winqueryreg

Scilab Function
Last update : 05/01/2005

winqueryreg - Get item from Microsoft Windows registry

### Calling Sequence

  `value = winqueryreg('name', 'rootkey','subkey')`
  `value = winqueryreg('rootkey', 'subkey','valname')`
  `value = winqueryreg('rootkey','subkey')`

### Description

value = winqueryreg('name', 'rootkey', 'subkey') returns the key names in `rootkey\subkey` in a matrix of strings. The first argument is the literal quoted string, 'name'.

If the value retrieved from the registry is a string, winqueryreg returns a string. If the value is a 32-bit integer, winqueryreg returns the value as an integer (int32).

value = winqueryreg('rootkey', 'subkey', 'valname') returns the value for key valname in `rootkey\subkey`.

value = winqueryreg('rootkey', 'subkey') returns a value in `rootkey\subkey` that has no value name property.

`Note` : The literal name argument and the rootkey argument are case-sensitive. The subkey and valname arguments are not.

### Examples

    if MSDOS then
      winqueryreg 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' 'HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\' 'ProcessorNameString'
      lines(-1);
      mousechar = winqueryreg('name', 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER','control panel\mouse');
      len=size(mousechar);
      for k=1:len(1)
         setting = winqueryreg('HKEY_CURRENT_USER','control panel\mouse', mousechar(k));
         if (mousechar(k)=='') then mousechar(k)='default';,end
         str = sprintf('%s = %s', mousechar(k), string(setting));
         disp(str);
      end
    end

### Authors

  A.C