Reading parameters from .ini file using C#.NET

[Seenu828]

Hi All,

Is that possible to read parameters from .ini file using C#.NET. Could you give some idea or example. Pls advise me.

Thanks
Seenu

[jigsmshah]

yes it is possible to do so...
please search on the web u may find it.............

[GayathriP]

 C# .Net
 
        [DllImport("KERNEL32.DLL", EntryPoint = "GetPrivateProfileStringA",
            //BestFitMapping=true,
            //PreserveSig=false,
            //ThrowOnUnmappableChar=true,
            SetLastError = true,
            CharSet = CharSet.Ansi,
            ExactSpelling = true,
            CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
 
        public static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(
          string lpAppName,
          string lpKeyName,
          string lpDefault,
          StringBuilder lpReturnString,
          int nSize,
          string lpFilename);
 
public string GetValue(string strSection, string strKey, string strDefault, string strFile)
        {
                        string strRetVal;
            int intLength;
            StringBuilder strReturnString = new StringBuilder(1024);
 
            try
            {
                intLength = cShared.GetPrivateProfileString(strSection, strKey, "", strReturnString, 256, m_strDirFile);
 
                strRetVal = cShared.Left(strReturnString.ToString() , intLength);
                strRetVal = strRetVal.Replace( (char)0, ' '); //removes trailing Ascii 0's especially in 2-byte gets
 
                if ((strRetVal.Length ) == 0 & (strDefault.Length != 0) )
                {
                    SetValue(strSection, strKey, strDefault);
                    strRetVal = strDefault;
                }
                return (strRetVal);
             }
 
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                return ex.Message;
            }
        }
 
 

[Plater]

Wouldn't it be just as usefult to use the .net's own built in system for storing persistant values?
The properties/settings thing allows that.