Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 User Manual

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option is selected within the lower pane of the System Policy Editor

(see the discussion of PART and the code example below).

If not specified otherwise, the value will be written in the following

format when any administratory checks or unchecks the option:

Checked: REG_DWORD with a value of 1

Unchecked: Removes the value completely

Other options can specify what the user selects from and what gets

written to the registry.

Use the keyword PART to specify options, drop-down list boxes, text

boxes, and text in the lower pane of the System Policy Editor. PART is

similar to CATEGORY, and uses the syntax:

PART !!MyVariable FLAG

...

END PART

where FLAG is one or more of the following:

TEXT— Displays text only, for example:

PART !!MyPolicy TEXT

END PART

NUMERIC— Writes the value to the registry with data type

REG_DWORD, for example:

PART !!MyPolicy NUMERIC

VALUENAME ValueToBeChanged

END PART

DROPDOWNLIST— Displays a list box of options to choose from,

for example:

PART !!MyPolicy DROPDOWNLIST

VALUENAME ValueToBeChanged

ITEMLIST

NAME “First” VALUE NUMERIC 1

NAME “Second” VALUE NUMERIC 2

NAME “Third” VALUE NUMERIC 3

NAME “Fourth” VALUE NUMERIC 4

END ITEMLIST

END PART

EDITTEXT— Writes the value to the registry with data type

REG_SZ, for example:

PART !!MyPolicy EDITTEXT

VALUENAME ValueToBeChanged

END PART

REQUIRED— Generates an error if the user does not enter a

value, for example:

PART !!MyPolicy EDITTEXT REQUIRED

VALUENAME ValueToBeChanged

END PART

EXPANDABLETEXT— Writes the value to the registry with data

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