Here is an a little app I wrote so I could tailor unattended builds where I work. After writing this I found I could do the same in a batch script but easier with BlitzPlus to add more features like file validation. I've added as much comments as I could, it also shows a way to execute commands from within your B+ program. Any improvements would be nice.
; Simply console app that adds registry files. Can be easily customized.
; by em22
AppTitle "RegRunner 1.1"
; Set some variables
Global ok$,z$
done=0
; create a type for our file names
Type file
Field filename$
End Type
; Lets see if any command lines have been passed. If not the display help
folder$=CommandLine$()
If folder$="" Or folder$="/?" Then Goto help
If folder$="-c" Then folder$=CurrentDir$()
If Right(folder$,1)<>"\" Then folder=folder+"\"
If FileType(folder$)=0
Notify "Error "+folder$+" not found exiting. Use /? For help"
End
EndIf
; tells B+ where I want to read files from
myDir=ReadDir(folder$)
Print "Registry Runner v1.1 by em22 (c)2009"+Chr$(10)
Print "Please wait scanning : "+folder$+"..."
Repeat
; grab the next filename into file$
file$=NextFile(myDir)
; If there isn't another one, let's exit this loop
If file$="" Then Exit
; we only want reg fils and not folders, this sorts that out.
If FileType(folder$+"\"+file$) <> 2 And Right(file$,3)="reg" Then
p.file = New File
p\filename =file$
count=count+1 ; increment a count we will use to know if we found any reg files.
End If
Forever
If count=0 ; no reg files so...
Print "No reg keys found to add, exiting."+Chr$(10)
ego()
End
EndIf
Print "Found "+count+" registry file(s) to add :"+Chr$(10)
Print "Adding registry keys :"+Chr$(10)
;Stop ; debugging purposes
;we need to go through our list of reg files we found.
For p.File = Each File
; first lets check that our reg files have been formed the correct way
; so all I do is check the bytes from position 0 and 1 and add them up.
; some files when created in Windows will start with 255 then 254 (FF,FE)
; I handle this after doing the first calculation. I'm looking for "W" and then
; an "i" from the "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" at the start of the reg
; file.
fin$=folder$+p\filename ; sets fin$ and the next valid filename
filein=OpenFile(fin$) ; open the file
SeekFile(filein,0) ; seek to begining
valid1%= ReadByte( filein ) ; read the value
valid2%= ReadByte( filein ) ; and the next
CloseFile(filein) ; the close the file
tot=valid1+valid2 ; add the two values
If tot=509
; 509 is the total from Windows formatted reg files rather than raw ascii data
; so I need To check then next 3 bytes, as there will now be a "00" between the
; values I want eg. "W",00,"i"
filein=OpenFile(fin$) ; open the file again
SeekFile(filein,2) ; start at 2 bytes in
valid1%= ReadByte( filein ) ; read the next byte in value1
If ReadByte( filein ) = 0 ; if the NEXT byte = 0 then
valid2% = ReadByte( filein ) ; valid should equal the byte after
Else
valid2% = ReadByte( filein ) ; other wise just load the value
EndIf
CloseFile(filein)
tot=valid1+valid2
EndIf
If tot=192 ; it the ASCII value of "W" and "i" added together
; set our string that we want to execute
f$="reg import "+Chr$(34)+folder$+p\filename+Chr$(34)
Write " "+p\filename+"..."
; set the successful return message when the registry has been updated.
ok$="The operation completed successfully"
a=CreateProcess(f$) ; create a process
Repeat
z$=ReadLine (a) ; give the process some time
If z$=ok$ ; have we completed ok?
done=1
Write " done"+Chr$(10)
EndIf
Until z$=ok$ Or Eof (a) ; end when the process has finished
Else
; not the most sophisticated error handling, but it works.
Write " "+p\filename+" malformed."+Chr$(10)
EndIf
tot=0 :valid1=0:valid2=0 ; reset all these values
Next
CloseDir myDir
Print Chr$(10)+"kthxbye"
ego()
End
.help
Print "Registry Runner v1.0 By em22 em22ukgmail.com"
Print "(C)2009 Free for personal use"+Chr$(10)
Print "RegRunner is a program for adding multiple registry entries that are contained
Print "within a folder as separate .reg files. This can be useful For automated"
Print "builds giving a quick and easy way to add or take away settings in one go."
Print ""
Print "Use -c and it will look in the current directory for .reg files."
Print "If you supply a pathname RegRunner will look there."+Chr$(10)
Print "To make a batch script wait for RegRunner use:"+Chr$(10)
Print "cmd.exe /c regrun.exe [-c] [path]"+Chr$(10)
Input$("Press Return")
End
Function ego()
t=CreateTimer(60)
For n=0 To 90
WaitTimer(t)
Next
End Function
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