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Function name : RegSaveKey

Group: Registry - Library: advapi32

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The RegSaveKey function saves the specified key and all of its subkeys and values to a new file.

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Code examples:

How to save registry key including its subkeys and values to a file

Declaration:

LONG RegSaveKey(
  HKEY hKey,                                  // handle to key
  LPCTSTR lpFile,                             // data file
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes  // SD
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER RegSaveKey IN advapi32;
	INTEGER hKey,;
	STRING  lpFile,;
	INTEGER lpSecurityAttributes  

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Parameters:

hKey [in] Specifies a handle to the key where the save operation is to begin, or a predefined reserved handle value.

lpFile [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string containing the name of the file in which the specified key and subkeys are saved.

lpSecurityAttributes Windows NT/2000 or later: [in] Pointer to a structure that specifies a security descriptor for the new file.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is 0 (ERROR_SUCCESS).

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