Thanks. Dopey mistake.

>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.