Advapi usage

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1. Identities

Library name: Script Utilities library
Library code: ScriptUtilities
Library CLSID: 41ABB943-5D82-11D3-9DD5-204C4F4F5020
ProgID: ScriptUtils.Advapi
Library file name: ScptUtl.DLL

2. Scripting engines without types (VB Script, JavaScript, JScript, WSH, ASP)

You can create the object using CreateObject function:

Dim Advapi
Set Advapi = CreateObject("ScriptUtils.Advapi")
Advapi.SomeMethod SomeParameters
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue

You can also use CreateObject method method of Server object (ASP) to put the Advapi object to page scope or CreateObject method of WScript object in WSH.

You can also put the object to Application or Session scope using <object ...> tag in global.asa

<object runat="server" scope="application" id="Advapi"
 progid="ScriptUtils.Advapi">
</object>

Please use ActivexObject object in JScript/JavaScript to create Advapi object:

var Advapi;
Advapi = new ActiveXObject("ScriptUtils.Advapi");
Advapi.SomeMethod(SomeParameters)
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

3. VBA (VBA 5, VBA 6, Visual Studio, Word, Excel, MS Access, ...)

VBA 5/6: You can reference the library using menu Project -> References -> select 'Script Utilities library' in the listbox (or Project -> References -> Browse -> select ScptUtl.DLL file).
MSAccess, Word, Excel: Tools -> Macro -> Visual Basic Editor, then Tools -> References
Then you can write:

Dim Advapi As New ScriptUtilities.Advapi
Advapi.SomeMethod SomeParameters
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue
    ...

Dim Advapi As ScriptUtilities.Advapi
...
Set Advapi = New ScriptUtilities.Advapi
Advapi.SomeMethod SomeParameters
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

You can use CreateObject function also, of course:

Dim Advapi As ScriptUtilities.Advapi
...
Set Advapi = CreateObject("ScriptUtils.Advapi")
Advapi.SomeMethod SomeParameters
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue
...

4. Visual Studio .NET (ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, J#)

You can reference the library using menu Project -> Add reference -> COM tab -> select 'Script Utilities library' in the listbox -> click Select. Then you can write (C#, J#):

 //create  a new Advapi object
 ScriptUtilities.Advapi Advapi = new ScriptUtilities.AdvapiClass(); 
 Advapi.set_String("Some text value"); 
 





 String SQL; 
 SQL = "Insert Into Table (BinaryColumn) values (0x" + Advapi.get_HexString() + ")"; ...

or (VBA)

Dim Advapi As New ScriptUtilities.Advapi 
Advapi.SomeMethod(SomeParameters)
Advapi.SomeProperty = SomeValue

5. T-SQL, MS SQL stored procedures and functions

DECLARE @Advapi INT, @OLEResult INT 
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OACreate 'ScriptUtils.Advapi', @Advapi OUT
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'Error create component Advapi'

--Set a property of Advapi.
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OASetProperty @Advapi, 'PropertyName', @SomeSQLValue
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'PropertyName set problem'

--Get a value of a property of Advapi.
EXECUTE @OLEResult = sp_OAGetProperty @Advapi, 'PropertyName', @SomeSQLValue OUTPUT
IF @OLEResult <> 0 PRINT 'PropertyName get problem'

--Call some method of Advapi.
EXEC @OLEResult = sp_OAMethod @Advapi, 'MethodName', 
 @ReturnValue OUTPUT, @parameter1, @parameter2

5. Other programming environments

Please see documentation of your programing environment, work with COM objects (OLE objects, ActiveX objects). Advapi is a standard COM object, it can work with other environments, such are Delphi or PowerBuilder.

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