Thread: A couple of questions .. please read

1. How can I get some info from the registry, and store it into a variable. i.e. I want to get the info on where the quake3.exe is located by going into the registry and get it, and then store it into the variable q3dir.

2. After the a function returns the value 0, shouldn't it go back to main() then?

3. What data type should I use in order to get blank spaces .. i.e. how do I store a string like "c:\program files"? when I try to have it as char it shows up as c:\program .. not program files.

thanks

umm .. they have something incommon when it comes to my app .. and if you want some code .. well here you go.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>

void clrscr()
{
COORD coordScreen = { 0, 0 };
DWORD cCharsWritten;
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
DWORD dwConSize;
HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
dwConSize = csbi.dwSize.X * csbi.dwSize.Y;
FillConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, TEXT(' '), dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &csbi);
FillConsoleOutputAttribute(hConsole, csbi.wAttributes, dwConSize, coordScreen, &cCharsWritten);
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hConsole, coordScreen);
}

int end()
{
clrscr();
return 0;
}

int start()
{
system("q3dir +set fs_game mod");

return 0;
}

int setextra()
{
clrscr();
cout << "### Ignite Q3 ### - by Teabag Productions";
cout << "\n - Set Extra Options";
cout << "\n\n # Please enter the dir name of the mod you want to play";
cout << "\n # e.g. q3ut2";
cout << "\n\n #:";
char mod [99];
cin >> mod;

return 0;
}

int setloc()
{
clrscr();
cout << "### Ignite Q3 ### - by Teabag Productions";
cout << "\n - Set Location of Quake3.exe";
cout << "\n\n # Please enter the full path of your quake3 executable";
cout << "\n # e.g. c:\\quake III arena\\quake3.exe";
cout << "\n\n #:";
char q3dir [99];
cin >> q3dir;

// cout << q3dir;

return 0;
}

int main()
{
clrscr();

cout << "### Ignite Q3 ### - by Teabag Productions";
cout << "\n\n ### MENU ###";
cout << "\n\n #1 Set Location of .exe";
cout << "\n #2 Set Extra Options";
cout << "\n #3 Start Quake3";
cout << "\n #4 Quit";
cout << "\n\n #:";

int MenuChoice;
cin >> MenuChoice;
if (MenuChoice == 1)
setloc();
else
if (MenuChoice == 2)
setextra();
else
if (MenuChoice == 3)
start();
else
if (MenuChoice == 4)
end();

return 0;
}