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I'm need to read values from an ini.

What's the most basic way to use GetPrivateProfileString?

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Something like this:

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Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim Ret As String, NC As Long
   
    Ret = String(255, 0)
    NC = GetPrivateProfileString(App.Title, "KeyName", "Default", Ret, 255, "C:\test.ini")
    If NC <> 0 Then Ret = Left$(Ret, NC)
    MsgBox Ret
End Sub
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I don't think app.title is a good substitute for lpApplicationName.  This should actually be the section heading item in an ini file... the part that is inclosed in [Brackets]
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