Re: DSN Listing

From: RB Smissaert (bartsmissaert_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:31:01 -0000

This code will dump the external datasources in the *** on my machine.
All you will have to figure out is how to get the string:
"S-1-5-21-45121442-3062903995-4062188013-1005"
As I take it that this will be different on every PC.
Maybe somebody could explain how to do this.

Option Explicit
Const ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259&
Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey _
Lib "advapi32.dll" _
(ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegOpenKey _
Lib "advapi32.dll" _
Alias "RegOpenKeyA" (ByVal hKey As Long, _
                     ByVal lpSubKey As String, _
                     phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegEnumKeyEx _
Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias _
"RegEnumKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, _
                 ByVal dwIndex As Long, _
                 ByVal lpName As String, _
                 lpcbName As Long, _
                 ByVal lpReserved As Long, _
                 ByVal lpClass As String, _
                 lpcbClass As Long, _
                 lpftLastWriteTime As Any) As Long

Sub ShowExternalDataSources()

    Dim hKey As Long
    Dim Cnt As Long
    Dim sName As String
    Dim sData As String
    Dim Ret As Long
    Dim RetData As Long
    Const BUFFER_SIZE As Long = 255

    Ret = BUFFER_SIZE

    If RegOpenKey(HKEY_USERS, _
                  "S-1-5-21-45121442-3062903995-4062188013-1005" & _
                  "\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI", _
                  hKey) = 0 Then
        sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
        While RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, _
                           Cnt, _
                           sName, _
                           Ret, _
                           ByVal 0&, _
                           vbNullString, _
                           ByVal 0&, _
                           ByVal 0&) <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS
            Cnt = Cnt + 1
            Cells(Cnt, 1) = Left$(sName, Ret)
            sName = Space(BUFFER_SIZE)
            Ret = BUFFER_SIZE
        Wend
        'close the registry key
        RegCloseKey hKey
    Else
        MsgBox "Error while calling RegOpenKey", , ""
    End If

End Sub

RBS

"Michael Rekas" <rekas@worldemail.com> wrote in message
news:408t111vm4fgl4ik7hhialmkrbvbohmqmg@4ax.com...
> Hi there
>
> Does anybody have code that will bring in a list of external data
> sources i.e. the list that appears when you click Data, Get external
> Data, New Database Query.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael