... other commands ...

key: Groups\

value: GroupName - STRING - "GroupName"

key: Loader\

value: MODULE - STRING - "Full PATHNAME to the ARX file on the hard-drive"

key: Name\

value: AppName - STRING - "Description string"

Sample:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DcgCompany\DcgApplication\Commands\

_MYCOMMAND - "MACOMMANDE"

_MY2NDCMD - "MA2NDCMD"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DcgCompany\DcgApplication\Groups\

DCGGROUP - "DCGGROUP"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DcgCompany\DcgApplication\Loader\

MODULE - "c:\Program Files\DcgCompany\DcgApplication\DcgApp.arx"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DcgCompany\DcgApplication\Name\

DcgApp - "This is my favorite Dcg Application"

In R14.x releases the group sub-section is not used, but it will be in future.

The Commands sub-section is used only if the application is registered for

demand loading on command invocation. And the Name sub-section is used only if

the application is registered for demand loading in load request.

- HKEY_CURRENT_USER

The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE seen before, can be manipulated at installation or 

running time by a third party. But his is possible only if the login user has

the right permissions to do this. Most of the time, if using the correct

settings, anybody can read and write in that section. For the HKEY_CURRENT_USER

section this is the same. However, that section is accessible only by the login

user, and might not be accessible at installation time by the computer

administrator or example.

This restriction applies only for NT users, as Windows 95/98 does not have the

multiple user feature. But as AutoCAD runs on all above platform, your

applications should work fine on all of them as well.

So to work on all platform, and to be sure your application will work fine for a

new NT login user, your installer should create entries in the

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE only. And you application should be able to initialize itself

at startup time using these entries to create and/or modify the AutoCAD entries

and profiles (ie solutions 1583, and 1564).