In answer to your original question, and avoiding the rest of this debate, you probably need a CR LF on the last line.
><CFSET fileString = fileString & '"administrator"="adminPass"' & #CHR(13)# >CHR(10)#>
Notepad (at times annoyingly) adds this for you.
At 22:20 7/01/01 -0600, you wrote: >I am trying to write a simple registry file to send to buyers of my new >product. It will serve as an unlock code. If I pull up notepad and type the >following, > >REGEDIT4 >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\myCompany\userAccount\Security] >"administrator"="adminPass" > >I can save it as .reg and it will write the key successfully when you double >click it. >If I try to create the file dynamically with the following code. The file >produced will create the registry keys but will not make the string entry. >Any idea's how I can make this second process work? > ><CFSET fileString = "REGEDIT4" & #CHR(13)# & #CHR(10)#> ><CFSET fileString = fileString & >"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\myCompany\userAccount\Security]" & #CHR(13)# & >#CHR(10)#> ><CFSET fileString = fileString & '"administrator"="adminPass"'> > ><CFFILE ACTION="WRITE" FILE="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Security\account.reg" >OUTPUT="#fileString#" ADDNEWLINE="No"> >Bryan LaPlante >816-347-8220 >blaplante@netwebapps.com >http://www.netwebapps.com >Web Development
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