/// <summary>
/// Attempts to set a registry value for the key provided using the specified
/// name, data and kind. If the registry value does not exist it will be created
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The key of which the value is to be set for.</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of the value.</param>
/// <param name="data">The data of the value</param>
/// <param name="kind">The value kind of the value</param>
/// <returns>Returns a boolean value if the action succeeded or failed.</returns>
public static bool SetValueSafe(this RegistryKey key, string name, object data, RegistryValueKind kind)
{
try
{
// handle type conversion
if (kind != RegistryValueKind.Binary && data.GetType() == typeof(byte[]))
{
switch (kind)
{
case RegistryValueKind.String:
case RegistryValueKind.ExpandString:
data = ByteConverterHelper.ToString((byte[])data);
break;
case RegistryValueKind.DWord:
data = ByteConverterHelper.ToUInt32((byte[])data);
break;
case RegistryValueKind.QWord:
data = ByteConverterHelper.ToUInt64((byte[])data);
break;
case RegistryValueKind.MultiString:
data = ByteConverterHelper.ToStringArray((byte[])data);
break;
}
}
key.SetValue(name, data, kind);
return(true);
}
catch
{
return(false);
}
}
public static string RegistryValueToString(RegValueData value)
{
switch (value.Kind)
{
case RegistryValueKind.Binary:
return(value.Data.Length > 0 ? BitConverter.ToString(value.Data).Replace("-", " ").ToLower() : "(zero-length binary value)");
case RegistryValueKind.MultiString:
return(string.Join(" ", ByteConverterHelper.ToStringArray(value.Data)));
case RegistryValueKind.DWord:
var dword = ByteConverterHelper.ToUInt32(value.Data);
return($"0x{dword:x8} ({dword})"); // show hexadecimal and decimal
case RegistryValueKind.QWord:
var qword = ByteConverterHelper.ToUInt64(value.Data);
return($"0x{qword:x8} ({qword})"); // show hexadecimal and decimal
case RegistryValueKind.String:
case RegistryValueKind.ExpandString:
return(ByteConverterHelper.ToString(value.Data));
default:
return(string.Empty);
}
}
public RegValueEditMultiStringForm(RegValueData value)
{
_value = value;
InitializeComponent();
this.valueNameTxtBox.Text = value.Name;
this.valueDataTxtBox.Text = string.Join("\r\n", ByteConverterHelper.ToStringArray(value.Data));
}
