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KiXtart Command Reference

WRITEVALUE

action

Assigns a value to a registry entry.

syntax

WRITEVALUE ("subkey", "entry", "expression", "data type")

parameters

Subkey

Identifies the subkey where you want to write a value entry.

Entry

The name of the entry. To write to the default entry of a key, specify an empty string as the entry name (“”).

Expression

The data to store as the value of the entry.

REG_MULTI_SZ (multi-string) variables are returned with the pipe symbol ( | ) used as the separator between strings. If a string contains a pipe symbol character, it is represented by two pipe symbol characters ( || ).

Data type

Identifies the data type of the entry.

The following data types are supported:

  • REG_NONE
  • REG_SZ
  • REG_EXPAND_SZ
  • REG_BINARY
  • REG_DWORD
  • REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN
  • REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIAN
  • REG_LINK
  • REG_MULTI_SZ
  • REG_RESOURCE_LIST
  • REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR
returns

0

Value entry written

Error code

Function failed

Example

WriteValue("EZReg\Test", "A MultiString variable", "Line 1|Line 2|Line 3 with a || in it|" "REG_MULTI_SZ")

If @ERROR = 0

   ? "Value written to the registry"

Endif