September 28, 2001

Set HomePage using VB

Private Declare Function RegCreateKey Lib _
"advapi32.dll" Alias "RegCreateKeyA" _
(ByVal HKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As _
String, phkResult As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib _
"advapi32.dll" (ByVal HKey As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function RegSetValueEx Lib _
"advapi32.dll" Alias "RegSetValueExA" _
(ByVal HKey As Long, ByVal _
lpValueName As String, ByVal _
Reserved As Long, ByVal dwType _
As Long, lpData As Any, ByVal _
cbData As Long) As Long

Private Const REG_SZ = 1
Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001

Private Sub SaveString(HKey As Long, Path As String, _
Name As String, Data As String)

Dim KeyHandle As Long
Dim r As Long

r = RegCreateKey(HKey, Path, KeyHandle)
r = RegSetValueEx(KeyHandle, Name, 0, _
REG_SZ, ByVal Data, Len(Data))
r = RegCloseKey(KeyHandle)

End Sub

Private Sub SetStartPage(URL As String)

Call SaveString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main", _
"Start Page", URL)

End Sub

Private Sub SetWindowTitle(Title As String)

Call SaveString(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main", _
"Window Title", Title)

End Sub

Private Sub Command1_Click()

SetStartPage ("http://iknown.blogspot.com/")
SetWindowTitle ("Ajit Mungale")
End Sub