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INI Reading and Writing Made Simple

This code was designed for reading and writing INI files. You put it in a module called modINI.

Inputs
Syntax: ReadINI("SECTION", "FIELD", filename) WriteINI("SECTION", "FIELD", "VALUE", filename)

Assumes
This is very "newbie" friendly code. Any user, from beginner to advanced user, can use it.

Returns
The value of the field read from the INI for ReadINI. For WriteINI, it will return nothing.

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Option Explicit
'ModINI.Bas
'INI reading/writing
Public Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString& Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal AppName$, ByVal KeyName$, ByVal keydefault$, ByVal FileName$)
Public Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString& Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal AppName$, ByVal KeyName$, ByVal keydefault$, ByVal ReturnedString$, ByVal RSSize&, ByVal FileName$)
Public Sub WriteINI(INISection As String, INIKey As String, INIValue As String, INIFile As String)
  Call WritePrivateProfileString(INISection, INIKey, INIValue, INIFile)
End Sub
Public Function ReadINI(INISection As String, INIKey As String, INIFile As String) As String
  Dim StringBuffer As String
  Dim StringBufferSize As Long
  
  StringBuffer = Space$(255)
  StringBufferSize = Len(StringBuffer)
  
  StringBufferSize = GetPrivateProfileString(INISection, INIKey, "", StringBuffer, StringBufferSize, INIFile)
  
  If StringBufferSize > 0 Then
    ReadINI = Left$(StringBuffer, StringBufferSize)
  Else
    ReadINI = ""
  End If
End Function