Write REG_EXPAND_SZ values

[ChrLipp]

At the moment it is not possible to write String values to the registry with type REG_EXPAND_SZ. When I try to set a path variable with

Advapi32Util.registrySetStringValue(
    WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'ENVIRONMENT', key, value)

a REG_SZ value is created. I would like to have one additional (or overloaded) function which is able to create a REG_EXPAND_SZ value.

[twall]

Patches (with associated tests) are welcome.

On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Christian LIPP [email protected] wrote:

At the moment it is not possible to write String values to the registry with type REG_EXPAND_SZ. When I try to set a path variable with

   Advapi32Util.registrySetStringValue(WinReg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 'ENVIRONMENT', key, value)

a REG_SZ value is created. I would like to have one additional (or overloaded) function which is able to create a REG_EXPAND_SZ value.

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[dblock]

Use registrySetExpandableStringValue.

[ChrLipp]

Thanks for your help. I am using groovyConcole, so I didn't have AutoComplete and the function is also not mentioned in JavaDoc: https://jna.java.net/javadoc/platform/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Util.html

Regards, CL

[dblock]

That doc link is very old. See http://twall.github.io/jna/4.1.0. If you found a link to that doc on Github somewhere, lets fix it.

[ChrLipp]

It was the first hit on Google when searching for Advapi32Util.registrySetStringValue
The second link would have been a correct one - although an older version (3.4.0 instead of 4.1.0).
Thanks for your help!