Owning Palette: Connectivity VIs and Functions
Requires: Base Development System. This topic might not match its corresponding palette in LabVIEW depending on your operating system, licensed product(s), and target.
Use the Windows Registry Access VIs to create, open, query, enumerate, close, and delete Windows registry keys. You also can enumerate, read, write, and delete the value of Windows registry keys.
| Caution Incorrectly modifying the registry can damage Windows or prevent you from starting Windows. |
The VIs on this palette can return Windows registry access error codes.
| Palette Object | Description |
|---|---|
| Close Registry Key | Closes a key in the Windows registry. |
| Create Registry Key | Creates a key in the Windows registry or opens it, if it already exists. |
| Delete Registry Key | Deletes the specified key or subkey. |
| Delete Registry Value | Deletes the specified value for the specified key. |
| Enum Registry Keys | Enumerates subkeys of the specified key or subkey. |
| Enum Registry Values Simple | Enumerates the values for the specified key or subkey. If retrieve data? is TRUE, the VI returns DWORD data and String/Binary data in addition to values and simple data types. |
| Open Registry Key | Opens a reference to a key or subkey in the Windows registry. |
| Query Registry Key Info | Retrieves information about keys. |
| Read Registry Value Simple | Reads data and the simplified data type from a registry value. If the key or value does not exist or an unrecoverable error occurs, the VI returns the default data. Wire data to the default data input to determine the polymorphic instance to use or manually select the instance.
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| Write Registry Value Simple | Writes data to the registry value under the key specified by refnum. Wire data to the String/Binary data input to determine the polymorphic instance to use or manually select the instance. |