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@@ -242,6 +242,69 @@ backwards compatibility for any old names that were actually in use.
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Make sure you comment them as deprecated, so that no-one starts using
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them.
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+.. _`Find Using Windows Registry`:
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+
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+Find Using Windows Registry
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+---------------------------
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+
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+.. versionchanged:: 3.24
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+
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+Options ``HINTS`` and ``PATHS`` of :command:`find_file`,
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+:command:`find_library`, :command:`find_path`, :command:`find_program`, and
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+:command:`find_package` commands offer the possibility, on ``Windows``
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+platform, to query the registry.
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+
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+The formal syntax, as specified using
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+`BNF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form>`_ notation with
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+the regular extensions, for registry query is the following:
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+
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+.. raw:: latex
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+
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+ \begin{small}
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+
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+.. productionlist::
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+ registry_query: '[' `sep_definition`? `root_key`
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+ : ((`key_separator` `sub_key`)? (`value_separator` `value_name`_)?)? ']'
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+ sep_definition: '{' `value_separator` '}'
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+ root_key: 'HKLM' | 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' | 'HKCU' | 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' |
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+ : 'HKCR' | 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' | 'HKCC' | 'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG' |
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+ : 'HKU' | 'HKEY_USERS'
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+ sub_key: `element` (`key_separator` `element`)*
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+ key_separator: '/' | '\\'
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+ value_separator: `element` | ';'
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+ value_name: `element` | '(default)'
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+ element: `character`\+
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+ character: <any character except `key_separator` and `value_separator`>
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+
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+.. raw:: latex
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+
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+ \end{small}
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+
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+The :token:`sep_definition` optional item offers the possibility to specify
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+the string used to separate the :token:`sub_key` from the :token:`value_name`
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+item. If not specified, the character ``;`` is used. Multiple
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+:token:`registry_query` items can be specified as part of a path.
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+
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+.. code-block:: cmake
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+
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+ # example using default separator
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+ find_file(... PATHS "/root/[HKLM/Stuff;InstallDir]/lib[HKLM\\\\Stuff;Architecture]")
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+
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+ # example using different specified separators
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+ find_library(... HINTS "/root/[{|}HKCU/Stuff|InstallDir]/lib[{@@}HKCU\\\\Stuff@@Architecture]")
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+
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+If the :token:`value_name` item is not specified or has the special name
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+``(default)``, the content of the default value, if any, will be returned. The
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+supported types for the :token:`value_name` are:
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+
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+* ``REG_SZ``.
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+* ``REG_EXPAND_SZ``. The returned data is expanded.
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+* ``REG_DWORD``.
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+* ``REG_QWORD``.
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+
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+When the registry query failed, typically because the key does not exist or
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+the data type is not supported, the string ``/REGISTRY-NOTFOUND`` is substituted
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+to the ``[]`` query expression.
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A Sample Find Module
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