BCI Nodes - RegEntry

Description

<RegEntry> - In BBj 11.00 and higher, this node performs a registry action on the Windows platform. All created values will be a string type.

Attribute	Description	Possible Values	Default Value
action	Specifies the registry action to take.	KEY_CREATE_KEY KEY_DELETE_KEY KEY_SET_VALUE KEY_DELETE_VALUE	None
hive	Specifies the registry hive.	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKEY_CURRENT_USER	None
parent	Specifies the parent registry.	registry key	None
name	Name of the registry entry.	registry entry name	None
value	Value of the registry entry.	registry entry value	None
mode	Mode of registry. On Windows 64-bit systems this is used to write to the default (same bit as the JVM), 32-bit, 64-bit or both (mirror) registry.	default, 32, 64, mirror	default
uninstall	Specifies what action should be taken at uninstall time.	never, always, full	always

Common Attribute Description Possible Values Default Value

bit

Specifies the Java bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osbit

Specifies the OS bit level for which the BCI node will be active.

0	All bit levels
32	32-bit level
64	64-bit level

In BBj 19.21 and higher, the following values may also be used:

1	32-bit level
2	64-bit level

0 = All bit levels

osname

In BBj 24.10 and higher, specifies the OS for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple OS's are comma separated.

Windows

Mac

Linux

AIX

All

portid

Specifies the port ID for which the BCI node will be active. Multiple port IDs are comma separated.

As of BBj 24.10, the portid attribute has been removed. Use osname instead.

See Platform Availability for possible port IDs.

All port IDs

<Variable> - In BBj 11.00 and higher, this node creates a variable that can be used instead of string value in the custominstall.xml. The following variables are provided by default:

Variable Name	Variable Value
$BASISInstallDir	BASIS installation directory.
$BASISInstallDrive	BASIS installation drive on Windows resolves to the drive letter and colon (i.e. d:).
$DesktopDir	Desktop directory on Windows.
$InstallDir	Installation directory.
$InstallDrive	Installation drive on Windows resolves to the drive letter and colon (i.e. d:).
$ProgramsDir	Programs directory on Windows.
$UserHome	User's home directory.
$Version	BBj version.

Example

<RegEntry action="KEY_CREATE_KEY" hive="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" parent="SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI" name="ODBC Data Sources"
  mode="mirror" uninstall="never" />

<RegEntry action="KEY_SET_VALUE" hive="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" parent="SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources"
  name="BBj Barista" value="BBj ODBC Driver" mode="mirror" />

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