Registry entry not working well with AutoIt

[sleepydvdr]

This is the first time AutoIt has not applied registry entries correctly for me. Here's my original code:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences]
"BrowserViewMode"=dword:00000001
"frame_x"=dword:00000025
"frame_y"=dword:00000032
"frame_wide"=dword:00000259
"frame_high"=dword:0000028a
"ProfileAudio"=dword:00000000
"ProfileAudioType"=dword:00000002
"ProfileSubpicture"=dword:00000000
"ProfileDisableSubpicture"=dword:00000000
"ToolBar"=dword:00000404
"frame_xbar"=dword:00000122
"frame_ybar"=dword:000000dd

Here's my AutoIt conversion:

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","BrowserViewMode","REG_DWORD",'00000001')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_x","REG_DWORD",'00000025')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_y","REG_DWORD",'00000032')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_wide","REG_DWORD",'00000259')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_high","REG_DWORD",'0000028a')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","ProfileAudio","REG_DWORD",'00000000')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","ProfileAudioType","REG_DWORD",'00000002')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","ProfileSubpicture","REG_DWORD",'00000000')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","ProfileDisableSubpicture","REG_DWORD",'00000000')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","ToolBar","REG_DWORD",'00000404')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","CustomToolBar","REG_SZ",'')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_xbar","REG_DWORD",'00000122')
RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences","frame_ybar","REG_DWORD",'000000dd')

Well, I have attached a shot of a ExamDiff (a little app that displays the differences between two files. The first file (left side) is the AutoIt version. The right hand side is applying the registry entry manually.

Here's how DVD Shrink looks with the regular registry entry:

Here's how it looks with the AutoIt version:

I've checked the code out so many times it's ridiculous. It does seem to be correct (although I'm no expert).

I usually compile everything with older versions of AutoIt (for smaller file sizes), but even the latest version of AutoIt did the same thing. Does anyone know what's going on with this? Is this possibly a known bug or something? Like I said, I have used AutoIt quite a bit and this is the first time I've seen it. Been scratching my head on this all day long...

[Paulie]

Your problem is they are being written as string as opposed to the numerical values they are.

Try this (made the key a variable to save space.)

$Key = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences"
RegWrite($key,"BrowserViewMode","REG_DWORD",0x00000001)
RegWrite($key,"frame_x","REG_DWORD",0x00000025)
RegWrite($key,"frame_y","REG_DWORD",0x00000032)
RegWrite($key,"frame_wide","REG_DWORD",0x00000259)
RegWrite($key,"frame_high","REG_DWORD",0x0000028a)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileAudio","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileAudioType","REG_DWORD",0x00000002)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileSubpicture","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileDisableSubpicture","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ToolBar","REG_DWORD",0x00000404)
RegWrite($key,"CustomToolBar","REG_SZ",'')
RegWrite($key,"frame_xbar","REG_DWORD",0x00000122)
RegWrite($key,"frame_ybar","REG_DWORD",0x000000dd)

Edited July 17, 2008 by Paulie

[sleepydvdr]

Your problem is they are being written as string as opposed to the numerical values they are.

Try this (made the key a variable to save space.)

$Key = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2\Preferences"
RegWrite($key,"BrowserViewMode","REG_DWORD",0x00000001)
RegWrite($key,"frame_x","REG_DWORD",0x00000025)
RegWrite($key,"frame_y","REG_DWORD",0x00000032)
RegWrite($key,"frame_wide","REG_DWORD",0x00000259)
RegWrite($key,"frame_high","REG_DWORD",0x0000028a)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileAudio","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileAudioType","REG_DWORD",0x00000002)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileSubpicture","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ProfileDisableSubpicture","REG_DWORD",0x00000000)
RegWrite($key,"ToolBar","REG_DWORD",0x00000404)
RegWrite($key,"CustomToolBar","REG_SZ",'')
RegWrite($key,"frame_xbar","REG_DWORD",0x00000122)
RegWrite($key,"frame_ybar","REG_DWORD",0x000000dd)

Your solution worked perfectly! Thank you very much! I just did a quick read on the '0x' prefix and it confirmed one of my suspicions. I had noticed that the values were hexadecimal and thought that might have something to do with the problem. Now I need to do more reading to fully understand it all.

Thanks for your reply. You kept me from going insane (well, for today at least).