C# Signature:
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "RegOpenKeyEx")]
static extern int RegOpenKeyEx(
IntPtr hKey,
String subKey,
uint options,
int sam,
out IntPtr phkResult );
VB Signature:
Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" (TODO) As TODO
User-Defined Types:
None.
Notes:
If the function fails, the return value is a nonzero error code defined in Winerror.h. You can use the FormatMessage function with the FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM flag to get a generic description of the error.
uint options: reserved, must be zero.
int sam: access mask that specifies the desired access rights to the key.
values for sam:
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Const KEY_WOW64_32KEY = &H200
Const KEY_WOW64_64KEY = &H100
Const KEY_WOW64_RES = &H300
For compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows only 'RegOpenKey' is available.
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