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POError when reading registry with Visual Basic 6 running on Win7
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    copied!<p>I have inherited a VB6 application from a friend of a family member, who wants to have some enhancements done to it. I haven’t developed in VB for more than 3 years (I’m currently developing in MS Dynamics Ax).<br> I’ve recently upgraded my hardware and am now running Win7. The last time I worked with the app (about a year and a half ago) was on a WinXP platform, and everything worked fine. Now when I run the app (through code) on Win7, I get an error when trying to read from the registry. Yes, I am running VB as administrator.</p> <p>The code to read from the registry is: Public Function sReadRegistry(ByVal hKeyRoot As Long, _ ByVal sSubKey As String, _ ByVal sValueName As String) As String</p> <pre><code>Dim r As Long Dim sData As String * 255 Dim lDataSize As Long Dim sTempVal As String Dim readValue As String lDataSize = 255 'Get the Value Requested lDataSize = 255 r = VRegReadString(hKeyRoot, sSubKey, sValueName, sData, lDataSize) If r Then sTempVal = "" Else sTempVal = Left$(sData, lDataSize - 1) End If sReadRegistry = sTempVal </code></pre> <p>End Function</p> <p>The “VRegReadString “ is declared within a module; and is declared as follows:</p> <pre><code>Declare Function VRegReadString Lib "VREG" (ByVal hKeyRoot As Long, ByVal sSubKey As String, ByVal sValueName As String, ByVal sData As String, ByRef lDataSize As Long) As Long </code></pre> <p>It complains about the “VREG” library… The error I get is: “File not found: VREG”.</p> <p>Is there a reference or component that I forgot to select? Can somebody please help with a solution?</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p>
 

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