Function name: GetProfileInt

Defined in : Kernel32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.1 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function GetProfileInt Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetProfileIntA" (ByVal lpAppName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal nDefault As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* lpAppName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the section containing the key name. * lpKeyName [in] Pointer to the null-terminated string specifying the name of the key whose value is to be retrieved. This value is in the form of a string; the GetProfileInt function converts the string into an integer and returns the integer. * nDefault [in] Specifies the default value to return if the key name cannot be found in the initialization file.

Returns:

The return value is the integer equivalent of the string following the key name in Win.ini. If the function cannot find the key, the return value is the default value. If the value of the key is less than zero, the return value is zero.

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