When Using Regread

[ChrisL]

When using regread how to you turn a REG_BINARY result into a readable string?

Is there a function that I just can not see?

Ta

[nfwu]

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When reading a REG_BINARY key the result is a string of hex characters, e.g. the REG_BINARY value of 01,a9,ff,77 will be read as the string "01A9FF77".

If you want to convert Hex into a string, use this UDF:

_HexToString

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Convert a hex string to a string.

#include <string.au3>

_HexToString("hex")

Parameters

$strHex

Return Value

Returns string upon success. Returns -1 and sets @error to 1 upon failure.

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[ChrisL]

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If you want to convert Hex into a string, use this UDF:

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Thanks.. if your interested this is what I did.

It looks for a Plextore drive and works!

#include <string.au3>

For $i = 67 to 90
$cdWriter = RegRead ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices", "\DosDevices\" & Chr ($i) & ":")
;MsgBox (0,"\DosDevices\" & Chr ($i) & ":",_HexToString(StringReplace ($cdWriter, "00", "")));debug
If StringInStr (_HexToString(StringReplace ($cdWriter, "00", "")), "PLEXTOR") <> 0 then MsgBox (0,"CD Writer", "Writer is detected as " &Chr ($i) & ":")
Next

[PsaltyDS]

Thanks.. if your interested this is what I did.

It looks for a Plextore drive and works!

#include <string.au3>

For $i = 67 to 90
$cdWriter = RegRead ("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\MountedDevices", "\DosDevices\" & Chr ($i) & ":")
;MsgBox (0,"\DosDevices\" & Chr ($i) & ":",_HexToString(StringReplace ($cdWriter, "00", "")));debug
If StringInStr (_HexToString(StringReplace ($cdWriter, "00", "")), "PLEXTOR") <> 0 then MsgBox (0,"CD Writer", "Writer is detected as " &Chr ($i) & ":")
Next

Just for trivia's sake, since it works the way it is: I don't think you need to include the backslashes on the Value name "DosDevices".