Re: Windows Registry

Thank you very much for your reply.  I am not familiar with API and think 
with the articles you pointed out I have a lot of study to do.

Just please precise what you mean me to do :

Quote ' Get the Path from here:
> 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App 
> Paths\AcroRd32.exe '
End Quote

Is this to program with VBA 'getsetting' or with an API function?

Thanks
Friedi
-- 
Friedi


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Get the Path from here:
> 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App 
> Paths\AcroRd32.exe
> 
> Why Use VBA to Call the Windows API?:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/modcore/html/deovrwhyusevbatocallwindowsapi.asp
> 
> [Excerpt]
> For example, VBA provides functions that read from and write to a portion of 
> the registry reserved for VBA applications. You can use these functions - 
> GetSetting, GetAllSettings, SaveSetting, and DeleteSetting - to maintain 
> information about your application between sessions. However, these 
> functions permit you to work with only one subkey in the registry, namely 
> the \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings subkey. If you 
> want to store or to retrieve information from any other part of the 
> registry, you must use the Windows API.
> 
> [/Excerpt]
> 
> 
> How To Use the Registry API to Save and Retrieve Setting:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q145679/
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> 
> 
> "Friedi" <Friedi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:CFCC9166-E9D7-4F63-8AD3-34C50A9345F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Using the 'GetSetting' Function in VBA (We work with Access 2002/2003) we
> only get info from the Windows Registry within the section 'VB and VBA
> Program Settings'.
> We would like to get info of a setting - by means of VBA Code- of the actual
> path of an Acrobat Reader installed on a computer.  On my machine for
> example,the actual path is:
> c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader. On my 2nd machine, Acrobat is
> installed on D: and is version 6.
> How do we have to program with VBA to get this information out of the
> Windows Registry?
> 
> Can anybody help?
> Thanks
> Friedi
> -- 
> Friedi 
> 
> 
> 
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