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  • vighnesh
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    Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

    Hi Folks

    Greetings to you all. I am dealing with a project ( windows application ) in
    which I have to read the REG_BINARY value from the Registry and get its
    string equalent ( the ASCII text value ). Can anyone please suggest me how
    can I achieve that in VB/C#.NET.

    Thanking you in advance.

    Regards
    Vighneswar


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    • Mattias Sjögren
      #2
      Re: Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

      >Greetings to you all. I am dealing with a project ( windows application ) in
      >which I have to read the REG_BINARY value from the Registry and get its
      >string equalent ( the ASCII text value ).
      Well there are multiple ways to convert a byte array to a string,
      depending on which representation you want. But if you're saying that
      the data is ASCII encoded text, then
      System.Text.Enc oding.ASCII.Get String() should do it.


      Mattias

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        • vighnesh
          #3
          Re: Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

          Hi Mattias

          Thank you very much for your reply. Its my gesture that the REG_BINARY is
          ASCII encoded text. Can you please let me know how to know the encoding of
          REG_BINARY value. The System.Encoding .ASCII.GetStrin g() didn't work for me.

          Thanking you in advance.
          Regards
          Vighneswar

          "Mattias Sjögren" <mattias.dont.w ant.spam@mvps.o rgwrote in message
          news:e02zmVEXHH A.3568@TK2MSFTN GP06.phx.gbl...
          Greetings to you all. I am dealing with a project ( windows application )
          in
          >>which I have to read the REG_BINARY value from the Registry and get its
          >>string equalent ( the ASCII text value ).
          >
          Well there are multiple ways to convert a byte array to a string,
          depending on which representation you want. But if you're saying that
          the data is ASCII encoded text, then
          System.Text.Enc oding.ASCII.Get String() should do it.
          >
          >
          Mattias
          >
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            • Jon Skeet [C# MVP]
              #4
              Re: Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

              vighnesh <vighnesh@nanna computers.comwr ote:
              Thank you very much for your reply. Its my gesture that the REG_BINARY is
              ASCII encoded text.
              No, REG_BINARY is arbitrary binary data.
              Can you please let me know how to know the encoding of
              REG_BINARY value. The System.Encoding .ASCII.GetStrin g() didn't work for me.
              In that case the binary data you're trying to decode isn't just an
              ASCII-encoded string.

              Now, you could convert the binary data to its hex representation, if
              that would be useful - but without more information about what you're
              trying to do (i.e. what the data really is), it's hard to say exactly
              how you should do it.

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                • vighnesh
                  #5
                  Re: Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

                  Hi Jon

                  Thank you very much for your reply. Here what I am trying to do is, to get
                  the start menu programs list from the registry location

                  "HKEY_CURRENT_U SER\Software\Mi crosoft\Windows \Current Version\Explore r\Menu
                  Order\Start Menu\Programs"

                  Here for each start menu program I have to retrieve its "Order" value which
                  in REG_BINARY and convert that into normal text. I hope you understood what
                  I am trying to do. Please assist me in getting this solved.

                  Thanking you in advance.

                  Regards
                  Vighneswar
                  "Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <skeet@pobox.co mwrote in message
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                  vighnesh <vighnesh@nanna computers.comwr ote:
                  >Thank you very much for your reply. Its my gesture that the REG_BINARY is
                  >ASCII encoded text.
                  >
                  No, REG_BINARY is arbitrary binary data.
                  >
                  >Can you please let me know how to know the encoding of
                  >REG_BINARY value. The System.Encoding .ASCII.GetStrin g() didn't work for
                  >me.
                  >
                  In that case the binary data you're trying to decode isn't just an
                  ASCII-encoded string.
                  >
                  Now, you could convert the binary data to its hex representation, if
                  that would be useful - but without more information about what you're
                  trying to do (i.e. what the data really is), it's hard to say exactly
                  how you should do it.
                  >
                  --
                  Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>
                  http://www.pobox.com/~skeet Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
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                    • mpetrotta@gmail.com
                      #6
                      Re: Read REG_BINARY Value into its string equalent - 010307

                      On Mar 7, 3:41 am, "vighnesh" <vighn...@nanna computers.comwr ote:
                      >
                      Thank you very much for your reply. Here what I am trying to do is, to get
                      the start menu programs list from the registry location
                      >
                      "HKEY_CURRENT_U SER\Software\Mi crosoft\Windows \Current Version\Explore r\Menu
                      Order\Start Menu\Programs"
                      >
                      Here for each start menu program I have to retrieve its "Order" value which
                      in REG_BINARY and convert that into normal text. I hope you understood what
                      I am trying to do. Please assist me in getting this solved.
                      Yeesh. Doesn't look easy, from what I've found online (search Google
                      for that registry key). Out of curiosity, why do you want to retrieve
                      that data?

                      Michael

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