WD95: WordBasic Macro to Copy Data Key from the Registry

ID: Q182282

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

This article describes how to write information from the registry to an output file using WordBasic in Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.x.

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The following sample WordBasic macro copies the information from the Data key for Word in the system registry, to a *.reg file, which it saves on the Desktop.

   Sub MAIN
   Open Environ$("windir") + "\Desktop\OldWordSettings.REG" For Output As
   #1
   REM next two lines are really one statement.
   Print #1,
   GetPrivateProfileString$("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Word\7.0\ 
   Data", "Settings", "")
   Close #1
   End Sub

NOTE: Microsoft Windows NT, version 3.51 with Service Pack 3 or later contains user profiles. Therefore, if you are running Windows NT, the first line of the macro would instead be as follows:

   Open Environ$("windir") + "\profiles\AllUsers\Desktop\ 
   OldWordSettings.REG" For Output As #1

REFERENCES

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q86470
   TITLE     : How to Use WordBasic to Return Values from Win.ini or
               Registry

Additional query words: write

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999