CFREGISTRY ACTION="Get"

Use CFREGISTRY with the Get action to access a registry value and store it in a ColdFusion variable.

Syntax

<CFREGISTRY ACTION="Get"
    BRANCH="branch"
    ENTRY="key or value"
    TYPE="data type"
    VARIABLE="variable">

BRANCH

Required. The name of the registry branch containing the value you want to access.

ENTRY

Required. The registry value to be accessed.

TYPE

Optional. The type of data you want to access:

VARIABLE

Required. Variable into which CFREGISTRY places the value.

Usage

CFREGISTRY does not create the variable if the value does not exist.

Example

<!--- This example uses CFREGISTRY with
      the Get Action  --->
     
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>CFREGISTRY ACTION="Get"</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<CFREGISTRY ACTION="Get"
  BRANCH="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Java VM" 
  ENTRY="ClassPath" TYPE="String" VARIABLE="RegValue">
<H1>CFREGISTRY ACTION="Get"</H1>
<CFOUTPUT>
<P>
Java ClassPath value is #RegValue#
</CFOUTPUT>
</BODY>
</HTML>