Title: jump to a certain key in Regedit?
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, Classes, Controls, Forms, StdCtrls;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure JumpToKey(Key: string);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
uses
ShellAPI;
procedure TForm1.JumpToKey(Key: string);
var
i, n: Integer;
hWin: HWND;
ExecInfo: ShellExecuteInfoA;
begin
hWin := FindWindowA(PChar('RegEdit_RegEdit'), nil);
if hWin = 0 then
{if Regedit doesn't run then we launch it}
begin
FillChar(ExecInfo, 60, #0);
with ExecInfo do
begin
cbSize := 60;
fMask := SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
lpVerb := PChar('open');
lpFile := PChar('regedit.exe');
nShow := 1;
end;
ShellExecuteExA(@ExecInfo);
WaitForInputIdle(ExecInfo.hProcess, 200);
hWin := FindWindowA(PChar('RegEdit_RegEdit'), nil);
end;
ShowWindow(hWin, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
hWin := FindWindowExA(hWin, 0, PChar('SysTreeView32'), nil);
SetForegroundWindow(hWin);
i := 30;
repeat
SendMessageA(hWin, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_LEFT, 0);
Dec(i);
until i = 0;
Sleep(500);
SendMessageA(hWin, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_RIGHT, 0);
Sleep(500);
i := 1;
n := Length(Key);
repeat
if Key[i] = '\' then
begin
SendMessageA(hWin, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_RIGHT, 0);
Sleep(500);
end
else
SendMessageA(hWin, WM_CHAR, Integer(Key[i]), 0);
i := i + 1;
until i = n;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
JumpToKey('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer');
end;
end.