/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the multilingual string associated with the specified name. Returns null if the name/value pair does not exist in the registry.
/// The key must have been opened using
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "key">The registry key to load the string from.</param>
/// <param name = "name">The name of the string to load.</param>
/// <returns>The language-specific string, or null if the name/value pair does not exist in the registry.</returns>
public static string LoadMuiStringValue(this RegistryKey key, string name)
{
const int initialBufferSize = 1024;
var output = new StringBuilder(initialBufferSize);
int requiredSize;
IntPtr keyHandle = key.Handle.DangerousGetHandle();
ErrorCode result = (ErrorCode)AdvApi32.RegLoadMUIString(keyHandle, name, output, output.Capacity, out requiredSize, AdvApi32.RegistryLoadMuiStringOptions.None, null);
if (result == ErrorCode.MoreData)
{
output.EnsureCapacity(requiredSize);
result = (ErrorCode)AdvApi32.RegLoadMUIString(keyHandle, name, output, output.Capacity, out requiredSize, AdvApi32.RegistryLoadMuiStringOptions.None, null);
}
return(result == ErrorCode.Success ? output.ToString() : null);
}
