1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: msw/registry.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxRegKey
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
12 wxRegKey is a class representing the Windows registry (it is only available
13 under Windows). One can create, query and delete registry keys using this
16 The Windows registry is easy to understand. There are five registry keys,
19 @li @c HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)
20 @li @c HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU)
21 @li @c HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)
22 @li @c HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC)
23 @li @c HKEY_USERS (HKU)
25 After creating a key, it can hold a value. The values can be:
30 @li Multi String Value
31 @li Expandable String Value
41 wxRegKey *key = new wxRegKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\MyKey");
43 // Create the key if it does not exist.
47 // Create a new value "MYVALUE" and set it to 12.
48 key->SetValue("MYVALUE", 12);
50 // Read the value back.
52 key->QueryValue("MYVALUE", &value);
53 wxMessageBox(wxString::Format("%d", value), "Registry Value", wxOK);
55 // Get the number of subkeys and enumerate them.
57 key->GetKeyInfo(&subkeys, NULL, NULL, NULL);
60 key->GetFirstKey(key_name, 1);
61 for(int i = 0; i < subkeys; i++)
63 wxMessageBox(key_name, "Subkey Name", wxOK);
64 key->GetNextKey(key_name, 1);
72 Default constructor, initializes to @c HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
76 The constructor to set the full name of the key.
78 wxRegKey(const wxString
& strKey
);
80 The constructor to set the full name of the key using one of the
81 standard keys, that is, HKCR, HKCU, HKLM, HKUSR, HKPD, HKCC or HKDD.
83 wxRegKey(StdKey keyParent
, const wxString
& strKey
);
85 The constructor to set the full name of the key under a previously created
88 wxRegKey(const wxRegKey
& keyParent
, const wxString
& strKey
);
91 Access modes for wxRegKey.
96 Write
///< Read and Write
100 The standard registry key enumerator.
104 HKCR
, ///< HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
105 HKCU
, ///< HKEY_CURRENT_USER
106 HKLM
, ///< HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
107 HKUSR
, ///< HKEY_USERS
108 HKPD
, ///< HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA (Windows NT and 2K only)
109 HKCC
, ///< HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
110 HKDD
, ///< HKEY_DYN_DATA (Windows 95 and 98 only)
115 The value type enumerator.
119 Type_None
, ///< No value type
120 Type_String
, ///< Unicode null-terminated string
121 Type_Expand_String
, ///< Unicode null-terminated string
122 ///< (with environment variable references)
123 Type_Binary
, ///< Free form binary
124 Type_Dword
, ///< 32-bit number
125 Type_Dword_little_endian
, ///< 32-bit number (same as Type_Dword)
126 Type_Dword_big_endian
, ///< 32-bit number
127 Type_Link
, ///< Symbolic Link (Unicode)
128 Type_Multi_String
, ///< Multiple Unicode strings
129 Type_Resource_list
, ///< Resource list in the resource map
130 Type_Full_resource_descriptor
, ///< Resource list in the hardware description
131 Type_Resource_requirements_list
///<
140 Copy the entire contents of the key recursively to another location
143 bool Copy(const wxString
& szNewName
);
145 Copy the entire contents of the key recursively to another location
148 bool Copy(wxRegKey
& keyDst
);
151 Copy the value to another key, possibly changing its name. By default
152 it will remain the same.
154 bool CopyValue(const wxString
& szValue
, wxRegKey
& keyDst
,
155 const wxString
& szNewName
= wxEmptyString
);
157 Creates the key. Will fail if the key already exists and @a bOkIfExists is
160 bool Create(bool bOkIfExists
= true);
163 Deletes the subkey with all of its subkeys/values recursively.
165 void DeleteKey(const wxString
& szKey
);
168 Deletes this key and all of its subkeys and values recursively.
173 Deletes the named value.
175 void DeleteValue(const wxString
& szKey
);
178 Returns @true if the key exists.
183 Write the contents of this key and all its subkeys to the given file.
184 (The file will not be overwritten; it's an error if it already exists.)
185 Note that we export the key in REGEDIT4 format, not RegSaveKey() binary
186 format nor the newer REGEDIT5.
188 bool Export(const wxString
& filename
) const;
190 Write the contents of this key and all its subkeys to the opened stream.
192 bool Export(wxOutputStream
& ostr
) const;
197 bool GetFirstKey(wxString
& strKeyName
, long& lIndex
);
200 Gets the first value of this key.
202 bool GetFirstValue(wxString
& strValueName
, long& lIndex
);
205 Gets information about the key.
208 The number of subkeys.
210 The maximum length of the subkey name.
212 The number of values.
214 The maximum length of a value.
216 bool GetKeyInfo(size_t* pnSubKeys
, size_t* pnMaxKeyLen
,
217 size_t* pnValues
, size_t* pnMaxValueLen
) const;
220 Gets the name of the registry key.
222 wxString
GetName(bool bShortPrefix
= true) const;
227 bool GetNextKey(wxString
& strKeyName
, long& lIndex
) const;
230 Gets the next key value for this key.
232 bool GetNextValue(wxString
& strValueName
, long& lIndex
) const;
237 ValueType
GetValueType(const wxString
& szValue
) const;
240 Returns @true if given subkey exists.
242 bool HasSubKey(const wxString
& szKey
) const;
245 Returns @true if any subkeys exist.
247 bool HasSubKeys() const;
250 Returns @true if the value exists.
252 bool HasValue(const wxString
& szValue
) const;
255 Returns @true if any values exist.
257 bool HasValues() const;
260 Returns @true if this key is empty, nothing under this key.
262 bool IsEmpty() const;
265 Returns true if the value contains a number.
267 bool IsNumericValue(const wxString
& szValue
) const;
270 Returns @true if the key is opened.
272 bool IsOpened() const;
275 Explicitly opens the key. This method also allows the key to be opened in
276 read-only mode by passing wxRegKey::Read instead of default
277 wxRegKey::Write parameter.
279 bool Open(AccessMode mode
= Write
);
282 Return the default value of the key.
284 wxString
QueryDefaultValue() const;
287 Retrieves the raw string value.
289 bool QueryRawValue(const wxString
& szValue
, wxString
& strValue
) const;
292 Retrieves the raw or expanded string value.
294 bool QueryValue(const wxString
& szValue
, wxString
& strValue
, bool raw
) const;
297 Retrieves the numeric value.
299 bool QueryValue(const wxString
& szValue
, long* plValue
) const;
302 Retrieves the binary structure.
304 bool QueryValue(const wxString
& szValue
, wxMemoryBuffer
& buf
) const;
309 bool Rename(const wxString
& szNewName
);
314 bool RenameValue(const wxString
& szValueOld
,
315 const wxString
& szValueNew
);
318 Preallocate some memory for the name. For wxRegConfig usage only.
320 void ReserveMemoryForName(size_t bytes
);
323 Set or change the HKEY handle.
325 void SetHkey(WXHKEY hKey
);
328 Set the full key name. The name is absolute. It should start with
331 void SetName(const wxString
& strKey
);
333 Set the name relative to the parent key
335 void SetName(StdKey keyParent
, const wxString
& strKey
);
337 Set the name relative to the parent key
339 void SetName(const wxRegKey
& keyParent
, const wxString
& strKey
);
342 Sets the given @a szValue which must be numeric.
343 If the value doesn't exist, it is created.
345 bool SetValue(const wxString
& szValue
, long lValue
);
347 Sets the given @a szValue which must be string.
348 If the value doesn't exist, it is created.
350 bool SetValue(const wxString
& szValue
, const wxString
& strValue
);
352 Sets the given @a szValue which must be binary.
353 If the value doesn't exist, it is created.
355 bool SetValue(const wxString
& szValue
, const wxMemoryBuffer
& buf
);