'-----------------------------------------------------------
' SUB: GetLicInfoFromVBL
' Parses a VBL file name and extracts the license key for
' the registry and license information.
'
' IN: [strVBLFile] - must be a valid VBL.
'
' OUT: [strLicKey] - registry key to write license info to.
' This key will be added to
' HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses. It is a
' guid.
' OUT: [strLicVal] - license information. Usually in the
' form of a string of cryptic characters.
'-----------------------------------------------------------
'
Public Sub GetLicInfoFromVBL(strVBLFile As String, strLicKey As String, strLicVal As String)
Dim fn As Integer
Const strREGEDIT = "REGEDIT"
Const strLICKEYBASE = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\"
Dim strTemp As String
Dim posEqual As Integer
Dim fLicFound As Boolean
fn = FreeFile
Open strVBLFile For Input Access Read Lock Read Write As #fn
'
' Read through the file until we find a line that starts with strLICKEYBASE
'
fLicFound = False
Do While Not EOF(fn)
Line Input #fn, strTemp
strTemp = Trim(strTemp)
If Left$(strTemp, Len(strLICKEYBASE)) = strLICKEYBASE Then
'
' We've got the line we want.
'
fLicFound = True
Exit Do
End If
Loop
Close fn
If fLicFound Then
'
' Parse the data on this line to split out the
' key and the license info. The line should be
' the form of:
' "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\<lickey> = <licval>"
'
posEqual = InStr(strTemp, gstrASSIGN)
If posEqual > 0 Then
strLicKey = Mid$(Trim(Left$(strTemp, posEqual - 1)), Len(strLICKEYBASE) + 1)
strLicVal = Trim(Mid$(strTemp, posEqual + 1))
End If
Else
strLicKey = vbNullString
strLicVal = vbNullString
End If
End Sub
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