CRegBinding - An alternative Registry Class

1. Automatic variable binding

Adding persistence to variables

Every value of registered variables would automatically read on startup.

On class destruction the values of the variables are written back to the registry.

2. Window state binding

Adding persistence to your CWnd object

Binding a CWnd to the CRegBinding object lets you save the window state, size and position in the registry.

How to use CRegBinding

In the Debug build the code contains many check routines that would detect improper use of the class object.

Step 1 - Place a CRegBinding member in your class declaration

In a class derived from CObject you can decide which member variables you want to bind to a CRegBinding object.Set the CRegBinding class member behind the last structure member.

For instance:

class A : public CDialog  // (CWnd)
{
 int         a;       
 CByteArray  b;      
 CString     c;      
 DWORD       dw;      
 CString     d;    
 // .    
 // .      
 // .      
 // .      
 // place the CRegBinding object here      
 CRegBinding   rs;      

 A();    
};

Step 2 - Make the bindings

After you have declared the class 'A' you should make the bindings in the class constructor or any other initializing member function. The third optional parameter of the Bind() function lets you specify a default value for initialization.

A::A() : rs("My section")
{
 rs.Bind(a,  "a", 0);
 rs.Bind(dw, "DW", 0xfffffffa);
 rs.Bind(b,  "b");
 rs.Bind(c,  "C-Key", "CCC");
 rs.Bind(d,  "D-Key");

 CreateEx( ... );

 // After you have created the window, you can also bind the CWnd object
 rs.Bind(this, "Persistence Window");
}

The Source

CRegBinding::CRegBinding(const char *section)

void CRegBinding::Bind(int        &value, const char *name, const int         def)
void CRegBinding::Bind(DWORD      &value, const char *name, const DWORD       def)
void CRegBinding::Bind(CString    &value, const char *name, const char       *def)
void CRegBinding::Bind(CByteArray &value, const char *name, const CByteArray *def)
void CRegBinding::Bind(CWnd       *value, const char *name)

value:

The class member variable to bind.

name:

The name of the key in the registry.

def:

Optionally you can specify a default value if the key not exist.

void CRegBinding::Write(const BOOL clear)

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Date Last Updated: February 5, 1999