Enclose a variable in quotes

[gfunk999]

Forgive me if this topic already exists. However, I spent over two hours trying to find something on this. Is there a way to enclose a variable in quotes without disabling it?

i.e. $Var = RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", $Input)

Note: $Input will require the double quotes, but doing so disables the variable.

I appreciate any help

[cdkid]

$input = '"quotes"'

?

~cdkid

[MadBoy]

Forgive me if this topic already exists. However, I spent over two hours trying to find something on this. Is there a way to enclose a variable in quotes without disabling it?

i.e. $Var = RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", $Input)

Note: $Input will require the double quotes, but doing so disables the variable.

I appreciate any help

$input = "SomeInput"
RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", '"' & $Input & '"')

This should make the $input to be entered into registry and look like "SomeInput" instead of SomeInput I hope...

[aslani]

Forgive me if this topic already exists. However, I spent over two hours trying to find something on this. Is there a way to enclose a variable in quotes without disabling it?

i.e. $Var = RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", $Input)

Note: $Input will require the double quotes, but doing so disables the variable.

I appreciate any help

If you want to put the value of the variable inside the quotation, use the following format;

"" & $var1

Thus in your case;

$Var = RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", "" & $Input)

Edited September 13, 2007 by aslani

[cdkid]

Aslani, that won't work. "" = null string, not a quote. You'd have to do something more like what i posted earlier

$Var = RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Alan","Name", "REG_SZ", '"' & $Input & '"')

~cdkid

Edited September 13, 2007 by cdkid

[gfunk999]

Thanks everyone for your replies. However, here's the code i'm using, notice that the $input_2 is getting change to 3, can't figure out why this is happening? The registry writes the 3 instead of the number I input.

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GuiCreate("MYGUI", 262, 148,-1, -1 , BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))

$Input_2 = GuiCtrlCreateInput("", 20, 20, 90, 20, $ES_NUMBER)
$Button_3 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("OK", 150, 20, 50, 21)


GuiSetState()
$msg = 0
While $msg <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
       $msg = GUIGetMsg()
       Select
           Case $msg = $Button_3
               exitloop
       EndSelect
Wend
if $msg = -3 Then
    Exit
    EndIf

MsgBox (4096, "Test", GUICtrlRead($Input_2))
MsgBox (0, "Test1", $Input_2)

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & $Input_2)

[qazwsx]

the quotation marks could be a part of regwrite and not of the actual writing maybe somone who knows how regwrite works could help you more.

[gfunk999]

But the actual Input is canged to 3 before it even makes it to the registry. So I think it's something how I'm using my code.

the quotation marks could be a part of regwrite and not of the actual writing maybe somone who knows how regwrite works could help you more.

[Buey]

Thanks everyone for your replies. However, here's the code i'm using, notice that the $input_2 is getting change to 3, can't figure out why this is happening? The registry writes the 3 instead of the number I input.

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GuiCreate("MYGUI", 262, 148,-1, -1 , BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))

$Input_2 = GuiCtrlCreateInput("", 20, 20, 90, 20, $ES_NUMBER)
$Button_3 = GuiCtrlCreateButton("OK", 150, 20, 50, 21)
GuiSetState()
$msg = 0
While $msg <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
       $msg = GUIGetMsg()
       Select
           Case $msg = $Button_3
               exitloop
       EndSelect
Wend
if $msg = -3 Then
    Exit
    EndIf

MsgBox (4096, "Test", GUICtrlRead($Input_2))
MsgBox (0, "Test1", $Input_2)

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & $Input_2)

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & $Input_2)

$Input_2 is the control ID of the text field, not the value of the field. Should be GUICtrlRead($Input_2)

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & GUICtrlRead($Input_2))

Or, with quotes around it:

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", '"' & GUICtrlRead($Input_2) & '"')

Edited September 13, 2007 by Buey

[aslani]

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & $Input_2)

$Input_2 is the control ID of the text field, not the value of the field. Should be GUICtrlRead($Input_2)

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", "" & GUICtrlRead($Input_2))

Or, with quotes around it:

RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ALAN", "NAME", "REG_SZ", '"' & GUICtrlRead($Input_2) & '"')

ditto...he beat me to it.

Just to clarify a bit.

If $Input_2 = 5

"" & GUICtrlRead($Input_2) = 5

'"' & GUICtrlRead($Input_2) & '"' = "5"

Edited September 13, 2007 by aslani

[gfunk999]

Ah that makes sense. So I was looking at the ID number. Again thank you all! I aprreciate the great feedback. It works great! See you guys later...