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GetIDESetting – Retrieve a setting for the Visual Basic IDE

GetIDESetting – Retrieve a setting for the Visual Basic IDE

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002' read the value of a setting for the VB IDE from the Registry' Important: only works with VB6'' Possible values for SettingName are'   AlignToGrid   (returns 0/1)'   BackgroundProjectLoad (0/1)'   CollapseWindows  (0/1)'   FolderView   (0/1)'   GridHeight, GridWidth    (twips)'   MainWindow, MainWindowSDI    (a space-delimited string'               with window's pos, size, state, eg "10 20 745 523 1")'   PromptForProjectOnStartup   (0/1)'   ResolutionGuides    (0/1)'   SaveBeforeRun     (0/1)'   SDI  (0/1)'   ShowClassModuleTemplates, ShowFormTemplates, ShowMDIFormTemplates,'       ShowModuleTemplates, ShowUserControlTemplates,'  ShowUserDocumentTemplates (0/1)'   ShowGrid        (0/1)'   TemplatesDirectory      (complete path)'   ShowTooltips        (0/1)' If you pass an unrecognized setting name, it raises error 5'' Requires the GetRegistryValue functionFunction GetIDESetting(ByVal SettingName As String) As String    ' note that the following registry key name depends    ' on the VB version installed    GetIDESetting = GetRegistryValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _        "SoftwareMicrosoftVisual Basic6.0", SettingName, "***")    If GetIDESetting = "***" Then Err.Raise 5End Function

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