createRegistryPath: Constructor for representation of a registry entry

In omegahat/SWinRegistry: Access to Windows Registry

Constructor for representation of a registry entry

Description

This allows one to create an identifier for an entry in the Windows registry, identifying the entry as either a simple value or a regular key which potentially has sub-keys.

Usage

createRegistryPath(path, top, isValue)

Arguments

path	a character vector giving the path or sequence of entries identifying the hierarchical entry in the Windows registry. This is resolved relative to the top element.
top	the top-level key of the root of the registry
isValue	a logical value indicating whether the path identifies a key or a value

Value

An object of class or depending on the value of isValue.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang <[e-mail]>

References

http://www.omegahat.org/SWinRegistry

Examples

createRegistryPath("SOFTWARE", "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", FALSE)
 # Partial matching for the top argument
createRegistryPath("SOFTWARE", "HKEY_LOC", FALSE)
 # Using integers based on the index in the .BuiltinKeys
createRegistryPath("SOFTWARE", 4, FALSE)


 # Nested path using a single string.
createRegistryPath("SOFTWARE\\R-core\\R", 4, FALSE)
 # Nested path and a Value reference.
createRegistryPath("SOFTWARE\\R-core\\R\\InstallPath", 4, TRUE)

 # Mixing the forms in which we specify the path, elements and 
 # a single string with \
createRegistryPath(c("a", "b", "c", "x\\y\\z"), "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", TRUE)

omegahat/SWinRegistry documentation built on July 17, 2022, 7:26 p.m.