Tips & Tricks
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Read HTML web page in a string variable
WebRequest objRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(objRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
string result = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr.Close();
Working with Windows Registry keys
Create a registry key:
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("Software\\APP\\MyKey\\");
Read a registry key value:
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\APP\\MyKey\\");
string myValue = key.GetValue("MyVariable");
Change a registry key value:
key.SetValue("MyVariable", myValue);