GetSetting Equivalent - Visual Basic .NET

Mike

VB .NET version 2003

What is the equivalent of GetSetting when trying to read a .INI file. I'm
trying to read a .INI file and can't find anything that will help.

Nov 23 '05 #1

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Micky

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VB .NET version 2003

What is the equivalent of GetSetting when trying to read a .INI file. I'm trying to read a .INI file and can't find
anything that will help.

Look up the following API functions in the Platform SDK

GetPrivateProfi leInt
GetPrivateProfi leSection
GetPrivateProfi leSectionNames
GetPrivateProfi leString
GetPrivateProfi leStruct

WritePrivatePro fileSection
WritePrivatePro fileString
WritePrivatePro fileStruct

Note that INI files only contain strings, hence there
is no WriteProfileInt function.

When reading/writing specifically to WIN.INI, use
the following instead:

GetProfileInt
GetProfileSecti on
GetProfileStrin g

WriteProfileSec tion
WriteProfileStr ing

Nov 23 '05 #2

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Mike" <md*****@nospam .com> schrieb:

What is the equivalent of GetSetting when trying to read a .INI file. I'm
trying to read a .INI file and can't find anything that will help.

The .NET Framework doesn't have built-in support for accessing INI files.
You'll find some samples which demonstrate how to access INI files on the
bottom of the page referenced below:

Storing and loading user preferences
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=userprefere nces&lang=en>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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Nov 23 '05 #3

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