You've to pass variable by reference in order for the function to return value into it.

cRetVal = ""
iErrNo = oReg.GetStringValue( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , cKeyPath , "DisplayName" , @cRetVal )

>Why does this not work? It should say "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller"
>The equivalent works fine in WSH/VBScript.
>
>

>#include registry.h
>
>
>	oReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
>	cKeyPath = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi"
>	Local cRetVal as String
>	iErrNo = oReg.GetStringValue( HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , cKeyPath , "DisplayName" , cRetVal )
>	
>	? cRetVal
>	? iErrNo
>

>
>Thanks.