Description

This object has a mechanism that allows you to work with sections and options stored in the system registry, INI, XML and binary files. To illustrate what sections and options are, let’s have a look at the registry:

The structure used in binary, INI and XML files is similar to this one.

A section can hold any number of subsections. A section (or a subsection) can hold any number of options. An option can hold data of the string, integer, float or date/time formats.

A Section object is returned by the Registry method of the Storages object. This method returns the Section object for a system registry key. Using methods and properties of the Section object, you can create and delete sections and options in any of the mentioned sources. Also, you can get and change the contents of the sections and options.

The GetSubSection and GetSubSectionByIndex methods of the Section object return Section objects for a section. Thus, this section becomes another start point in the structure of subsections and options you can manage using the methods and properties of the Section objects.

The Section object is an ancestor of the FileSection object. FileSection is meant for working with sections and options stored in XML, INI or binary files. You use the same methods and properties as in Section, since FileSection derives all of them from Section. The way you use the methods and properties of the Section object does not depend on where the sections and options are kept.

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Example

The following example demonstrates how to get a Section object that provides scripting access to the Windows system registry key:

JavaScript, JScript

function Test()
{

  var Key, RootKey, Section, RegistryType, RO;

  // Specifies the full path to the needed registry key from the root key
  Key = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";

  // Specifies the root key
  RootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;

  // Specifies that the 32-bit registry view will be accessed
  RegistryType = AQRT_32_BIT;

  // Specifies that the registry key is opened in read-only mode
  RO = true;

  // Obtains a Section object that provides access to the specified registry key
  Section = Storages.Registry(Key, RootKey, RegistryType, RO);

  …

}

Python

def Test():
  
  # Specifies the full path to the needed registry key from the root key
  Key = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders"

  # Specifies the root key
  RootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  
  # Specifies that the 32-bit registry view will be accessed
  RegistryType = AQRT_32_BIT

  # Specifies that the registry key is opened in read-only mode
  RO = True

  # Obtains a Section object that provides access to the specified registry key
  Section = Storages.Registry(Key, RootKey, RegistryType, RO)

  Log.Message(Section.Name)
  # ...

VBScript

Sub Test

  Dim Key, RootKey, Section, RegistryType, RO

  ' Specifies the full path to the needed registry key from the root key
  Key = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"

  ' Specifies the root key
  RootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER

  ' Specifies that the 32-bit registry view will be accessed
  RegistryType = AQRT_32_BIT

  ' Specifies that the registry key is opened in read-only mode
  RO = True

  ' Obtains a Section object that provides access to the specified registry key
  Set Section = Storages.Registry(Key, RootKey, RegistryType, RO)

  …

End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure Test();
var Key, RootKey, Section, RegistryType, RO, valueName;

begin

  // Specifies the full path to the desired registry key from the root key
  Key := 'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders';

  // Specifies the root key
  RootKey := HKEY_CURRENT_USER;

  // Specifies that the 32-bit registry view will be accessed
  RegistryType := AQRT_32_BIT;

  // Specifies that registry key is opened in a read-only mode
  RO := true;

  // Obtains a Section object that provides an access to the specified registry key
  Section := Storages.Registry(Key, RootKey, RegistryType, RO);

  …

end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Test()
{

  var Key, RootKey, Section, RegistryType, RO;

  // Specifies the full path to the desired registry key from the root key
  Key = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";

  // Specifies the root key
  RootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;

  // Specifies that the 32-bit registry view will be accessed
  RegistryType = AQRT_32_BIT;

  // Specifies that registry key is opened in a read-only mode
  RO = true;

  // Obtains a Section object that provides an access to the specified registry key
  Section = Storages["Registry"](Key, RootKey, RegistryType, RO);

  …

}

Section Object

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