F. Scott Barker’s Microsoft Access 2002 Power Programming

Chapter 18. Manipulating the Registry with VBA

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Looking at the Windows Registry’s History 544

• Using VBA’s Registry Commands 550

• Performing Tasks with the Registry API Calls 555

Working with the Windows Registry can intimidate the average Office developer. Mention the Registry, and developers think immediately of C++–level programming. After developers get their first assignment requiring manipulating the Registry from Access using VBA, many of them try to work on every other task on their plate before tackling it. This doesn’t have to be the case. By looking at the different parts of the Registry and discussing what area you are most likely to use, this chapter should take the mystery out of it.

You might be saying to yourself, “I have ...