Poke tongue | ;-P

Back to real work : D-17.

James T. Johnson13-Nov-02 6:48

James T. Johnson

13-Nov-02 6:48

And depending on your viewpoint I can add to that by being a right-wing conservative Poke tongue | ;-P

James

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David Stone13-Nov-02 9:01

David Stone

13-Nov-02 9:01

That's horrible!</sarcasm>

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leppie13-Nov-02 9:47

13-Nov-02 9:47

Politics are for people that cant code Smile | :)

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David Stone13-Nov-02 9:53

David Stone

13-Nov-02 9:53

Bah! Spoken like a true member of the Green Party!;P

leppie13-Nov-02 10:02

13-Nov-02 10:02

Yeah! Me and me mate Dave from Staines Laugh | :laugh:

I!

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