Reg Key Export employing variables

[mr-es335]

Good day,

I have managed - with great difficulty, in employing variables with Arrays. A couple of "things"...

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; ------------------------------------------------
#include <FileConstants.au3>
; ------------------------------------------------
Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)
; -------------------------------------------------
_ExportRegKeys()
; -------------------------------------------------
Func _ExportRegKeys()
    ; Source data
    Local $_sRegKey[3] = [2]
    $_sRegKey[1] = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Native Instruments"
    $_sRegKey[2] = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Native Instruments"
    ; -----------------
    ; Destination data
    Local $_RegFile[3] = [2]
    $_RegFile[1] = "D:\Install\App_Config\Digital_Audio\2_GR5\Data\Reg_Keys\hkcu.reg"
    $_RegFile[2] = "D:\Install\App_Config\Digital_Audio\2_GR5\Data\Reg_Keys\hklm.reg"
    ; -------------------------------------------------
    Local $sMessage = "Export Registry Keys data..." & @CRLF & @CRLF
    ; -------------------------------------------------
    For $i = 1 To $_RegFile[0]
        Local $Result = ShellExecuteWait('REG', 'EXPORT " ' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" ' & $_RegFile[$i] & '')
        Switch $Result
            Case 0
                $Result = "The Registry Keys data...[" & $_RegFile[$i] & "]...was exported sucessfully!"
            Case 1
                $Result = "The Registry Keys data...[" & $_RegFile[$i] & "]...was not exported sucessfully!"
        EndSwitch
        ; -----------------
        $sMessage &= $Result & @CRLF
    Next
    ; -----------------------------------------------
    $sMessage &= @CRLF & "Export Registry Keys completed..." & @CRLF
    ; -----------------------------------------------
    SplashTextOn("NOTICE!!", $sMessage, 1050, 170, -1, -1, 4, "FuturaBQ-DemiBold", 14)
    Sleep(3000)
    SplashOff()
EndFunc   ;==>_ExportRegKeys
; -------------------------------------------------

Thing #1: How can the addition of "& '" /Y')" be employed in the above with the "ShellExecuteWrite" command?
• I have attempted numerous insertion points with no success!

Thing #2: Is the above script "sound"?

Thank you for any assistance that one may provide.

Edited September 23, 2024 by mr-es335
More claficiation required.

[Marc]

Hi, mr-es335,

to #1: I like to see the created command, so I extracted the parameters in a separate variable and wrote it to console. Makes it more visible to see what actually happens.

Works quite fine this way. even with /y:

Local $tmp = 'EXPORT "' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" "' & $_RegFile[$i] & '" /Y'
Local $Result = ShellExecuteWait('REG', $tmp)
ConsoleWrite($tmp & @CRLF)

to #2:

Looks quite stable to me.

best regards,
Marc

[mr-es335]

Marc,

Thanks for the reply...appreciated...However the above example does not really help me at all.

I simply want to changes this:

;reg export <keyname> <filename> [/y]
ShellExecuteWait(REG, EXPORT "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Native Instruments" "E:\Desktop\Test\test.reg" /y)

...to this...

Local $_Keyname = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Native Instruments"
Local $_DstFile = "E:\Desktop\Test\hkcu.reg"

;reg export <keyname> <filename> [/y]
ShellExecuteWait(REG, EXPORT $_Keyname $_DstFile /y)

 

[Marc]

If I'm not mistaken, that's just what the code does... If you replace the line

Local $Result = ShellExecuteWait('REG', 'EXPORT " ' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" ' & $_RegFile[$i] & '')

with my code, you'll get:

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; ------------------------------------------------
#include <FileConstants.au3>
; ------------------------------------------------
Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)
; -------------------------------------------------
_ExportRegKeys()
; -------------------------------------------------
Func _ExportRegKeys()
    ; Source data
    Local $_sRegKey[3] = [2]
    $_sRegKey[1] = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Native Instruments"
    $_sRegKey[2] = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Native Instruments"
    ; -----------------
    ; Destination data
    Local $_RegFile[3] = [2]
    $_RegFile[1] = "D:\Install\App_Config\Digital_Audio\2_GR5\Data\Reg_Keys\hkcu.reg"
    $_RegFile[2] = "D:\Install\App_Config\Digital_Audio\2_GR5\Data\Reg_Keys\hklm.reg"
    ; -------------------------------------------------
    Local $sMessage = "Export Registry Keys data..." & @CRLF & @CRLF
    ; -------------------------------------------------
    For $i = 1 To $_RegFile[0]
        Local $tmp = 'EXPORT "' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" "' & $_RegFile[$i] & '" /Y'
        Local $Result = ShellExecuteWait('REG', $tmp)
        ConsoleWrite($tmp & @CRLF)
        Switch $Result
            Case 0
                $Result = "The Registry Keys data...[" & $_RegFile[$i] & "]...was exported sucessfully!"
            Case 1
                $Result = "The Registry Keys data...[" & $_RegFile[$i] & "]...was not exported sucessfully!"
        EndSwitch
        ; -----------------
        $sMessage &= $Result & @CRLF
    Next
    ; -----------------------------------------------
    $sMessage &= @CRLF & "Export Registry Keys completed..." & @CRLF
    ; -----------------------------------------------
    SplashTextOn("NOTICE!!", $sMessage, 1050, 170, -1, -1, 4, "FuturaBQ-DemiBold", 14)
    Sleep(3000)
    SplashOff()
EndFunc   ;==>_ExportRegKeys
; -------------------------------------------------

and it seems to work fine. It displays the "successfully" message and two .reg files are created at the given location. And it uses the /y because it overwrites the files without asking if they are already there.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

best regards,
Marc

Edited September 23, 2024 by Marc

[mr-es335]

Marc,

Okay! This is great! works as expected!!

However, may I ask where you gleaned the information to know precisely how to format the syntax?
 

; Mine...works, but asks for confirmation to overwrite the exisiting data.
ShellExecuteWait('REG', 'EXPORT " ' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" ' & $_RegFile[$i] & '')

; Your...works, and does not asks for confirmation to overwrite the exisiting data.
ShellExecuteWait('REG', 'EXPORT "' & $_sRegKey[$i] & '" "' & $_RegFile[$i] & '" /Y')

Comparing the syntax I found with yours

 

Edited September 23, 2024 by mr-es335

[Marc]

Well I just thought „how should the command look like if entered on the command line“ and came tobte conclusion of „out every Parameter in „“ and to be sure it is correct I added the consolewrite to see the result🙃