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+
+#ifndef _COMPHELPER_REGPATHHELPER_HXX_
+#define _COMPHELPER_REGPATHHELPER_HXX_
+
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+/**
+ * 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
+