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#43364 - 2003-07-25 03:50 PM Append to registry
jhansenjr jhansenjr Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-31 Posts: 37 Loc: New Jersey	Is there a way to append to a registry key? I'm would like to be able to append the "path" key in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\Path Thanks
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#43365 - 2003-07-25 03:51 PM Re: Append to registry
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Read the registry value, add the data, write to the registry key. However, writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE requires administrative privileges under Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#43366 - 2003-07-25 03:53 PM Re: Append to registry
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	KiX has the intrinsic SET, SETL, SETM commands that do that without having to hack the registry. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#43367 - 2003-07-25 04:08 PM Re: Append to registry
jhansenjr jhansenjr Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-31 Posts: 37 Loc: New Jersey	I know how to read and write to the regitry but I'm not familiar with adding to an existing key. Is there a command for this? Also, doesn't the set, setl, and setm replace the whole value?
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#43368 - 2003-07-25 04:12 PM Re: Append to registry
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	quote: I know how to read and write to the regitry but... You are contradicting yourself. Appending is nothing more than reading, adding to the string, and writing. RTFM on SET, or better yet, take it out for a test drive. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#43369 - 2003-07-25 04:21 PM Re: Append to registry
jhansenjr jhansenjr Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-31 Posts: 37 Loc: New Jersey	I have tried the set commands prior to posting and have had no luck. When I used these commands I replaced the whole path. I need to do this for local machine not current user. Basically all I need to know is how to add to the value that you have read in from the resitry?
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#43370 - 2003-07-25 04:23 PM Re: Append to registry
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Which is what I wrote too code: ; prototype code $data=readvalue($key,$value) $data=$data+'more data' $rc=writevalue($ket,$value,$data,$format) _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#43371 - 2003-07-25 04:28 PM Re: Append to registry
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Also code: SETM "PATH=%PATH%;c:\whatever" would append an additional path to the existing path variable, IIRC. [ 25. July 2003, 16:31: Message edited by: sealeopard ] _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#43372 - 2003-07-25 07:47 PM Re: Append to registry
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Exactly, just how you would do it in DOS. Well, unless you DID want to replace it. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#43373 - 2003-07-28 03:40 PM Re: Append to registry
jhansenjr jhansenjr Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-31 Posts: 37 Loc: New Jersey	Thanks for your help.
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#43374 - 2003-07-28 06:40 PM Re: Append to registry
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	11 posts later... Looking in the UDF lib: Topic: Add2Path() - add a directory to the path Topic: ExistOnPath() - checks if file exists anywhere in the %path% _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#43375 - 2003-07-28 06:50 PM Re: Append to registry
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Les, that was not in the specs The original specs were appending data to existing data in a registry value, incidentally being the %PATH% value. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#43376 - 2003-07-28 06:55 PM Re: Append to registry
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I realize that but the UDF provides a good example of appending. That and junior knew the req better than us and could have found the answer in the UDF library, saving korg bandwidth. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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