C# Signature:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedString,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
VB.NET Signature:
<DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Private Shared Function GetPrivateProfileString(ByVal lpAppName As String, _
ByVal lpKeyName As String, _
ByVal lpDefault As String, _
ByRef lpReturnedString As StringBuilder, _
ByVal nSize As Integer, _
ByVal lpFileName As String) As Integer
End Function
User-Defined Types:
None.
Notes:
To avoid casting of the StringBuilder.Capacity to uint you can also declare the nSize parameter as int.
Tips & Tricks:
Please add some!
Sample Code:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
namespace GPPS
{
class Class1
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(500);
uint res = GetPrivateProfileString("AppName", "KeyName", "", sb, sb.Capacity, @"c:\test.ini");
Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfileString(
string lpAppName, string lpKeyName, string lpDefault, StringBuilder lpReturnedString, int nSize, string lpFileName);
}
}
Alternative Managed API:
Do you know one? Please contribute it!
