Stacey,

One way is to use the WSH:

oWsh = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.shell")
*-- read a key
?oWsh.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\7.0\Options\Bell")
*-- write
*?oWsh.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\7.0\Options\Bell", "ON")

The following example shows how to read/write a registry key of type DWORD:

?oWsh.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips\DisplayInitialTipWindow")
*?oWsh.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips\DisplayInitialTipWindow", 0, "REG_DWORD")

You could also use the registry class that ships with VFP, but it only supports strings.

Be careful when writing to the registry! Make sure you have a backup before you start playing with this stuff.

HTH
>Hi I need to access the Windows Registry to perform the following actions:
>
>Return a value of a key (SQL Server Default Network Library) and then change the value of key so that it is set to TCP/IP
>
>I have looked at the classes and examples supplied with VFP but I they seem to be related to VFP issues and the help is not that useful, plus I do not understand enough about accessing the registry programmatically.