LanguagePreferences.GetBooleanValue(RegistryKey, String, Boolean) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.15.0.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.15.0 v17.11.40262

Obtains a boolean value from the specified registry entry.

public:
 bool GetBooleanValue(Microsoft::Win32::RegistryKey ^ key, System::String ^ name, bool def);

public:
 bool GetBooleanValue(Microsoft::Win32::RegistryKey ^ key, Platform::String ^ name, bool def);

bool GetBooleanValue(Microsoft::Win32::RegistryKey const & key, std::wstring const & name, bool def);

public bool GetBooleanValue (Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key, string name, bool def);

member this.GetBooleanValue : Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey * string * bool -> bool

Public Function GetBooleanValue (key As RegistryKey, name As String, def As Boolean) As Boolean

Parameters

key

RegistryKey

[in] The RegistryKey object representing the desired registry subkey.

name

String

[in] The name of the registry entry for which to get the value.

def

Boolean

[in] The default value to use if the registry entry is not found.

Returns

Boolean

rue if the registry entry exists and contains a non-zero value or the word "True" (case-insensitive comparison), false if the registry entry exists and contains a zero value or the word "False" (case-insensitive comparison). Otherwise, returns the default value specified in def. Note: if the registry entry is a string, then any string other than "True" or "False" throws a FormatException.

Remarks

This is a helper method used for obtaining boolean values from the registry. It is typically called from the InitMachinePreferences method.