by Austen Frazier (1 Submission)
Category: Miscellaneous
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
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.
Code Returns
The value of the field read from the INI for ReadINI. For WriteINI, it will return nothing.
VBcodersOption 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