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GetProfileString
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Retrieves the string associated with a key in the specified section of the Win.ini file. |
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DWORD GetProfileString(
LPCTSTR lpAppName, // section name
LPCTSTR lpKeyName, // key name
LPCTSTR lpDefault, // default string
LPTSTR lpReturnedString, // destination buffer
DWORD nSize // size of destination buffer
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| FoxPro declaration: |
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DECLARE INTEGER GetProfileString IN kernel32;
STRING lpAppName,;
STRING lpKeyName,;
STRING lpDefault,;
STRING @ lpReturnedString,;
INTEGER nSize
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lpAppName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the section containing the key.
lpKeyName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the name of the key whose associated string is to be retrieved.
lpDefault
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated default string.
lpReturnedString
[out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the character string.
nSize
[in] Specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer pointed to by the lpReturnedString parameter. |
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| The return value is the number of characters copied to the buffer, not including the null-terminating character. |
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LOCAL cBuffer
cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), 120)
= GetProfileString("Windows", "Device", ",,,",;
@cBuffer, LEN(cBuffer))
* return:
* \\myserver\HP LaserJet 4100 Series PS,winspool,Ne01:
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A section in the Win.ini file must have the following form:
[section]
key=string
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| Created: | 2001-09-04 12:00:00 | | Modified: | 2010-05-19 17:05:41 |
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