# class Win32::Registry

### Attributes

disposition[R]

Disposition value (REG_CREATED_NEW_KEY or REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY).

hkey[R]

Returns key handle value.

keyname[R]

Same as subkey value of `Registry.open` or `Registry.create` method.

parent[R]

`Win32::Registry` object of parent key, or nil if predefeined key.

### Public Class Methods

create(hkey, subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED) { |obj| ... } click to toggle source

— `Registry.create`(key, subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED)

— `Registry.create`(key, subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED) { |reg| … }

Create or open the registry key subkey under key. You can use predefined key HKEY_* (see `Constants`)

If subkey is already exists, key is opened and `Registry#created?` method will return false.

If block is given, the key is closed automatically.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 457
    def self.create(hkey, subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED)
      newkey, disp = API.CreateKey(hkey.hkey, subkey, opt, desired)
      obj = new(newkey, hkey, subkey, disp)
      if block_given?
        begin
          yield obj
        ensure
          obj.close
        end
      else
        obj
      end
    end

expand_environ(str) click to toggle source

Replace %w+% into the environment value of what is contained between the %‘s This method is used for REG_EXPAND_SZ.

For detail, see expandEnvironmentStrings Win32 API.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 373
    def self.expand_environ(str)
      str.gsub(Regexp.compile("%([^%]+)%".encode(str.encoding))) {
        v = $1.encode(LOCALE)
        (e = ENV[v] || ENV[v.upcase]; e.encode(str.encoding) if e) ||
        $&
      }
    end

new(hkey, parent, keyname, disposition) click to toggle source

initialize

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 479
    def initialize(hkey, parent, keyname, disposition)
      @hkey = hkey
      @parent = parent
      @keyname = keyname
      @disposition = disposition
      @hkeyfinal = [ hkey ]
      ObjectSpace.define_finalizer self, @@final.call(@hkeyfinal)
    end

open(hkey, subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED) { |obj| ... } click to toggle source

— `Registry.open`(key, subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED)

— `Registry.open`(key, subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED) { |reg| … }

Open the registry key subkey under key. key is `Win32::Registry` object of parent key. You can use predefined key HKEY_* (see `Constants`) desired and opt is access mask and key option. For detail, see the MSDN. If block is given, the key is closed automatically.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 429
    def self.open(hkey, subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED)
      subkey = subkey.chomp('\\')
      newkey = API.OpenKey(hkey.hkey, subkey, opt, desired)
      obj = new(newkey, hkey, subkey, REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY)
      if block_given?
        begin
          yield obj
        ensure
          obj.close
        end
      else
        obj
      end
    end

time2wtime(time) click to toggle source

Convert `Time` object or `Integer` object into 64-bit FILETIME.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 409
    def self.time2wtime(time)
      time.to_i * 10000000 + 116444736000000000
    end

type2name(type) click to toggle source

Convert registry type value to readable string.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 395
    def self.type2name(type)
      @@type2name[type] || type.to_s
    end

wtime2time(wtime) click to toggle source

Convert 64-bit FILETIME integer into `Time` object.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 402
    def self.wtime2time(wtime)
      Time.at((wtime - 116444736000000000) / 10000000)
    end

### Public Instance Methods

[](name, *rtype) click to toggle source

Read a registry value named name and return its value data. The class of the value is the same as the `read` method returns.

If the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ, returns value data whose environment variables are replaced. If the value type is neither REG_SZ, REG_MULTI_SZ, REG_DWORD, REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN, nor REG_QWORD, `TypeError` is raised.

The meaning of rtype is the same as for the `read` method.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 679
    def [](name, *rtype)
      type, data = read(name, *rtype)
      case type
      when REG_SZ, REG_DWORD, REG_QWORD, REG_MULTI_SZ
        data
      when REG_EXPAND_SZ
        Registry.expand_environ(data)
      else
        raise TypeError, "Type #{Registry.type2name(type)} is not supported."
      end
    end

[]=(name, rtype, value = nil) click to toggle source

Write value to a registry value named name.

If wtype is specified, the value type is it. Otherwise, the value type is depend on class of value: :Integer

    REG_DWORD

:String

    REG_SZ

:Array

    REG_MULTI_SZ

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 774
    def []=(name, rtype, value = nil)
      if value
        write name, rtype, value
      else
        case value = rtype
        when Integer
          write name, REG_DWORD, value
        when String
          write name, REG_SZ, value
        when Array
          write name, REG_MULTI_SZ, value
        else
          raise TypeError, "Unexpected type #{value.class}"
        end
      end
      value
    end

_dump(depth) click to toggle source

marshalling is not allowed

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 534
    def _dump(depth)
      raise TypeError, "can't dump Win32::Registry"
    end

close() click to toggle source

Close key.

After close, most method raise an error.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 557
    def close
      API.CloseKey(@hkey)
      @hkey = @parent = @keyname = nil
      @hkeyfinal[0] = nil
    end

create(subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED, &blk) click to toggle source

Same as `Win32::Registry.create` (self, subkey, desired, opt)

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 548
    def create(subkey, desired = KEY_ALL_ACCESS, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED, &blk)
      self.class.create(self, subkey, desired, opt, &blk)
    end

created?() click to toggle source

Returns if key is created ((newly)). (see `Registry.create`) – basically you call create then when you call created? on the instance returned it will tell if it was successful or not

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 504
    def created?
      @disposition == REG_CREATED_NEW_KEY
    end

delete(name)
Alias for: delete_value
delete_key(name, recursive = false) click to toggle source

Delete a subkey named name and all its values.

If recursive is false, the subkey must not have subkeys. Otherwise, this method deletes all subkeys and values recursively.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 837
    def delete_key(name, recursive = false)
      if recursive
        open(name, KEY_ALL_ACCESS) do |reg|
          reg.keys.each do |key|
            begin
              reg.delete_key(key, true)
            rescue Error
              #
            end
          end
        end
        API.DeleteKey(@hkey, name)
      else
        begin
          API.EnumKey @hkey, 0
        rescue Error
          return API.DeleteKey(@hkey, name)
        end
        raise Error.new(5) ## ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
      end
    end

delete_value(name) click to toggle source

Delete a registry value named name. We can not delete the ‘default’ value.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 826
    def delete_value(name)
      API.DeleteValue(@hkey, name)
    end

Also aliased as: delete
each()
Alias for: each_value
each_key() { |subkey, wtime| ... } click to toggle source

Enumerate subkeys.

subkey is `String` which contains name of subkey. wtime is last write time as FILETIME (64-bit integer). (see `Registry.wtime2time`)

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 603
    def each_key
      index = 0
      while true
        begin
          subkey, wtime = API.EnumKey(@hkey, index)
        rescue Error
          break
        end
        subkey = export_string(subkey)
        yield subkey, wtime
        index += 1
      end
      index
    end

each_value() { |subkey, type, data| ... } click to toggle source

Enumerate values.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 566
    def each_value
      index = 0
      while true
        begin
          subkey = API.EnumValue(@hkey, index)
        rescue Error
          break
        end
        subkey = export_string(subkey)
        begin
          type, data = read(subkey)
        rescue Error
        else
          yield subkey, type, data
        end
        index += 1
      end
      index
    end

Also aliased as: each
flush() click to toggle source

Write all the attributes into the registry file.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 862
    def flush
      API.FlushKey @hkey
    end

info() click to toggle source

Returns key information as `Array` of: :num_keys

    The number of subkeys.

:max_key_length

    Maximum length of name of subkeys.

:num_values

    The number of values.

:max_value_name_length

    Maximum length of name of values.

:max_value_length

    Maximum length of value of values.

:descriptor_length

    Length of security descriptor.

:wtime

    Last write time as FILETIME(64-bit integer)

For detail, see RegQueryInfoKey `Win32` `API`.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 885
    def info
      API.QueryInfoKey(@hkey)
    end

inspect() click to toggle source

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 527
    def inspect
      "\#<Win32::Registry key=#{name.inspect}>"
    end

keys() click to toggle source

return keys as an array

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 621
    def keys
      keys_ary = []
      each_key { |key,| keys_ary << key }
      keys_ary
    end

name() click to toggle source

Full path of key such as ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREfoobar’.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 518
    def name
      parent = self
      name = @keyname
      while parent = parent.parent
        name = parent.keyname + '\\' + name
      end
      name
    end

open(subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED, &blk) click to toggle source

Same as `Win32::Registry.open` (self, subkey, desired, opt)

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 541
    def open(subkey, desired = KEY_READ, opt = REG_OPTION_RESERVED, &blk)
      self.class.open(self, subkey, desired, opt, &blk)
    end

open?() click to toggle source

Returns if key is not closed.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 511
    def open?
      !@hkey.nil?
    end

read(name, *rtype) click to toggle source

Read a registry value named name and return array of [ type, data ]. When name is nil, the ‘default’ value is read. type is value type. (see `Win32::Registry::Constants` module) data is value data, its class is: :REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ

    String

:REG_MULTI_SZ

    Array of String

:REG_DWORD, REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_QWORD

    Integer

:REG_BINARY, REG_NONE

    String (contains binary data)

When rtype is specified, the value type must be included by rtype array, or `TypeError` is raised.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 643
    def read(name, *rtype)
      type, data = API.QueryValue(@hkey, name)
      unless rtype.empty? or rtype.include?(type)
        raise TypeError, "Type mismatch (expect [#{
          rtype.map{|t|Registry.type2name(t)}.join(', ')}] but #{
          Registry.type2name(type)} present)"
      end
      case type
      when REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ
        [ type, data.encode(name.encoding, WCHAR).chop ]
      when REG_MULTI_SZ
        [ type, data.encode(name.encoding, WCHAR).split(/\0/) ]
      when REG_BINARY, REG_NONE
        [ type, data ]
      when REG_DWORD
        [ type, API.unpackdw(data) ]
      when REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN
        [ type, data.unpack('N')[0] ]
      when REG_QWORD
        [ type, API.unpackqw(data) ]
      else
        raise TypeError, "Type #{Registry.type2name(type)} is not supported."
      end
    end

read_bin(name) click to toggle source

Read a REG_SZ(`read_s`), REG_DWORD(`read_i`), or REG_BINARY(`read_bin`) registry value named name.

If the values type does not match, `TypeError` is raised.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 730
    def read_bin(name)
      read(name, REG_BINARY)[1]
    end

read_i(name) click to toggle source

Read a REG_SZ(`read_s`), REG_DWORD(`read_i`), or REG_BINARY(`read_bin`) registry value named name.

If the values type does not match, `TypeError` is raised.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 720
    def read_i(name)
      read(name, REG_DWORD, REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN, REG_QWORD)[1]
    end

read_s(name) click to toggle source

Read a REG_SZ(`read_s`), REG_DWORD(`read_i`), or REG_BINARY(`read_bin`) registry value named name.

If the values type does not match, `TypeError` is raised.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 695
    def read_s(name)
      read(name, REG_SZ)[1]
    end

read_s_expand(name) click to toggle source

Read a REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ registry value named name.

If the value type is REG_EXPAND_SZ, environment variables are replaced. Unless the value type is REG_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ, `TypeError` is raised.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 705
    def read_s_expand(name)
      type, data = read(name, REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ)
      if type == REG_EXPAND_SZ
        Registry.expand_environ(data)
      else
        data
      end
    end

values() click to toggle source

return values as an array

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 590
    def values
      vals_ary = []
      each_value { |*, val| vals_ary << val }
      vals_ary
    end

write(name, type, data) click to toggle source

Write data to a registry value named name. When name is nil, write to the ‘default’ value.

type is type value. (see `Registry::Constants` module) `Class` of data must be same as which `read` method returns.

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 742
    def write(name, type, data)
      case type
      when REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ
        data = data.encode(WCHAR) << WCHAR_NUL
      when REG_MULTI_SZ
        data = data.to_a.map {|s| s.encode(WCHAR)}.join(WCHAR_NUL) << WCHAR_NUL
      when REG_BINARY, REG_NONE
        data = data.to_s
      when REG_DWORD
        data = API.packdw(data.to_i)
      when REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN
        data = [data.to_i].pack('N')
      when REG_QWORD
        data = API.packqw(data.to_i)
      else
        raise TypeError, "Unsupported type #{Registry.type2name(type)}"
      end
      API.SetValue(@hkey, name, type, data, data.bytesize)
    end

write_bin(name, value) click to toggle source

Write value to a registry value named name.

The value type is REG_SZ(`write_s`), REG_DWORD(`write_i`), or REG_BINARY(`write_bin`).

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 818
    def write_bin(name, value)
      write name, REG_BINARY, value.to_s
    end

write_i(name, value) click to toggle source

Write value to a registry value named name.

The value type is REG_SZ(`write_s`), REG_DWORD(`write_i`), or REG_BINARY(`write_bin`).

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 808
    def write_i(name, value)
      write name, REG_DWORD, value.to_i
    end

write_s(name, value) click to toggle source

Write value to a registry value named name.

The value type is REG_SZ(`write_s`), REG_DWORD(`write_i`), or REG_BINARY(`write_bin`).

    # File ext/win32/lib/win32/registry.rb, line 798
    def write_s(name, value)
      write name, REG_SZ, value.to_s
    end