NAME

Register::System - Implementation of the Win32 registry in Unix

SYNOPSIS

        use Register;
        
        $sysreg=new Register::System (
                        'regpath' => "/etc",
                        'regname' => "SYSREG"
                );

        $sysreg->savesettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY","VALUE");
        $value=$sysreg->getsettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY");
        $sysreg->deletesettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY");
        $sysreg->deletesection("APPLICATION","SECTION");

DESCRIPTION

The Register::System module permit to create a registry file like Windows for save global information about your program. With the use of CSV dbd , the file created is readable by DBI without problem. Here CSV table specifics:

        FIELD_NAME              FIELD_TYPE
        ----------------------------------      
        R_APPLICATION           CHAR
        R_SECTION               CHAR
        R_KEY                   CHAR
        R_VALUE                 CHAR

FUNCTIONS

Function <new>

The <new> statament create the Register::System object and return the reference to him.

        $sysreg=new Register::System (
                        'regpath' => "/etc",
                        'regname' => "SYSREG"
                );

Parameter :

        regpath         specify the path where new statament search for
                        registers.

        regname         specify the name of the register to use.

Finaly if regpath don't exist the program return an error message at compile time, if the register don't exist it is maked.

Function <savesettings>

The savesettings function , save the value argument in the key of the section of the program.

        $sysreg->savesettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY","VALUE");

If the key don't exist it make (it make also application and section without specify befor), else if key already exist and value is different from previous it update value.

Function <getsettings>

The getsettings function retrieve the value of the specified key.

        $value=$sysreg->getsettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY");

Function <deletesettings>

The deletesettings function delete the entry key specified.

        $sysreg->deletesettings("APPLICATION","SECTION","KEY");

Function <deletesection>

The deletesection function delete the entry section specified.

        $sysreg->deletesection("APPLICATION","SECTION");

AUTHOR

        Vecchio Fabrizio <jacote@tiscalinet.in>

SEE ALSO

Register,DBD::CSV,DBI

cpanm Register

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Register