by Matthew Gates (16 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Fri 25th February 2000
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Read/Write Easy INI Example
API Declarations
Public Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
VBcoders
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'read ini '
'x = readini("Example INI", "Example", "C:\Example.ini")'
'MsgBox X '
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Dim strbuffer As String
Let strbuffer$ = String$(750, Chr$(0&))
Let readini$ = Left$(strbuffer$, GetPrivateProfileString(strsection$, ByVal LCase$(strkey$), "", strbuffer, Len(strbuffer), strfullpath$))
End Function
Public Sub WriteINI(strsection As String, strkey As String, strkeyvalue As String, strfullpath As String)
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'write ini '
'Call writeini("Example INI", "Example", "Yes", "C:\Example.ini")'
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Call WritePrivateProfileString(strsection$, UCase$(strkey$), strkeyvalue$, strfullpath$)
End Sub
