gcue Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) hello. i am trying to get the registry value from a registry file Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [hkey_current_user\control panel\desktop] "ScreenSaverIsSecure"="1" [hkey_current_user\control panel\desktop] "ScreenSaveTimeOut"="900"here's what i have but it just outputs the whole line.. how do I isolate the actual value? $array = StringRegExp($data, '(?i:"ScreenSaverIsSecure"=".")', 1) _ArrayDisplay($array) thanks in advance =) Edited August 15, 2011 by gcue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 If you look at any .reg file, they're set up just like a .ini file, so you could use IniRead to get the values much easier than with a RegExp. You might have to use IniReadSectionNames to be sure that the entry is there, but it shouldn't be hard to do it that way. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcue Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 absolutely brilliant! many thanks =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcue Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 using IniRead to read registry files works great! except when trying to read values that carry over to a new line"DispFileName"=hex(2):40,00,69,00,65,00,66,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,2e,00,64,\00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,37,00,33,00,31,00,35,00,00,00anyone have a workaround? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannes08 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Basically I thing you'll have to check whether your value has a trailing backslash, and then read all the lines until a new value starts... If StringRight($value, 1) = "\" Then _FileReadToArray($file, $array) For $i = 1 To $array[0] If StringInString($array[$i], '"Searchstring"=' Then $value = StringTrimRight(StringTrimLeft($array[$i], StringLen('"Searchstring"=')),1) While 1 $i += 1 If StringLeft($array[$i],1) <> '"' Then If StringRight($array[$i], 1) = "\" Then $value &= StringTrimRight($array[$i] , 1) Else $value &= $array[$i] EndIf Else ExitLoop 2 EndIf Wend EndIf Next EndIf ... untested Edited August 17, 2011 by Hannes123 Regards,Hannes[spoiler]If you can't convince them, confuse them![/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcue Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 thanks hannes =) i also did it tried it this way: $line_count = _FileCountLines($reg_file) $new_data = "" for $y = 1 to $line_count $line = FileReadLine($reg_file, $y) if StringRight($line, 1) = "\" Then $y += 1 $line = StringReplace($line, "\", "") $next_line = FileReadLine($reg_file, $y) $line = $line & StringStripWS($next_line,1) EndIf $new_data &= $line & @CRLF Next FileDelete($reg_file) FileWrite($reg_file, $new_data) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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