One can use the shell to do this.. *get* shell("reg query
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\KeyboardClass")I used KeyboardClass because SERIALCOMM doesn't exist for me. (windows 10) but at least when i tried it I got back a helpful message telling me that it doesn't exist. On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Mike Bonner <[email protected]> wrote: > listRegistry still seems to work, though when I list HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ > HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\ SERIALCOMM is there. (seems like it should be) > > If I ignore serialcomm and try queryRegistry on one of the subkeys > returned by listRegistry, its still a no-go. Does indeed look like its > broken. > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I ran a test for a user in the forums and was surprise to find I can't >> get strings back from the queryRegistry function - here's his thread: >> <http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29420> >> >> Any of you having luck with queryRegistry in recent builds? >> >> I searched the bug DB and came up empty. Given how rarely I use Windows >> I figured it might be good to check in here so see if others can confirm >> this before I write a bug report, hoping perhaps I just missed something. >> >> The specific key he tested is: >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM >> >> In my VM my Win10 install doesn't have that, but even testing values I >> can confirm in RegEdit like this one from the docs, returns empty with no >> error info in the result: >> >> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.livecode >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> [email protected] http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
