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#ifndef _UNOTOOLS_REGPATHHELPER_HXX_
#define _UNOTOOLS_REGPATHHELPER_HXX_

#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>

namespace utl
{

/**
 * This function returns a path to the user registry file.
 * Search for the user registry using the following rules:
 * <dl>
 * <dt> 1. (for further use) search in sversion.ini (.sversionrc) for an entry
 *		REGISTRY_VERSION_STRING (example: UserRegistry 5.0/505=test.rdb) in the section 
 *		[Registry]. If found, then take this value instead of the name "user.rdb".
 * <dt> 2. Search in the config directory of the user for a file "user.rdb". If 
 *		found return the full path and name of the file. If not found, retry this 
 *		step with a dot before ".user.rdb".
 * <dt> 3. If not found a new user registry with name "user.rdb" will be created in the user 
 *		config directory. 
 * </dl>
 *<BR>
 * @author Juergen Schmidt
 */
::rtl::OUString getPathToUserRegistry();

/**
 * This function returns a path to the system registry file.
 * The system registry will always be searched in the same directory of the
 * executable. The name of the system registry is "applicat.rdb". If the system 
 * registry was not found, then the environment variable STAR_REGISTRY will be checked.
 * If this variable was set, it must contain a full path to a valid system registry.
 * Search for the user registry using the following rules:
 *
 *<BR>
 * @author Juergen Schmidt
 */

::rtl::OUString getPathToSystemRegistry();

}

#endif