TRegistry.RegistryConnect Method

Establishes a connection to a registry on another computer.

Pascal

function RegistryConnect(const UNCName: string): Boolean;

C++

__fastcall Boolean RegistryConnect(const AnsiString UNCName);

Description

Call RegistryConnect to establish a connection to a registry on another computer running Windows 95 or Windows NT. UNCName is the name of the remote computer, and must take the following form:

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\\computername

where computername is the name of the remote computer. If UNCName is nil (Delphi) or NULL (C++), the local machine name is used.

Note: Before calling RegistryConnect, an application must set the RootKey property for its registry object to HKEY_USERS or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

If connection is successful, RegistryConnect sets the RootKey property to the root key of the remote computer and returns true. If unsuccessful, RegistryConnect returns false, and RootKey remains unchanged.