It seems strange that the type returned isn't the type from the registry. Why wouldn't .Net return an Int if the registry key holds an int, or a string if the value is string?? That's what a WinAPI call would do. Seems to be it's more obscure now.

I guess I could return the object returned from GetValue, but then your code has to cast whenever it's used. What do you think of the idea of writing a wrapper GetValue method, overloaded for each default value? So if I pass an int as the default, then the return value is cast to int, likewise for other values being returned based on the default value passed in.



>>Now this is all fine when the registry value is a string, but it certainly isn't generic. What if the value is an int?
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>Have your method return an object rather than a string.
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>~~Bonnie
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>>I have this code:
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>>public string GetRegistryValue(string sKeyName, string sKeyValue)
>>{
>>    sKeyPath = "Software\\my_app\\" + sKeyName;
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>>    string sRetVal = (string)Registry.LocalMachine.GetValue(sKeyPath, sKeyValue, "");
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>>    return sValue;
>>}
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>>Now this is all fine when the registry value is a string, but it certainly isn't generic. What if the value is an int?
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>>Thanks