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I could add a reference to MS Word, and us &quot;system.PrivateProfileStri<wbr />ng(...)&quot;, but that seems to be a bit awkward...<br />
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I could add a reference to MS Word, and us "system.PrivateProfileString(...)", but that seems to be a bit awkward...
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BTW, the lpAppName$ is the section name. ex. Desktop.<br />
The value of the key you read is returned in the ReturnValue$ argument.
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BTW, the lpAppName$ is the section name. ex. Desktop.
The value of the key you read is returned in the ReturnValue$ argument.

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This is good stuff! I would never have thought of the API call approach. Microsoft's VB documentation was surely no help at all. Thank you! &nbsp;jk
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This is good stuff! I would never have thought of the API call approach. Microsoft's VB documentation was surely no help at all. Thank you!  jk

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You are welcome.<br />
Regards.
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I must be overlooking something really basic. I'm building a new version of an application that was using .ini files to store various data. But, when Setup installs my new version, I want to switch to using the Registry. I want Setup to read the .ini file data and copy it into the Registry.<br />
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Trouble is, I am having no luck finding a way to get VB5 to read from the .ini file! I first tried the GetSetting function, but no luck--just returns an empty string every time. Surely, there must be a way. Ideas, anyone?!
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I must be overlooking something really basic. I'm building a new version of an application that was using .ini files to store various data. But, when Setup installs my new version, I want to switch to using the Registry. I want Setup to read the .ini file data and copy it into the Registry.

Trouble is, I am having no luck finding a way to get VB5 to read from the .ini file! I first tried the GetSetting function, but no luck--just returns an empty string every time. Surely, there must be a way. Ideas, anyone?!

Get data from .ini file?

Visual Basic is Microsoft’s event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) for its Component Object Model (COM) programming model. It is relatively easy to learn and use because of its graphical development features and BASIC heritage. It has been replaced with VB.NET, and is very similar to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the programming language for the Microsoft Office product line.