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#191609 - 2009-01-05 04:44 PM Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts
paul28 Offline
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Here are the hex values but I'm struggling to find how to set these values with kix:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\MailSettings]

"ComposeFontSimple"=hex:3c,00,00,00,0f,00,00,e8,00,00,00,40,f0,00,00,00,4e,0d,\
73,74,00,00,00,00,00,20,41,72,69,61,6c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,01,00,00,00,84,ea,13,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"ReplyFontSimple"=hex:3c,00,00,00,0f,00,00,e8,00,00,00,00,f0,00,00,00,4e,0d,73,\
74,00,00,ff,00,00,20,41,72,69,61,6c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,84,ea,13,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"TextFontSimple"=hex:3c,00,00,00,0f,00,00,e8,00,00,00,40,f0,00,00,00,4e,0d,73,\
74,00,00,00,00,00,30,43,6f,75,72,69,65,72,20,4e,65,77,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,84,ea,13,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

Any help would be much appreciated.
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#191622 - 2009-01-05 09:01 PM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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I would probably try to read that value with KiX into a variable and see what it looks like and then you normally can just put it back in exactly the same.

Not sure what you're doing but there have also been a couple recent posts about installing Fonts in case you're interested please do a search.
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#191666 - 2009-01-06 09:42 AM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: NTDOC]
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Use WriteValue, drop the "hex:" prefix and the commas in the data.

For example:
 Code:
$sKey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\MailSettings"
$sNUL=WriteValue($sKey,"ComposeFontSimple",
	"3c0000000f0000e800000040f00000004e0d"
	+"7374000000000020417269616c000000000000000000000000"
	+"000100000084ea13000100000001000000",
	"REG_BINARY")
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#191667 - 2009-01-06 09:55 AM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: Richard H.]
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Sorry I perhaps should have mentioned what the purpose of my request for assistance was. We have beeen asked to set a the font and size to a standard Arial 12 Pt.

I have searched the forums and most if not all messages seem to be about installing new fonts.

Thanks in advance
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#191671 - 2009-01-06 03:51 PM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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Thanks Richard I've now got this working.

This is my fist time with any scripting language and I was wondering if you could give me some assistance with your example.

I tried your example as above but it was failing with an error of $skey not defined. I am reading the manual and it goes on to say the first reference to $GlobalVariable will become global visible I took this to mean that because I'm not using $skey anywhere eles in my script. I would be able to simply copy your example into my script as is. This is what I tried to do and this is where it failed.

If I put the $skey "" at the start of my script it then works. I decided against this approach and instead went for Dim $skey which also worked.

Secondly, what is the purpose of $sNul? I'm confused because there's no reference to this variable so why use?

Thanks
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#191672 - 2009-01-06 04:33 PM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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You probably have Setoption("Explicit", "On") at the top of your script. If you do then you need to use DIM to declare all variables.

The $sNul is used to catch the return code of the writevalue function. You can leave it out but then you will see the return code on the screen.
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#191675 - 2009-01-06 09:05 PM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: Mart]
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Hi Mart,

Yes I do have the Setoption("Explicit","On") but I never really knew why, just followed the best practice advice on the forum. Thanks for the explanation.

OK this $sNul bit, you say it is used to catch the return code. Does it catch the return code in a log file?
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#191679 - 2009-01-06 09:17 PM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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If you tell it to write to a log it can, but in general many are there to suppress output to the screen.

Example:

CODE 1
@Domain ; this will show in a DOS console/box.

CODE 2
$MyDomain = @Domain ; this will not show in a DOS console/box and can be used/referenced elsewhere in your script if needed. Though maybe a bad example on my part because this one is a Macro and a Macro can always be used anywhere in the code.

CODE 3
$SO=SetOption('Explicit','On')
$MyDomain = @Domain ; this will produce an error because you've not declared it.

CODE 4
$SO=SetOption('Explicit','On')
Dim $MyDomain
$MyDomain = @Domain ; this will not produce an error because it has been declared
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#191684 - 2009-01-07 09:43 AM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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 Originally Posted By: paul28
Yes I do have the Setoption("Explicit","On")

Very good \:\)

Keep it on, it will save you a lot of work and head-scratching.

In short scriptlets posted in response to a query you often won't see setup code like SetOption() and variable declaration as it detracts from the purpose of the sample code.

 Originally Posted By: paul28
OK this $sNul bit, you say it is used to catch the return code. Does it catch the return code in a log file?


No.

$sNUL is just a normal variable like any other. I use $sNUL, $sDISCARD, $IGNORE or something similar so that it is both obvious and explicit that I don't intend to do anything with the value. Many times you will see people using the un-named variable "$" to suppress the return value.

As it is a normal variable you can decide what you want to do with it - write it to the console, put in in a log file, display a pop-up message, branch the script code or whatever.

In example scriptlets we suppress the return value. In production you may want to check it for success (also see the @ERROR and @SERROR macros) and perform some sort of action if it has failed.
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#191685 - 2009-01-07 09:58 AM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: paul28]
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 Originally Posted By: paul28
Sorry I perhaps should have mentioned what the purpose of my request for assistance was. We have beeen asked to set a the font and size to a standard Arial 12 Pt.

I have searched the forums and most if not all messages seem to be about installing new fonts.

Thanks in advance

Allen just wrote up a nice new UDF called AddFont() in the UDF section of the forum.
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#191686 - 2009-01-07 10:11 AM Re: Help with setting outlook Reg_Binary to set fonts [Re: Arend_]
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 Originally Posted By: apronk
 Originally Posted By: paul28
Sorry I perhaps should have mentioned what the purpose of my request for assistance was. We have beeen asked to set a the font and size to a standard Arial 12 Pt.

I have searched the forums and most if not all messages seem to be about installing new fonts.

Thanks in advance

Allen just wrote up a nice new UDF called AddFont() in the UDF section of the forum.


Yep verry nice UDF but that is not what Paul28 is looking for ;\)
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