Key Class, One registry key.

Description

One registry key.

Object model

Key - One registry key. (Item property, Returns a single Key object from the Keys collection.)

Key - One registry key. (GetKey method, Returns specified key from remote computer.)

Values - Collection of value objects of one registry key. (Values property, Values for the specified registry key.)

Value - Represents one value from windows registry (Item property, Returns a single Value object from the Values collection.)

Keys - Collection of key objects of one registry key. (SubKeys property, Subkeys of the key.)

Key - One registry key. (Item property, Returns a single Key object from the Keys collection.)

Methods

Close		Releases the handle of the specified key.
CreateKey		Creates the specified key. If the key already exists in the registry, the method opens it.
Delete		Deletes the key.
ExistsKey		Test of existence of key's subkey.
ExistsValue		Test of existence of key's value.
Flush		Writes all the attributes of the key into the registry.
numSubKeys		The number of subkeys contained by the specified key.
numValues		The number of values associated with the key.
Save		Saves the key and all of its subkeys and values to a new file.

Properties

Name	Name of the key.
String, RW
Class	The key’s class name.
String, RO
hKey	Handle of the opened key.
Long, RO
LastWriteTime	Last write time.
Date, RO
SubKeys	Subkeys of the key.
Keys, RO
Values	Values for the specified registry key.
Values, RO

Examples

Create one key and set its default value.

  'Get RegEdit.Server object
  Set S = CreateObject("RegEdit.Server")
  
  'Get a key
  Set Key = S.GetKey("HKLM\SOFTWARE")
  
  'Add a new key
  Set MyKey = Key.CreateKey("MyFirstKey")
  'or Set MyKey = Key.SubKeys.Add("MyFirstKey")
  
  'Set String and DWORD values
  MyKey.Values("") = "C:\Program Files\My"

Used in

Keys.Add, Keys.Item, Key.CreateKey, Server.GetKey, Value.Key