>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It's hard to make other suggestions without seeing what the actual parameters are. Could you post them?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> hKey = 0
>>>>>>>> retval = RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "Minitab.mpj\shell\open\command", @hKey)
>>>>>>>> valuename = Space(255)
>>>>>>>> valuelen = 255
>>>>>>>> STORE 0 TO lpdwReserved,dataType, xindex
>>>>>>>> Store Space(255) to indata
>>>>>>>> datalen = Len(indata)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is the value returned by RegOpenKey equal to zero (ERROR_SUCCESS)? If not, the key may not exist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry hit reply before i oculd finish my changes but
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Value returned is 0 and hkey changes to different numbers per run. It does find the key
>>>>>>
>>>>>>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = -2147483648
>>>>>
>>>>>OH yeah, AND this program DOES work in win 95,98!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>Sounds like a problem with registry access caused by WinNT/2K security settings. I generally use the registry class in the FFC. I'm about to leave and won't have access to Win2K again until Monday. If no one else checks for you, I will then.
>>>
>>>I'm leaving myself so I may see ya then!!!
>>
>>Found it! In my tests I made the same mistake you did. The declaration should be

DECLARE INTEGER RegEnumValue IN Win32API;
>>  INTEGER hKey, INTEGER dwIndex,;
>>  STRING @lpValueName, INTEGER @lpcValueName,;
>>  INTEGER <b>lpReserved</b>, INTEGER @lpType,;
>>  STRING @lpData, INTEGER @lpcbData

Both of us passed the lpReserved parameter by reference rather than value. Change the declaration and it should work fine.
>
>
>I only wish it was that nice, but i keep getting SYNTAX ERROR from the Darn thing. I evan copied and pasted into prog but still doesn't work. I'm using foxpro 5.0 will that make a difference?

It shouldn't. I tested the code below in both 6.0 and 7.0 (don't have 5.0 any longer). Try changing the lckey value after copying and pasting it into a prg file.

#DEFINE HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT           -2147483648  && BITSET(0,31)
DECLARE INTEGER RegOpenKey IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hKey, STRING @lpSubKey,;
  INTEGER @phkResult
DECLARE INTEGER RegEnumValue IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hKey, INTEGER dwIndex,;
  STRING @lpValueName, INTEGER @lpcValueName,;
  INTEGER lpReserved, INTEGER @lpType,;
  STRING @lpData, INTEGER @lpcbData
DECLARE INTEGER RegCloseKey IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hKey
lckey = 'oasis.oasis\CLSID' && Change this to your key.
lnkey = 0
IF RegOpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, @lckey, @lnkey) = 0
  STORE SPACE(256) TO lcbuffer, lcdata
  STORE LEN(lcbuffer) TO lnsize, lndatasize
  lntype = 0
  lnindex = 0
  lnreserved = 0
  ? RegEnumValue(lnkey, lnindex, @lcdata, @lndatasize, lnreserved, @lntype, @lcbuffer, @lnsize) && Should return zero.
  ? lcdata
  ? lcbuffer
  = RegCloseKey(lnkey)
ENDIF

Let me know if this works.