How to add Registry values in VB?

[Ashi_Mashi2]

Hi, I am new to visual basic, and i need to add a registry value to the 'HKEY_LOCAL_USER..." how do you do it? i scanned through many websites, but they were too professional....if you could please explain it very basic to me...thanks...

[Tony]

if you're new to a language, you shouldn't be messing with registry values right away. Play with some buttons first, get to know what you're doing.

[Brightguy]

Yeah, Tony's right... but if you just want your application to store a few values...

code:

SaveSetting appname, section, key, setting

This will create a string value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\appname\section. It's more complicated if you want to save somewhere else, or to something other than a string. (Use Win API functions.)

[Ashi_Mashi2]

thanks guys....i told you i'm new, but not that new ....lol....anyway, i found a way to do it ...I still dont quiet understand what it is doing (cause i got the code from another website) but, it works anyway...

code:

Public Function CreateRegKey(sPath As String, Optional lKey As HKEYS = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) As Long     Dim hNewKey As Long         'handle to the new key     Dim lRetVal As Long         'result of the RegCreateKeyEx function     Dim lRetVal2 As Long         'result of the RegCreateKeyEx function             ' if the path has a leading "\" strip it     FixPath sPath     lRetVal = RegCreateKeyEx(lKey, sPath, 0&, vbNullString, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, _                                 KEY_ALL_ACCESS, 0&, hNewKey, lRetVal2)     If lRetVal <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then         lRetVal = lRetVal + ERROR_OFFSET         CreateRegKey = lRetVal     Else         CreateRegKey = 0         RegCloseKey hNewKey     End If End Function

[betaflye]

It's basically an API call, if you want more goodies like that just install MSDN library.