.reg To Au3

Dan · April 8, 2004

I often use autoit for simple configuration/installation tasks including copying files, making registry changes etc. I used it to install an application today and found the little app required 130+ reg keys. i simply exported the pertinent registry sections to file then used file install(@tempdir... and run("regedit.... to import the registry. There were about 25 keys that were dynamic, windows directory, etc, so i had to write these keys from an au3 script with regwrite commands; way too much work. So, i banged out this script to convert a .reg file to an .au3 file which can then be included, copied into main script,.... It could be cleaned up and improved, but it met my needs and i thought it might be of some use to others, so here you go.

Dan

Make sure when exporting registry files from 2000/xp that you choose Win9x/NT4 Registration file type when saving.

;version .25 - lines begining with; are treated as comments and written to output file.
;Version .24 - Fixed issue with REG_MULTI_SZ
AutoItSetOption("MustDeclareVars", 1)
;AutoItSetOption("TrayIconDebug", 1)

Dim $REGFILE, $INFILE, $OUTFILE, $TEXT, $KEY, $VALUE, $VALUEDATA, $VALUETYPE
OpenFiles()
ParseFile()

Func OpenFiles()
   $REGFILE = FileOpenDialog("Choose .REG file",@DesktopDir, "Registry Files (*.reg)")
   If $REGFILE  = 1 Then
      Exit
   EndIf
   $INFILE = FileOpen($REGFILE, 0)
   $OUTFILE = FileOpen(StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",1);output file is changed from .reg to .au3 (ie: office.reg will be saved as office.au3)
   If $OUTFILE = -1 Then
      ProgramExit("Output File Error|Error opening " & StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",1)
   EndIf
   
   If $INFILE = -1 Then
      ProgramExit("Input File Error|Error opening " & $REGFILE,1)
   EndIf
   
  ;read first line of file to confirm it is a regedit4 file
   $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
   If Not StringInStr($TEXT, "REGEDIT4")  Then
      ProgramExit("Error Opening .REG file|" & $REGFILE & " does not appear to be a valid Regedit4 formatted registry file.",1)
   EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>OpenFiles

Func ParseFile()
   Dim $TEMP
   $TEXT =FileReadLine($INFILE)
   While $TEXT = ""
      $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
   Wend
   While 1
      While StringLeft($TEXT,1) = ";";ignore comment and read next line
         FileWriteLine($OUTFILE,$TEXT)
         $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE);get next line
      Wend
      If StringLeft($TEXT,1) = "[" And StringRight($TEXT, 1) = "]" Then;Brackets at each end. found a key
         $KEY = StringMid($TEXT,2,StringLen($TEXT)-2); parse string for key name
         $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE);get next line
      EndIf    
      While StringLeft($TEXT,1) <> "[" And StringRight($TEXT, 1) <> "]" And $TEXT <> "";read values until we see another key.
         While StringLeft($TEXT,1) = ";";ignore comment and read next line
            FileWriteLine($OUTFILE,$TEXT)
            $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE);get next line
         Wend
         While StringRight($TEXT,1) = "\";Join lines split by regedit export
            $TEXT = StringTrimRight($TEXT,1)
            $TEXT = $TEXT & FileReadLine($INFILE)
         Wend    
         $TEMP = StringSplit($TEXT, "=");split line into value and valuedata
         $VALUE = TrimQuote($TEMP[1]);remove quotes
         $VALUE = StringReplace($VALUE,"\\","\");reg file backslashes are \\ replace with \
         If $VALUE = "@" Then        ;change to autoit format for default value
            $VALUE = ""
         EndIf
         If StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex:") Then 
            $VALUETYPE = "REG_BINARY"
            $VALUEDATA = StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex:")+3)
          ;Remove spaces and commas to properly format binary value
            $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA," ","")
            $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,",","")
         ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(2):") Then
            $VALUETYPE = "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
            $VALUEDATA = CharsToString(StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(2):")+6))
         ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(7):") Then
            $VALUETYPE = "REG_MULTI_SZ"
            $VALUEDATA = CharsToString(StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(7):")+6))       
         ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"dword:") Then      
            $VALUETYPE = "REG_DWORD"
            $VALUEDATA = StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"dword:")+5)           
         Else  
            $VALUETYPE = "REG_SZ" 
            $VALUEDATA = TrimQuote($TEMP[2])
            $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,'\"','"');reg file quotes are \" replace with quote
            $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,"\\","\");reg file backslashes are \\ replace with \
            $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,"'","''");regstring in output file enclose with single quotes. make sure single quotes in string are output
         EndIf   
         If $VALUETYPE = "REG_MULTI_SZ" Then
            FileWriteLine($OUTFILE,'RegWrite(' & DblQuote($KEY) & "," & DblQuote($VALUE) & "," & DblQuote($VALUETYPE) & "," & DblQuote($VALUEDATA) & ')')
         Else
            FileWriteLine($OUTFILE,'RegWrite(' & DblQuote($KEY) & "," & DblQuote($VALUE) & "," & DblQuote($VALUETYPE) & "," & SingleQuote($VALUEDATA) & ')')
         EndIf  
         $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
         If @error <> 0 Then
            ExitLoop
         EndIf
      Wend
      $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
      If @error <> 0 Then 
         ExitLoop
      EndIf
   Wend
   ProgramExit("Operation Complete|Input File: " & $REGFILE & @CR & "Output File: "& StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",0)
EndFunc  ;==>ParseFile

Func TrimQuote($INSTRING)    ;remove leading and trailing quotes
   If StringLeft($INSTRING,1) = '"' Then
      $INSTRING= StringTrimLeft($INSTRING,1)
   EndIf
   If StringRight($INSTRING,1) = '"' Then
      $INSTRING = StringTrimRight($INSTRING, 1)
   EndIf
   Return $INSTRING
EndFunc  ;==>TrimQuote

Func CharsToString($INSTRING)
   Dim $TEMPARRAY, $COUNT
   $INSTRING = StringReplace($INSTRING," ","")
   
  ;Remove trailing nulls 
   While StringRight($INSTRING,3) = ",00"
      $INSTRING = StringTrimRight($INSTRING,3)
   Wend
  ;Create an array of character values and build string
   $TEMPARRAY = StringSplit($INSTRING, ",")
   $INSTRING = ""
   For $COUNT = 1 To $TEMPARRAY[0] 
      If $TEMPARRAY[$COUNT] = "00" Then
         $INSTRING = $INSTRING & '" & @LF & "';separate items with linefeed character
      Else
         $INSTRING = $INSTRING & Chr(Dec($TEMPARRAY[$COUNT]));convert hex to dec then get character value and append to return string
      EndIf
   Next
   Return $INSTRING
   
EndFunc  ;==>CharsToString

Func DblQuote($INSTRING)
   $INSTRING = Chr(34) & $INSTRING & Chr(34)
   Return $INSTRING
EndFunc  ;==>DblQuote

Func SingleQuote($INSTRING)
   $INSTRING = Chr(39) & $INSTRING & Chr(39)
   Return $INSTRING
EndFunc  ;==>SingleQuote


Func ProgramExit($INSTRING,$ERROR)
   Dim $FLAGS,$TEMPARRAY
   If $ERROR = 1 Then
      $FLAGS = 16
   Else
      $FLAGS = 64
   EndIf  
   $TEMPARRAY = StringSplit($INSTRING, "|")
   MsgBox($FLAGS, $TEMPARRAY[1], $TEMPARRAY[2])
   If $INFILE <> -1 Then
      FileClose($INFILE)
   EndIf
   If $OUTFILE <> -1 Then
      FileClose($OUTFILE)
   EndIf  
   Exit
EndFunc  ;==>ProgramExit

Edited June 8, 2004 by Dan

April 8, 2004

still to check it out, but i know it'll b damn usable...i've a similar script i made in AU2, it lacked binary values due to deficiency in AU2. so i was going to port it to AU3... but thanx to u, i won't have to do it now!!

April 8, 2004

checked now... works fine until it finds a multiline reg binary value. try this .reg file:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Document Classes\AutoIt v3]
"Type"=dword:00000002
"Members"=hex(7):2a,2e,61,75,33,00,00
"Properties"=hex:2a,00,2e,00,61,00,75,00,33,00,00,00,00,00
"SyntaxProps"=hex:01,00,00,00
"SyntaxFile"="autoit_v3.syn"
"WordChars"="_$"
"Colors"=hex:01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,69,13,b0,00,01,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00

April 8, 2004

works fine, just needed a li'l correction!

line 55 has:

$VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA," ","")

insert new line after it:

$VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,",","")

thanx and congrats on this nice script. most ppl will never need it, but who does knows its value!

edit: i first thought line 55 has to be replaced by my correction, but no, the correction needs to be added after line 55.

Edited April 8, 2004 by rathore

ZenKensei · April 8, 2004

Rathore, Dan;

Any chance of getting the corrected script noted below posted as a response. I see the remark about replacing the 'if' statement with 'while' and Dan's correction/addition to the stringreplace after line 55. With the massive number of if statesments I'm somewhat unsure about which 'if' statement needs replacing by 'while'.

Thanks,

Z/K

Dan · April 8, 2004

The code was updated with all changes identified in this thread. If you find more issues, let me know.

this-is-me · April 8, 2004

If there is a REG_SZ path in the registry like

C:\Windows

It comes out in the .reg file as

C:\\Windows

when exported (double backslash)

This is not fixed in your code. You will also need to fix double quotation marks

comes out as

\"

(backslash before)

By the way, good code.

Edited April 8, 2004 by this-is-me

April 8, 2004

this is not fixed correctly Dan,

$VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA," ","")
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,", ","")

the 'space' should go, it should be like:

$VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA," ","")
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,",","")

i'll check the bug pointed out by this-is-me

Dan · April 8, 2004

Fixed the issues idenfied by rathore and this-is-me. Thanks for the help guys. If you find anything else, let me know.

Edited April 8, 2004 by Dan

April 8, 2004

oops! ...try this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File]
@="Winamp media file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\DefaultIcon]
@="e:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.exe,1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell]
@="Play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Enqueue]
@="&Enqueue in Winamp"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Enqueue\command]
@="\"e:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.exe\" /ADD \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Enqueue\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{77A366BA-2BE4-4a1e-9263-7734AA3E99A2}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\ListBookmark]
@="Add to Winamp's &Bookmark list"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\ListBookmark\command]
@="\"e:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.exe\" /BOOKMARK \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\open\command]
@="\"e:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{46986115-84D6-459c-8F95-52DD653E532E}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Play]
@="&Play in Winamp"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Play\command]
@="\"e:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\Winamp.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Play\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{46986115-84D6-459c-8F95-52DD653E532E}"

Dan · April 9, 2004

Ok. I added some code to deal with escaped characters (" and \). Let me know if you find anything else.

April 9, 2004

sorry to bother Dan but the '\' in value also needs to be rectified. try this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wonderful Icon\Version 1.5\AutoChange]
"SystemStart"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
".Default"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemExit"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemHand"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemQuestion"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemExclamation"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemAsterisk"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Open"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Close"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Maximize"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Minimize"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"RestoreDown"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"RestoreUp"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"AppGPFault"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MenuCommand"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MenuPopup"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MailBeep"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"CCSelect"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"ShowBand"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"RingIn"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Ringout"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemDefault"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Explorer\\EmptyRecycleBin"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Explorer\\ActivatingDocument"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Explorer\\Navigating"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Explorer\\MoveMenuItem"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SndRec32\\Open"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SndRec32\\Close"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MPlayer\\Open"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MPlayer\\Close"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Conf\\Receive Call"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Conf\\Receive Request to Join"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Conf\\Person Joins"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Conf\\Person Leaves"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"**Desktop Wallpaper"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Office97\\Office97-Reminder"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"NMain-MouseOver"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"NMain-MouseClick"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"NMain-MouseLeave"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\MSVC_OutputError"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\MSVC_OutputWarning"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\BuildError"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\BuildWarning"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\BuildComplete"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSDev\\MSVC_HitBP"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"PowerCfg\\LowBatteryAlarm"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"PowerCfg\\CriticalBatteryAlarm"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"WirelessLink\\InfraredInRange"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"WirelessLink\\InfraredOutOfRange"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"WirelessLink\\InfraredInterrupt"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\New Message"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\Contact Online"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\New Mail"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"CriticalBatteryAlarm"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"DeviceConnect"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"DeviceDisconnect"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"DeviceFail"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"LowBatteryAlarm"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"PrintComplete"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"SystemNotification"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"WindowsLogoff"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"WindowsLogon"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MPlay32\\Close"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MPlay32\\Open"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\MSMSGS_ContactOnline"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\MSMSGS_NewAlert"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\MSMSGS_NewMail"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"MSMSGS\\MSMSGS_NewMessage"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00
"Dialer\\Incoming call"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,2e,5c,00

btw this is my 100th post, making me an adv member!

Edited April 9, 2004 by rathore

Dan · April 9, 2004

rathore,

100 posts, but 30 of them were here finding bugs in my code. It looks like the issue was resolved in the data section, but still existed in the key name. I got that fixed, waiting for you to find something else.

April 9, 2004

Hey Dan, i'd also fixed that error i mentioned. came online to post it and found u've already posted the corrected script. i've made it comprehensive and make it look for all the stuff there cud be (just like in valuedata). have a look (i've commented the changes i made).

but there's some problem that makes the script throw some characters by itself to this .reg file. (it has not appeared after i made the changes!!)

don't hate me !!! :huh2: i'm not PUTTING these bugs, i'm just helping u remove them!

;Version .21 - Should now correctly deal with \ and " characters in string values.

AutoItSetOption("MustDeclareVars", 1)
;AutoItSetOption("TrayIconDebug", 1)

Dim $REGFILE, $INFILE, $OUTFILE, $TEXT, $KEY, $VALUE, $VALUEDATA, $VALUETYPE
OpenFiles()
ParseFile()

Func OpenFiles()
  $REGFILE = FileOpenDialog("Choose .REG file",@DesktopDir, "Registry Files (*.reg)")
  If $REGFILE  = 1 Then
     Exit
  EndIf
  $INFILE = FileOpen($REGFILE, 0)
  $OUTFILE = FileOpen(StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",1);output file is changed from .reg to .au3 (ie: office.reg will be saved as office.au3)
  If $OUTFILE = -1 Then
     ProgramExit("Output File Error|Error opening " & StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",1)
  EndIf
  
  If $INFILE = -1 Then
     ProgramExit("Input File Error|Error opening " & $REGFILE,1)
  EndIf
  
;read first line of file to confirm it is a regedit4 file
  $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
  If Not StringInStr($TEXT, "REGEDIT4")  Then
     ProgramExit("Error Opening .REG file|" & $REGFILE & " does not appear to be a valid Regedit4 formatted registry file.",1)
  EndIf
EndFunc ;==>OpenFiles

Func ParseFile()
  Dim $TEMP
  $TEXT =FileReadLine($INFILE)
  While $TEXT = ""
     $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
  Wend
  While 1
     If StringLeft($TEXT,1) = "[" And StringRight($TEXT, 1) = "]" Then;Brackets at each end. found a key
        $KEY = StringMid($TEXT,2,StringLen($TEXT)-2); parse string for key name
        $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE);get next line
     EndIf    
     While StringLeft($TEXT,1) <> "[" And StringRight($TEXT, 1) <> "]" And $TEXT <> "";read values until we see another key.
        While StringRight($TEXT,1) = "\";Join lines split by regedit export
           $TEXT = StringTrimRight($TEXT,1)
           $TEXT = $TEXT & FileReadLine($INFILE)
        Wend    
        $TEMP = StringSplit($TEXT, "=");split line into value and valuedata
        $VALUE = TrimQuote($TEMP[1]);remove quotes
        If $VALUE = "@" Then       ;change to autoit format for default value
           $VALUE = ""
        EndIf
        If StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex:") Then 
           $VALUETYPE = "REG_BINARY"
           $VALUEDATA = StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex:")+3)
         ;Remove spaces and commas to properly format binary value
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA," ","")
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,",","")
        ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(2):") Then
           $VALUETYPE = "REG_EXPAND_SZ"
           $VALUEDATA = CharsToString(StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(2):")+6))
        ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(7):") Then
           $VALUETYPE = "REG_MULTI_SZ"
           $VALUEDATA = CharsToString(StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"hex(7):")+6))       
        ElseIf StringInStr($TEMP[2],"dword:") Then      
           $VALUETYPE = "REG_DWORD"
           $VALUEDATA = StringTrimLeft($TEMP[2],StringInStr($TEMP[2],"dword:")+5)           
        Else  
           $VALUETYPE = "REG_SZ" 
           $VALUEDATA = TrimQuote($TEMP[2])
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,'\"','"');reg file quotes are \" replace with quote
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,"\\","\");reg file backslashes are \\ replace with \
           $VALUEDATA = StringReplace($VALUEDATA,"'","''");regstring in output file is enclosed with single quotes. this ensures single quotes in string are output
        EndIf
        
       ;inserted by rathore
    $VALUE = StringReplace($VALUE,'\"','"');reg file quotes are \" replace with quote
    $VALUE = StringReplace($VALUE,"\\","\");reg file backslashes are \\ replace with \
    $VALUE = StringReplace($VALUE,"'","''");regstring in output file is enclosed with single quotes. this ensures single quotes in string are output
;inserted by rathore
        
        FileWriteLine($OUTFILE,'RegWrite(' & DblQuote($KEY) & "," & DblQuote($VALUE) & "," & DblQuote($VALUETYPE) & "," & SingleQuote($VALUEDATA) & ')')
        $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
        If @error <> 0 Then
           ExitLoop
        EndIf
     Wend
     $TEXT = FileReadLine($INFILE)
     If @error <> 0 Then 
        ExitLoop
     EndIf
  Wend
  ProgramExit("Operation Complete|Input File: " & $REGFILE & @CR & "Output File: "& StringTrimRight($REGFILE,4) & ".au3",0)
EndFunc ;==>ParseFile

Func TrimQuote($INSTRING)   ;remove leading and trailing quotes
  If StringLeft($INSTRING,1) = '"' Then
     $INSTRING= StringTrimLeft($INSTRING,1)
  EndIf
  If StringRight($INSTRING,1) = '"' Then
     $INSTRING = StringTrimRight($INSTRING, 1)
  EndIf
  Return $INSTRING
EndFunc ;==>TrimQuote

Func CharsToString($INSTRING)
  Dim $TEMPARRAY, $COUNT
  $INSTRING = StringReplace($INSTRING," ","")
  
;Remove trailing nulls 
  While StringRight($INSTRING,3) = ",00"
     $INSTRING = StringTrimRight($INSTRING,3)
  Wend
;Create an array of character values and build string
  $TEMPARRAY = StringSplit($INSTRING, ",")
  $INSTRING = ""
  For $COUNT = 1 To $TEMPARRAY[0] 
     If $TEMPARRAY[$COUNT] = "00" Then
        $INSTRING = $INSTRING & '" & @LF & "';separate items with linefeed character
     Else
        $INSTRING = $INSTRING & Chr(Dec($TEMPARRAY[$COUNT]));convert hex to dec then get character value and append to return string
     EndIf
  Next
  Return $INSTRING
  
EndFunc ;==>CharsToString

Func DblQuote($INSTRING)
  $INSTRING = Chr(34) & $INSTRING & Chr(34)
  Return $INSTRING
EndFunc ;==>DblQuote

Func SingleQuote($INSTRING)
  $INSTRING = Chr(39) & $INSTRING & Chr(39)
  Return $INSTRING
EndFunc ;==>SingleQuote


Func ProgramExit($INSTRING,$ERROR)
  Dim $FLAGS,$TEMPARRAY
  If $ERROR = 1 Then
     $FLAGS = 16
  Else
     $FLAGS = 64
  EndIf  
  $TEMPARRAY = StringSplit($INSTRING, "|")
  MsgBox($FLAGS, $TEMPARRAY[1], $TEMPARRAY[2])
  If $INFILE <> -1 Then
     FileClose($INFILE)
  EndIf
  If $OUTFILE <> -1 Then
     FileClose($OUTFILE)
  EndIf  
  Exit
EndFunc ;==>ProgramExit

now the .reg file

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Document Classes\C/C++]
"Type"=dword:00000002
"Members"=hex(7):2a,2e,43,00,2a,2e,43,50,50,00,2a,2e,48,00,2a,2e,48,50,50,00,\
  2a,2e,43,58,58,00,2a,2e,48,58,58,00,2a,2e,49,4e,4c,00,2a,2e,52,43,00,2a,2e,\
  52,43,32,00,00
"Properties"=hex:50,00,00,00,13,03,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"TabStops"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SyntaxProps"=hex:01,00,00,00
"SyntaxFile"="E:\\PROGRAM FILES\\TEXTPAD 4\\System\\CPP.SYN"
"WordChars"="_"

April 10, 2004

oops!...maybe Dan doesn't like bugs being found in his code. and i thought i was helping! i kind of liked this code coz as i've already stated, it has saved me a lot of coding that someday i was going to do. i just wanted it to be improved and applicable to all reg entries.

Dan · April 10, 2004

oops!...maybe Dan doesn't like bugs being found in his code. and i thought i was helping! i kind of liked this code coz as i've already stated, it has saved me a lot of coding that someday i was going to do. i just wanted it to be improved and applicable to all reg entries.

It's not a problem. Report them all. I wrote it to help with a specific problem and didn't encounter any of the bugs you found as the .reg files I was working with were strings (without " or \ characters) and dwords. The next time i use this, it will be bug free and able to handle any possible .reg formatting thanks to your diligent testing.

Your last post said you had a problem with extra entries being placed in the reg file, I can't duplicate this. Can you give me some more details?

April 10, 2004

sure! follow these steps:

make .au3 from the reg file i've given.

export the key to another reg file.

compare both reg files.

Dan · April 10, 2004

So it looks like reg_multi_sz were the only issue. Enclosing the string in quotes is not necessary for reg_sz_multi types. I added an else statement to handle it.

April 10, 2004

thanx... will check it out!

April 10, 2004

the members value in the au3 generated is coming out like this:

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Document Classes\C/C++","Members","REG_MULTI_SZ",*.C" & @LF & "*.CPP" & @LF & "*.H" & @LF & "*.HPP" & @LF & "*.CXX" & @LF & "*.HXX" & @LF & "*.INL" & @LF & "*.RC" & @LF & "*.RC2)

should've come out like:

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Helios\TextPad 4\Document Classes\C/C++","Members","REG_MULTI_SZ","*.C" & @LF & "*.CPP" & @LF & "*.H" & @LF & "*.HPP" & @LF & "*.CXX" & @LF & "*.HXX" & @LF & "*.INL" & @LF & "*.RC" & @LF & "*.RC2")

the quotes at the beginning & end came out missing.

i've fixed it ... the new line 76 should be:

FileWriteLine($OUTFILE, 'RegWrite(' & DblQuote($KEY) & "," & DblQuote($VALUE) & "," & DblQuote($VALUETYPE) & "," & '"'&$VALUEDATA & '")')

.reg To Au3

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