vl-registry-read (AutoLISP)

Returns data stored in the Windows registry for the specified key/value pair

(vl-registry-read reg-key [val-name])

Arguments

reg-key

A string specifying a Windows registry key.

val-name

A string containing the value of a registry entry.

If val-name is supplied and is not nil, the specified value will be read from the registry. If val-name is absent or nil,the function reads the specified key and all of its values.

Return Values

A string containing registry data, if successful; otherwise nil.

Examples

(vl-registry-read "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Test")
nil

(vl-registry-write "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Test" "" "test data")
"test data"

(vl-registry-read "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Test")
"test data"