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RDP Manager

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Simple RDP and VNC connection manager built on .NET 2.0.
Imports Microsoft.Win32

Public Class Reg
    Public ReadOnly Property HKLM() As RegistryKey
        Get
            Return Registry.LocalMachine
        End Get
    End Property

    Public ReadOnly Property AppReg() As RegistryKey
        Get
            Return Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("Software\RDPMan", RegistryKeyPermissionCheck.ReadWriteSubTree)
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Function CreateSubKey(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, ByVal SubKey As String) As Boolean
        Try
            ParentKey.CreateSubKey(SubKey)
            Return True
        Catch e As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

    Public Function DeleteSubKey(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, ByVal SubKey As String) As Boolean
        Try
            ParentKey.DeleteSubKey(SubKey, False)
            Return True
        Catch e As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

    Public Function WriteValue(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, _
                           ByVal SubKey As String, _
                           ByVal ValueName As String, _
                           ByVal Value As Object) As Boolean
        Dim Key As RegistryKey

        Try
            Key = ParentKey.OpenSubKey(SubKey, True)

            If Key Is Nothing Then 'when subkey doesn't exist create it 
                Key = ParentKey.CreateSubKey(SubKey)
            End If

            'Once we have a handle to the key, set the value(the data) 
			Key.SetValue(ValueName, Value)

            Return True
        Catch e As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

    Public Function ReadValue(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, _
                              ByVal SubKey As String, _
                              ByVal ValueName As String, _
                              ByRef Value As Object) As Boolean
        Dim Key As RegistryKey

        Try
            'open the given subkey             
            Key = ParentKey.OpenSubKey(SubKey, True)

            If Key Is Nothing Then 'when the key doesn't exist throw an 
                'exception 
                Throw New Exception("the subkey doens't exist")
            End If

            'Get the value 
            Value = Key.GetValue(ValueName)

            Return True
        Catch e As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

    Public Function GetSubKeys(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, Optional ByVal SubKey As String = Nothing) As String()
        If SubKey = Nothing Then
            ParentKey = ParentKey
        Else
            Try
                ParentKey = ParentKey.OpenSubKey(SubKey, True)
            Catch ex As Exception

            End Try
        End If
        Try
            Return ParentKey.GetSubKeyNames()
        Catch e As Exception
            Return Nothing
        End Try
    End Function

    Public Function DeleteValue(ByVal ParentKey As RegistryKey, _
                                ByVal SubKey As String, _
                                ByVal ValueName As String) As Boolean
        Dim Key As RegistryKey

        Try
            'open the given subkey 
            Key = ParentKey.OpenSubKey(SubKey, True)

            'when the key exists then delete the value 
            If Not Key Is Nothing Then
                Key.DeleteValue(ValueName)
                Return True
            Else
                Return False
            End If
        Catch e As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function
End Class

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