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' Reg Key Security Options...
Const READ_CONTROL = &H20000
Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H1
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H2
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H4
Const KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS = &H8
Const KEY_NOTIFY = &H10
Const KEY_CREATE_LINK = &H20
Const KEY_ALL_ACCESS = KEY_QUERY_VALUE + KEY_SET_VALUE + _
KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY + KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS + _
KEY_NOTIFY + KEY_CREATE_LINK + READ_CONTROL

' Reg Key ROOT Types...
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0
Const REG_SZ = 1 ' Unicode nul terminated string
Const REG_DWORD = 4 ' 32-bit number

Const gREGKEYSYSINFOLOC = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools Location"
Const gREGVALSYSINFOLOC = "MSINFO"
Const gREGKEYSYSINFO = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSINFO"
Const gREGVALSYSINFO = "PATH"

Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, ByRef phkResult As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32" Alias "RegQueryValueExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpValueName As String, ByVal lpReserved As Long, ByRef lpType As Long, ByVal lpData As String, ByRef lpcbData As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32" (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long
Public Function GetKeyValue(KeyRoot As Long, KeyName As String, SubKeyRef As String, ByRef KeyVal As String) As Boolean
Dim i As Long ' Loop Counter
Dim SJ As Long ' Return Code
Dim hKey As Long ' Handle To An Open Registry Key
Dim hDepth As Long '
Dim KeyValType As Long ' Data Type Of A Registry Key
Dim tmpVal As String ' Tempory Storage For A Registry Key Value
Dim KeyValSize As Long ' Size Of Registry Key Variable






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Private Sub cmdSysInfo_Click()
  Call StartSysInfo
End Sub

Private Sub cmdOK_Click()
  Unload Me
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Me.Caption = "About " & App.Title
    lblVersion.Caption = "Version " & App.Major & "." & App.Minor & "." & App.Revision
    lblTitle.Caption = App.Title
    lblDescription.Caption = " JAMESBORN2CODE              IT-10001" & vbCrLf & "  "
    
End Sub

Public Sub StartSysInfo()
    On Error GoTo SysInfoErr
  
    Dim SJ As Long
    Dim SysInfoPath As String
    
    ' Try To Get System Info Program Path\Name From Registry...
    If GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, gREGKEYSYSINFO, gREGVALSYSINFO, SysInfoPath) Then
    ' Try To Get System Info Program Path Only From Registry...
    ElseIf GetKeyValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, gREGKEYSYSINFOLOC, gREGVALSYSINFOLOC, SysInfoPath) Then
        ' Validate Existance Of Known 32 Bit File Version
        If (Dir(SysInfoPath & "\MSINFO32.EXE") <> "") Then
            SysInfoPath = SysInfoPath & "\MSINFO32.EXE"
            
        ' Error - File Can Not Be Found...
        Else
            GoTo SysInfoErr
        End If
    ' Error - Registry Entry Can Not Be Found...
    Else
        GoTo SysInfoErr
    End If
    
    Call Shell(SysInfoPath, vbNormalFocus)
    
    Exit Sub
SysInfoErr:
    MsgBox "System Information Is Unavailable At This Time", vbOKOnly
End Sub

    '------------------------------------------------------------
    ' Open RegKey Under KeyRoot {HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...}
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    SJ = RegOpenKeyEx(KeyRoot, KeyName, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, hKey) ' Open Registry Key
    
    If (SJ <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo GetKeyError          ' Handle Error...
    
    tmpVal = String$(1024, 0)                             ' Allocate Variable Space
    KeyValSize = 1024                                       ' Mark Variable Size
    
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    ' Retrieve Registry Key Value...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    SJ = RegQueryValueEx(hKey, SubKeyRef, 0, _
                         KeyValType, tmpVal, KeyValSize)    ' Get/Create Key Value
                        
    If (SJ <> ERROR_SUCCESS) Then GoTo GetKeyError          ' Handle Errors
    
 If (Asc(Mid$(tmpVal, KeyValSize, 1)) = 0) Then           ' Win95 Adds Null Terminated String...
        tmpVal = Left$(tmpVal, KeyValSize - 1)               ' Null Found, Extract From String
    Else                                                    ' WinNT Does NOT Null Terminate String...
        tmpVal = Left$(tmpVal, KeyValSize)                   ' Null Not Found, Extract String Only
    End If
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    ' Determine Key Value Type For Conversion...
    '------------------------------------------------------------
    Select Case KeyValType                                  ' SeaSJh Data Types...
    Case REG_SZ                                             ' String Registry Key Data Type
        KeyVal = tmpVal                                     ' Copy String Value
    Case REG_DWORD                                          ' Double Word Registry Key Data Type
        For i = Len(tmpVal) To 1 Step -1                    ' Convert Each Bit
            KeyVal = KeyVal + Hex$(Asc(Mid(tmpVal, i, 1)))   ' Build Value Char. By Char.
        Next
        KeyVal = Format$("&h" + KeyVal)                     ' Convert Double Word To String
    End Select
    
    GetKeyValue = True                                      ' Return Success
    SJ = RegCloseKey(hKey)                                  ' Close Registry Key
    Exit Function                                           ' Exit
    
GetKeyError:      ' Cleanup After An Error Has Occured...
    KeyVal = ""                                             ' Set Return Val To Empty String
    GetKeyValue = False                                     ' Return Failure
    SJ = RegCloseKey(hKey)                                  ' Close Registry Key
End Function