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RegistryPropertyGet

RegistryPropertyGet retrieves the value of a property in the Name Registry.



 
OSStatus RegistryPropertyGet (

                     const RegEntryID *entryID,

                     const RegPropertyName *propertyName,

                     void *propertyValue,

                     RegPropertyValueSize *propertySize);

--> entryID: Pointer to the RegEntryID value that identifies a name entry.
--> propertyName: Pointer to the name of the property.
<-- propertyValue: Pointer containing the returned value for the property.
<--> propertySize: On input a pointer to the size in bytes of the property buffer. Upon return a pointer to the actual size in bytes of the property's value.

DESCRIPTION

RegistryPropertyGet retrieves the value of the property named propertyName and associated with the name entry identified by entryID. The propertySize parameter must be set to the size in bytes of the buffer pointed to by propertyValue. Upon return, the value of propertySize will be the actual length of the value in bytes.

EXECUTION CONTEXT

RegistryPropertyGet may be called from task level or outside the task level context.

RESULT CODES

`noErr`	0	No error
`paramErr`	-50	Bad parameter
`nrInvalidNodeErr`	-2538	`RegEntryID` value not valid
`nrNotFoundErr`	-2539	Search failed to match criteria