From the File menu, navigate to New | Test or use the Ctrl + N shortcut.

The syntax to retrieve the value of a registry key is as follows:

Registry_ReadKey

Here, object is an instance of the Wscript.Shell class and sKeyPath, a valid key.

An example of how to retrieve the value of the _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable is as shown in the following code snippet:

Dim oWshShell, sKeyVal, sKeyPath, sKeyExpected

sKeyPath = "HKEY_CURRENT_USEREnvironment\_JAVA_OPTIONS"
Set oWshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
sKeyVal = oWshShell.RegRead(sKeyPath)

Print sKeyVal

Set oWshShell = Nothing

We can verify the correctness of the retrieved value using a simple conditional structure (assuming that the expected value appears in the action's local datasheet):

sKeyExpected = DataTable("Expected_Key", dtLocalSheet)

If sKeyVal <> sKeyExpected Then
Reporter.ReportEvent micFail, "Registry Verification", _
"Actual Key: " & sKeyVal &" differs from Expected Key: "& _
sKeyExpected
End If

We simply create an instance of the WScript.Shell class, and use the RegRead method to retrieve the value of a valid registry key.