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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34 namespace Microsoft.Win32
45 private Registry () { }
47 public static readonly RegistryKey ClassesRoot = new RegistryKey (
48 RegistryHive.ClassesRoot);
49 public static readonly RegistryKey CurrentConfig = new RegistryKey (
50 RegistryHive.CurrentConfig);
51 public static readonly RegistryKey CurrentUser = new RegistryKey (
52 RegistryHive.CurrentUser);
53 public static readonly RegistryKey DynData = new RegistryKey (
54 RegistryHive.DynData);
55 public static readonly RegistryKey LocalMachine = new RegistryKey (
56 RegistryHive.LocalMachine);
57 public static readonly RegistryKey PerformanceData = new RegistryKey (
58 RegistryHive.PerformanceData);
59 public static readonly RegistryKey Users = new RegistryKey (
63 static RegistryKey ToKey (string keyName, bool setting)
66 throw new ArgumentException ("Not a valid registry key name", "keyName");
68 RegistryKey key = null;
69 string [] keys = keyName.Split ('\\');
72 case "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT":
75 case "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG":
78 case "HKEY_CURRENT_USER":
84 case "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE":
87 case "HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA":
88 key = PerformanceData;
94 throw new ArgumentException ("Keyname does not start with a valid registry root", "keyName");
97 for (int i = 1; i < keys.Length; i++){
98 RegistryKey nkey = key.OpenSubKey (keys [i], true);
102 nkey = key.CreateSubKey (keys [i]);
109 public static void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value)
111 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, true);
112 if (valueName.Length > 255)
113 throw new ArgumentException ("valueName is larger than 255 characters", "valueName");
116 throw new ArgumentException ("cant locate that keyName", "keyName");
118 key.SetValue (valueName, value);
121 public static void SetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object value, RegistryValueKind valueKind)
123 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, true);
124 if (valueName.Length > 255)
125 throw new ArgumentException ("valueName is larger than 255 characters", "valueName");
128 throw new ArgumentException ("cant locate that keyName", "keyName");
130 key.SetValue (valueName, value, valueKind);
133 public static object GetValue (string keyName, string valueName, object defaultValue)
135 RegistryKey key = ToKey (keyName, false);
139 return key.GetValue (valueName, defaultValue);