Registry - Create value

Declaration

<AMREGISTRY ACTIVITY="write_value" KEY="text" VALUE="text" VALUEDATA="text" TYPE="text (options)" />

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Description

Sets the specified name/value pair on the specified registry key.

WARNING: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Do not edit the Windows registry unless you are confident about doing so.

Practical usage

Used to write a value and optional data to the registry. Necessary keys will be automatically created.

Parameters

General

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Value type Text (options) Yes string
  • TYPE="string"
  • TYPE="dword"

The registry data type to create. The available options are:

  • String (default) - Create a STRING value, which consists of plain readable text. All data types ending with SZ are STRING values. All STRING values are indicated by an AB icon.
  • Dword value- Create a DWORD value, which consists of binary data. System policy settings, device drivers, and services use DWORD values the most.
Registry key Text Yes (Empty)
  • PDFDOCUMENTFROM="new_file"
  • PDFDOCUMENTFROM="existing_file"
 The registry key (folder) in which to set the new value. Click the folder icon to open a standard registry viewer that you can use to navigate to the desired registry key.
Value name Text Yes (Empty) SOURCE="C:\PDFFileName.pdf" The name of the registry value to create.
NOTE: When you add a registry value to a registry key, the new registry value name and data type are saved with default data.
Value data Text Yes (Empty) NEWPDF="C:\PDFFileName.pdf" The registry value data to write. The Registry key and Value name must be specified along with this value for proper functionality.

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Example

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Description

This sample task creates a value in the registry.

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<AMREGISTRY ACTIVITY="write_value" KEY="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AutoMate\<Automate Desktop or Automate> <product version number>\TaskService" VALUE="temp" VALUEDATA="theData" />