[THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's
- From: "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:10:17 -0400
I guess that means the app reads the value once at startup and retains it in
memory. I guess that only leaves a small window of vulnerability (a second
person launching and resetting the value just before the first person's app
reads it). I thought I'd mention it because if training means a class of
people all launching a the same time, it might just hit. But then if it's
training, maybe that is OK.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Schneider, Samuel M. Mr (Contractor) UHD
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:52 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's
Tim,
Thx once again. I was able to use runh to hide a cmd file that imported
custom reg values into the(YEP!!! HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)keys prior to running
the exe. Since the application works in a vm space, this value is retained
while it mem. This works great. I have tricked a single user ap that uses a
single db into a multi-user, multi db application. so far no issues.
Why I had to do this is:
We own 15 licenses but our training department recently moved to
Thin client Sunrays and decided to offered this training, really should be
run 15 separate pc's systems but what the heck...
Thx for your response.
Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Mangan [mailto:tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:37 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's
Sam,
You didn't say - so I'll guess -- that the key is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
If it in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, I would go with a script. The script would be
used to update the key and launch the app. This is also possible if only
one copy of the app will be in use on the machine at a time (which could be
enforced by the script also).
Otherwise, without knowing the details, you may be out of luck. You can
always stick in a variable and see if the application is smart enough to
detect and decode -- but that is highly unlikely. If desperate, this is the
sort of problem that Softricity takes care of.
tim
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Schneider, Samuel M. Mr (Contractor) UHD
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:01 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's
I believe that under normal circumstances this may be a valid soloution,
however, the application i'm attemting to trick is looking for a specific
type of key(REG_SZ). Is there a way to fool, intercept or redirect this key
request to a REG_EXPAND_SZ key containing a variable. What I'm attempting to
do is redirect the application data request from this app from a static
location to a %userprofile% location to emulate a multi user
application(doesn't exist).
Thx for any input
Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Mangan [mailto:tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:27 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Using variables in the application REG's
There is a special type of expandable reg string for this.
Programmatically, REG_EXPAND_SZ instead of REG_SZ. You can't set one using
regedit, you must use regedt32.exe (located in the system32 folder) instead.
Allows you to include standard env vars.
tim
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Schneider, Samuel M. Mr (Contractor) UHD
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 2:00 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Using variables in the application REG's
Are there any special requirements when using variable values in an
applications registry settings? anyone have experience with this?
Thx
Sam
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