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Summary

Retrieves the type and data for a specified name associated with an open registry key.

Summary

TODO - a short description

C# Signature:

[DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern int RegQueryValueEx( UIntPtr hkey, String lpValueName, IntPtr lpReserved, ref KeyType lpType, StringBuilder lpData, ref uint lpcbData );

VB Signature:

Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "coredll.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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Notes:

We pass a StringBuilder for lpData to deal with null-terminated strings that normally come back from this operation.

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Documentation

RegQueryValueEx on MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa914692.aspx

Documentation

RegQueryValueEx on MSDN

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