What is the purpose of value type REG_NONE
Hi All,
I noticed that the registry has a value type of REG_NONE.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/registry_value_types.asp
What is the purpose of this value type? Even a default Value is of type REG_SZ.
Jeff
# 1 Re: What is the purpose of value type REG_NONE
Sometimes, you just need to know if a value exist, and you don't care what is the value.
It's like in a C progam, sometimes, you have #define TEST and no value assigned to TEST, then you have #ifdef TEST, and it is enough to know that the constant has been defined.
- May I ask you a question?
- Yes.
- Okay, thanks.
# 2 Re: What is the purpose of value type REG_NONE
Hello Olivthill,
I am working on a YARC (Yet Another Registry Class). This class encrypts the Value (data) using AES. As of this point, I am writing data as REG_BINARY.
Is it permissible to write the data as a REG_NONE (as a indicator to the class that the Value is unique)? Is this latitude for a programmer?
I have not written any sample code to see if it is even possible.
Thanks,
Jeff
