Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Reading registry values
2 simple VBA/VB functions that write to specific place in the registry. Here is my library of code on this: GetSetting(App.EXEName, "Properties", strPropertyName) SaveSetting(App.EXEName, "Properties", strPropertyName, Trim(CStr(varValue))) Specific place: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings If you issue a GetSetting when none exists, it simply returns an empty string. If you issue a SaveSetting where no entry exists, it simply creates the entry and places the value in the entry. Essentially , these have built in error handling. >>> "Richard Davey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/30/2007 11:49 AM >>> Hi,Monday, July 30, 2007, 7:40:52 PM, you wrote:> I'm not sure that there's actually anything you'd need to access in> the server registry (and certainly no registry in Linux if you're> also transitioning from Windows to Linux). And depending on what the> ActiveX control your ASP pages accessed actually does, it may be> better to recreate it in PHP instead of trying to access ActiveX via> PHP.I've seen ASP components that required access to the registry in orderto validate they were legal. I.e. the installer of the component wrotesome serial number or something to the registry, which the ASP scriptschecked.Nasty, but true. Just saying that he may well have a genuine need forit.Cheers,Rich-- Zend Certified Engineerhttp://www.corephp.co.uk"Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window"-- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Reading registry values
> I can't think of anything that a PHP app is going to need access to > the registry for, so I'm trying to verify that there actually is a need > for him to access the registry and/or use ActiveX via PHP. I'm > guessing that he doesn't need to at all. I don't _need_ it for anything in the scripts or the server. I _want_ to read some stuff from the registry for my own purposes. The registry datum is not a means to an end, it is the end in itself. As for why I need or want to use an ActiveX control, I am simply going by my past experience with VBScript, which has only rudimentary registry access methods. Now I'll go read up on the COM object and see if it solves my problems. -- Crash -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Reading registry values
Yeah, that could be one thing that the ASP/ActiveX combo need to access the registry for.. but if he's replacing ASP with PHP and if the ActiveX control doesn't do anything he can't re-create in PHP, then there's no need to verify that anything relating to ASP or ActiveX is registered and genuine because it would have been replaced with a PHP alternative. I can't think of anything that a PHP app is going to need access to the registry for, so I'm trying to verify that there actually is a need for him to access the registry and/or use ActiveX via PHP. I'm guessing that he doesn't need to at all. -TG = = = Original message = = = Hi, Monday, July 30, 2007, 7:40:52 PM, you wrote: > I'm not sure that there's actually anything you'd need to access in > the server registry (and certainly no registry in Linux if you're > also transitioning from Windows to Linux). And depending on what the > ActiveX control your ASP pages accessed actually does, it may be > better to recreate it in PHP instead of trying to access ActiveX via > PHP. I've seen ASP components that required access to the registry in order to validate they were legal. I.e. the installer of the component wrote some serial number or something to the registry, which the ASP scripts checked. Nasty, but true. Just saying that he may well have a genuine need for it. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re[2]: [PHP] Reading registry values
Hi, Monday, July 30, 2007, 7:40:52 PM, you wrote: > I'm not sure that there's actually anything you'd need to access in > the server registry (and certainly no registry in Linux if you're > also transitioning from Windows to Linux). And depending on what the > ActiveX control your ASP pages accessed actually does, it may be > better to recreate it in PHP instead of trying to access ActiveX via > PHP. I've seen ASP components that required access to the registry in order to validate they were legal. I.e. the installer of the component wrote some serial number or something to the registry, which the ASP scripts checked. Nasty, but true. Just saying that he may well have a genuine need for it. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
