Re: RegQueryValueEx problem

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From: robertbienert gmx.net robertbien...
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:51

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> Just pass it as-is to RegQueryValueEx(), ie:
> 
>     int __stdcall getShellFolder(int folder, char *buffer, DWORD buffersize)
>     {
>         //...
>         RegQueryValueEx(regh, regkey, NULL, NULL,
> reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(buffer), &buffersize);
>         //...
>     }

I see.

> Or, if you go the SHGetSpecialFolderLocation() approach (which you should do
> anyway):

I found SHGetSpecialFolderPath on MSDN, that seems to be the summary of 
the following.

>     int __stdcall getShellFolder(int folder, char *buffer, DWORD buffersize)
>     {
>         LPITEMIDLIST pidl = NULL;
>         int retval = 0;
> 
>         if( buffersize >= MAX_PATH )
>         {
>             if( SUCCEEDED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, folder, &pidl)) )
>             {
>                 retval = SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl,  buffer);
>                 CoTaskMemFree(pidl);
>             }
>         }
> 
>         return retval;
>     }

Yours,
-- 
Robert Bienert <robertbienert@gmx.net>
Check also my free software at http://www.rbprogs.de.vu/

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