What is the syntax of GetPrivateProfileInt ???? I always get an error on nDefault part...

[AndyK]

Thank You

[lalitha]

Hi,

The syntax is :

Public Declare Function GetPrivateProfileInt Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileIntA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal nDefault As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long


where

lpApplicationName = Section name
lpKeyName = keyname
nDefault = default value
lpFileName = .ini file with the path.

Eg. if you have a file Reports.ini as below:

[Reports]
Print=1

and want to retrieve the value of Print, use the command as :

Msgbox GetPrivateProfileInt("Reports", "Print", -1, "c:\temp\Report.ini")

where -1 is teh default value.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,
Lalitha

[Cakkie]

You are using GetPrivateProfileInt, which means that the value returned is an integer (not VB integer, but long integer, that is a VB Long). Make sure the default value passed is a long, and not a string, if you need strings, use GetPrivateProfileString instead.

Tom Cannaerts
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