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by: marklug November 22, 2012 6:13 AM PST

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converting reg keys from reg file to xml

by marklug - 11/22/12 6:13 AM

Hi, all.

I searched all over the internet, and couldn't find answer to one question:

How do I translate reg values of type hex to syntax of provisioning xml file?

More specifically: I have this reg key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE]
"SysColor"=hex:d4,d4,d4,00,4c,4c,4c,00,7f,7f,7f,00,4c,4c,4c,00,00,00,00,00,82,\
82,82,00,00,00,00,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,4c,4c,4c,00,00,85,cc,00,cc,cc,cc,00,60,60,60,00,7f,7f,7f,00,60,60,60,\
00,fe,fe,fe,00,7f,7f,7f,00,00,85,cc,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,00,fe,fe,fe,00,\
00,00,00,00,4c,4c,4c,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00


How do I write this key in xml file (I know it should be of binary data type, but how do I convert the value itself)?

Thank you,
Mark


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Wait a second.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/22/12 9:37 AM

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XML encoding is set by us. If I want to put that into XML then my app determines what tags to use.

And a warning about Windows Mobile's XML library. I had to write my own XML reader due to that. Ouch!
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Sorry, but I don't understand

by marklug - 11/22/12 10:38 AM

In Reply to: Wait a second. by R. Proffitt Moderator

I'm sorry, but I didn't understand your answer:
Do you mean to say that you have some application to convert reg files to xml?
Can you provide this application?

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Sorry.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/22/12 11:02 AM

In Reply to: Sorry, but I don't understand by marklug

But your answer tells me you don't know XML yet. The encoding and tags is done by us. We select the tags and since the app that will read this in sets those tags I can't tell you what the tags are.

A few of my apps, some that are on Windows Mobile use XML files. My warning looks to be over your head at the moment but at least you got the warning. You'll remember what I said if that blows up on you like I found it to be.

Because there is no hope of MSFT changing/fixing the XML library I had to write my own reader.

I fear you can't be helped yet because you didn't get what XML is.
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Re: regkey to xml

by Kees_B Moderator - 11/22/12 11:04 AM

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xml is plain ascii.So I would use something like:
<syscolor format="hex"> d4,d4,d4,00,4c,4c,4c,00,7f,7f,7f,00,4c,4c,4c,00,00,00,00,00,82,82,82,00,00,00,00,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,4c,4c,00,00,85,cc,00,cc,cc,cc,00,60,60,60,00,7f,7f,7f,00,60,60,60,00,fe,fe,fe,00,7f,7f,7f,00,00,85,cc,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,4c,4c,4c,00,fe,fe,fe,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
</syscolor>
Perfectly understandable for the receiver. The most obvious alternative would be MIME-encoding as used for binary attachments of an e-mail.

Can you tell WHY you want to convert reg-keys to xml?

Kees


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A tool to create the XML. Link follows.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 11/22/12 11:10 AM

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http://xmlnotepad.codeplex.com/

If you use this you can pop that content into your defined tags.
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