How to R/W .ini in VBA

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Code

Option Explicit

Public Declare Function WriteString& Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal AN$, ByVal KN$, ByVal iVal$, ByVal fPath$)
Public Declare Function GetString& Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal AN$, ByVal KN$, ByVal iVal$, ByVal RetS$, ByVal rSize&, ByVal fPath$)

' Ini Write
Public Sub WriteINI(iSt As String, iK As String, iVal As String, fPath As String)
    Call WriteString(iSt, iK, iVal, fPath)
End Sub

' Ini Read
Public Function ReadINI(iSt As String, iK As String, fPath As String) As String
    Dim sBuf As String
    Dim sSize As Long
    sBuf = Space$(255)
    sSize = GetString(iSt, iK, "", sBuf, 255, fPath)
    If sSize Then ReadINI = Left$(sBuf, sSize)
End Function

Syntax & Parameter

WritePrivateProfileStringA

WritePrivateProfileStringA(lpAppName, lpKeyName, lpString, lpFileName);
  • lpAppName: Name of section in Ini file(Create if it doesn't exist)
  • lpKeyName: Name of key in Ini file(Create if it doesn't exist)
  • lpString: Value for save
  • lpFileName: Path of Ini file

GetPrivateProfileStringA

GetPrivateProfileStringA(lpAppName, lpKeyName, lpDefault, lpReturnedString, nSize, lpFileName);
  • lpAppName: Name of section in Ini file
  • lpKeyName: Name of key in Ini file
  • lpDefault: If the lpKeyName key cannot be found in the initialization file, GetPrivateProfileString copies the default string to the lpReturnedString
  • lpReturnedString: A variable that receives the retrieved string
  • nSize: The size of returned string
  • lpFileName: Path of Ini file

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