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#25955 - 2002-07-26 06:06 PM MS Outlook Registry Change
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Okay. Here goes.

In my logon scrip for NT machines, I want to change an Outlook setting for a certain group of users in our company. Since I am lazy, I want to use the script to change their reply-to address in their outlook account by changing the resigstry string that is responsible.

So far this is the portion I am working on. My question is; How do I concatenate the user name with the "@companyname.com" section of their e-mail address in the registry??

Is this right?, or am I out to lunch?
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IF INGROUP ("Accounting")
SELECT
CASE ($NT_mode = "yes")
WriteValue ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts\00000001", "SMTP Reply To Email Address", "@userid@companyname.com", "REG_BINARY")
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#25956 - 2002-07-26 06:37 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Try:
code:
IF INGROUP ("Accounting")
  SELECT
  CASE ($NT_mode = 'yes')
    $rc=WriteValue ('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts\00000001',
 'SMTP Reply To Email Address', @userid+'@@companyname.com', 'REG_BINARY')
  ENDSELECT
ENDIF
Are you sure about the REG_BINARY part? Then you might need to provide the value in REG_BINARY format and not plain text format. That means you'll have to convert the value into it's corresponding hex values and possibly even convert to UNICODE.

[ 26 July 2002, 18:38: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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#25957 - 2002-07-26 06:44 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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I know the REG_BINARY part is wrong because it is a string that I have to modify.
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#25958 - 2002-07-26 06:46 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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So, what format is the registry value? REG_BINARY or REG_SZ? You will need to use the correct format though.
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#25959 - 2002-07-26 06:46 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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On that note...REG_STRING???

I know that doesn't exist, but what is the REG_* command for a string edit?
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#25960 - 2002-07-26 06:47 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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if it's binary, try putting just 1 in it...
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#25961 - 2002-07-26 06:48 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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It is a string...REG_SZ??
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#25962 - 2002-07-26 06:52 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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string is REG_SZ [Big Grin]
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#25963 - 2002-07-26 07:03 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Okay folks...how does it look?
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IF INGROUP ("accounting")
SELECT
CASE ($NT_mode = "yes")
WriteValue ("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Outlook\OMI Account Manager\Accounts\00000001", "SMTP Reply To Email Address", @userid+"@companyname.com", "REG_SZ")

END SELECT
END IF
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#25964 - 2002-07-26 07:05 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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here is a routine that will take a string and convert it into a reg_binary format

code:
$label="string to convert"
			for $loop = 1 to len($label)			; ******* parse the label and convert to hex string
				$hexchar=dectohex(asc(substr("$label",$loop,1)))
				$hexlabel=$hexlabel+$hexchar+"00"
				next
			while len($hexlabel) < 128			; ******* Buffer the hex string to 128 characters
				$hexlabel=$hexlabel+"00"
				loop
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#25965 - 2002-07-26 07:07 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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endselect and endif are supposed to be 1 word (each)

btw.. if you do not want a lot of zeros (0) showing up in your console window, put a variable in front of your writevalue statement

$rc=writevalue...

[ 26 July 2002, 19:09: Message edited by: Radimus ]
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#25966 - 2002-07-26 07:08 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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[Big Grin] RAD catches another VB'r [Big Grin]
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#25967 - 2002-07-26 07:08 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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You still need to double up the '@' and you can use REGEDIT and REGEDT32 to check what type the registry value is. You must use the correct registry type, otherwise the value might not be read correctly. Check the KiXtart Manual page 26 on how to use '@', '$', and '%' in a string.
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#25968 - 2002-07-26 10:57 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Something is wrong, all the script does is beep at me. I HATE THAT!!!

I suspect it is the registry key-type. It is a string, not binary or dword. Right now I'm using REG_SZ and all it will do is beep, it doesn't change a darn thing in the registry...
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#25969 - 2002-07-26 10:59 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Use the @ERROR macro to trace potential errors in your code.
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#25970 - 2002-07-26 11:31 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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the beep is probably a major error which makes the script to end.

so, what you need to do is start the script with /d switch to see what line is has the error.

what I suspect is just simple syntax error
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#25971 - 2002-07-26 11:34 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Spark up a DOS box and run it from there. The message will stay on the DOS box.
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#25972 - 2002-07-26 11:37 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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les, that is if he uses the console version...
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#25973 - 2002-07-26 11:39 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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Well... he doesn't capture return codes so figure he's getting a console. [Razz]
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#25974 - 2002-07-26 11:43 PM Re: MS Outlook Registry Change
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sure,
but if he uses wkix the console it produces gets closed when wkix encounters an error.

with normal old style kix it uses the same window.
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