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WritePrivateProfileSection The WritePrivateProfileSection function replaces the keys and values for the specified section in an initialization file.
Note This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.
VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function WritePrivateProfileSection Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileSectionA" (ByVal lpAppName As String, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long |
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Operating Systems Supported |
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Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later |
- lpAppName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the name of the section in which data is written. This section name is typically the name of the calling application.
- lpString
[in] Pointer to a buffer containing the new key names and associated values that are to be written to the named section.
- lpFileName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string containing the name of the initialization file. If this parameter does not contain a full path for the file, the function searches the Windows directory for the file. If the file does not exist and lpFileName does not contain a full path, the function creates the file in the Windows directory. The function does not create a file if lpFileName contains the full path and file name of a file that does not exist. |
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. |
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