/***********************************************************************
 * FXRuby -- the Ruby language bindings for the FOX GUI toolkit.
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by J. Lyle Johnson. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * For further information please contact the author by e-mail
 * at "lyle@users.sourceforge.net".
 ***********************************************************************/


/**
* The registry maintains a database of persistent settings for an application,
* or suite of applications.
*/
class FXRegistry : public FXSettings {
protected:
  FXString       applicationkey;  // Application key
  FXString       vendorkey;       // Vendor key
  FXbool	 ascii;		  // ASCII file-based registry
protected:
  FXbool readFromDir(const FXchar* dirname,FXbool mark);
#ifdef WIN32
  FXbool readFromRegistry(void* hRootKey,FXbool mark);
  FXbool writeToRegistry(void* hRootKey);
  FXbool readFromRegistryGroup(void* org,const char* groupname,FXbool mark=FALSE);
  FXbool writeToRegistryGroup(void* org,const char* groupname);
#endif
public:
  
  /**
  * Construct registry object; akey and vkey must be string constants.
  * Regular applications SHOULD set a vendor key!
  */
  %extend {
    FXRegistry(const FXString& akey=FXString::null,const FXString& vkey=FXString::null){
      return new FXRbRegistry(akey,vkey);
      }
    }

  /// Read registry
  FXbool read();
  
  /// Write registry
  FXbool write();

  /// Return application key  
  const FXString& getAppKey() const;

  /// Return vendor key
  const FXString& getVendorKey() const;

  /**
  * Set ASCII mode; under MS-Windows, this will switch the system to a
  * file-based registry system, instead of using the System Registry API.
  */
  void setAsciiMode(FXbool asciiMode);

  /// Get ASCII mode
  FXbool getAsciiMode() const;

  /// Destructor
  virtual ~FXRegistry();
  };

DECLARE_FXOBJECT_VIRTUALS(FXRegistry)

