RegEnumValue() question...

with the RegEnumValue() function can I get both value name and value data, or just the value name, and then use RegQueryValueEx() to get the value data...

Because I'm trying to get the value data but I keep getting an empty string:

Code:

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DWORD lnt=100;
LPBYTE value_name[100]={0}, value_data[100]={0};

if (RegEnumValue(reg_key, 0, value_name, &lnt, NULL, NULL, value_data, &lnt)!=ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS) {
    MessageBox(hwnd, value_name, "", 0);
    MessageBox(hwnd, value_data, "", 0);
}

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The value_name returns fine, but the value_data is empty.


Please help, thank you.

Make sure you've allocated enough memory for the data. What is the value of lnt after the call to the API?

Kuphryn

As a general rule, never use the same pointer value for two non-const pointer arguments to the one function.

Consider a hypothetical implementation of RegEnumValue:

Code:

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...

if (*lpcValueName > lstrlen(internal_value_name)
{
    lstrcpy(lpValueName, internal_value_name);
    *lpcValueName = lstrlen(internal_value_name);
}
else
{
    return ERROR_MORE_DATA;
}

if (*lpcbData > internal_data_size)
{
    memcpy(lpData, internal_data, internal_data_size);
    *lpcbData = internal_data_size;
}
else
{
    return ERROR_MORE_DATA;
}

...

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Now why wouldn't this work if you supply the address of the same variable for both lpcValueName and lpcbData?

Also, you should remember that not all registry values are strings and registry strings are not guaranteed to be nul terminated.

:D i didn't notice i used the same pointer :D