Read Registry Values and store as variables

[samkatakouzinos]

Feature Request: Read Registry Values and store as variables

VoiceAttack would read registry values on Windows systems.

An example would be to 'Set a Text Value' called UserDocumentsFolder
and Set Text Value To Value from file/URI: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders,Personal

This would then put the users 'My Documents' location into a variable for later reference.
The idea is taken from the reg.exe query command .

References:
https://ss64.com/nt/reg.html (REG.exe Read, Set or Delete registry keys and values, save and restore from a .REG file)
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3492920/is-there-a-system-defined-environment-variable-for-documents-directory (Is There A System Defined Environment Variable For Documents Directory?)

[Pfeil]

You can retrieve that value using an inline C# function:

Code: [Select]

using System;
using Microsoft.Win32;

public class VAInline
{
    public void main()
    {
        VA.SetText("UserDocumentsFolder", Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders", "Personal", "").ToString());
    }
}

[samkatakouzinos]

Urgh, the dark corners of programming 
Where's my flashlight. I'll need to go exploring 

[Pfeil]

All you need to do is to paste that code snippet into the "Inline Function - C# Code" action found under Other->Advanced->Execute an Inline Function->C# Code

When it runs, a text value named "UserDocumentsFolder"(as used in your example) will contain what is in that registry key.