FIX: Descriptions Aren't Added to Registry When Using DECLARE_REGISTRY() Macro

ID: Q217182

The information in this article applies to:

The Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) 3.0, used with:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The DECLARE_REGISTRY() macro in ATL allows you to pass a string resource ID, which serves as a description and is supposed to be added to the registry as default values for the following keys:


HKCR\<ProgID>
HKCR\<Version Independent ProgID>
HKCR\CLSID\<CLSID>

In ATL 3.0, the string is not added to the registry.

CAUSE

CComModule::RegisterProgID() and CComModule::RegisterClassHelper() are used with the DECLARE_REGISTRY() macro. Both functions create registry keys with only the KEY_READ flag, allowing only read access.

RESOLUTION

Modify CComModule::RegisterProgID() and CComModule::RegisterClassHelper() so that the calls to CRegKey::Create() take KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE instead of just KEY_READ. Modify the following lines from:


// line 4909 in ATLBASE.H in CComModule::RegisterProgID()
LONG lRes = keyProgID.Create(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, lpszProgID, REG_NONE, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ);

and


// line 5033 in ATLBASE.H in CComModule::RegisterClassHelper()
lRes = key.Create(key, lpsz, REG_NONE, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ);


LONG lRes = keyProgID.Create(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, lpszProgID, REG_NONE, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE);

and


lRes = key.Create(key, lpsz, REG_NONE, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ|KEY_WRITE);

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbservicepack kbActiveX kbCOMt kbCtrlCreate kbRegistry kbVC600bug kbATL300bug kbVS600sp2bug kbVS600sp3fix kbVS600SP1bug kbGrpMFCATL
Version : WINDOWS:3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug