2 // Microsoft.Win32.Registry.cs
5 // Miguel de Icaza (miguel@novell.com)
6 // stubbed out by Alexandre Pigolkine (pigolkine@gmx.de)
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35 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
37 namespace Microsoft.Win32
40 public static class Registry
42 public static readonly RegistryKey ClassesRoot = new RegistryKey (
43 RegistryHive.ClassesRoot);
44 public static readonly RegistryKey CurrentConfig = new RegistryKey (
45 RegistryHive.CurrentConfig);
46 public static readonly RegistryKey CurrentUser = new RegistryKey (
47 RegistryHive.CurrentUser);
49 [Obsolete ("Use PerformanceData instead")]
50 public static readonly RegistryKey DynData = new RegistryKey (
51 RegistryHive.DynData);
52 public static readonly RegistryKey LocalMachine = new RegistryKey (
53 RegistryHive.LocalMachine);
54 public static readonly RegistryKey PerformanceData = new RegistryKey (
55 RegistryHive.PerformanceData);
56 public static readonly RegistryKey Users = new RegistryKey (
59 static RegistryKey ToKey (string keyName, bool setting)
62 throw new ArgumentException ("Not a valid registry key name", "keyName");
64 RegistryKey key = null;
65 string [] keys = keyName.Split ('\\');
68 case "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT":
71 case "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG":
74 case "HKEY_CURRENT_USER":
80 case "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE":
83 case "HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA":
84 key = PerformanceData;
90 throw new ArgumentException ("Keyname does not start with a valid registry root", "keyName");
93 for (int i = 1; i < keys.Length; i++){
94 RegistryKey nkey = key.OpenSubKey (keys [i], setting);
98 nkey = key.CreateSubKey (keys [i]);
105 public static void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value)
107 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, true);
108 if (valueName.Length > 255)
109 throw new ArgumentException ("valueName is larger than 255 characters", "valueName");
112 throw new ArgumentException ("cant locate that keyName", "keyName");
114 key.SetValue (valueName, value);
117 public static void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value, RegistryValueKind valueKind)
119 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, true);
120 if (valueName.Length > 255)
121 throw new ArgumentException ("valueName is larger than 255 characters", "valueName");
124 throw new ArgumentException ("cant locate that keyName", "keyName");
126 key.SetValue (valueName, value, valueKind);
129 public static object GetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object defaultValue)
131 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, false);
135 return key.GetValue (valueName, defaultValue);