Function name: GetProfileSection

Defined in : Kernel32

Requirements : Requires Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows NT Workstation, Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows 95.

Declaration:

Private Declare Function GetProfileSection Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetProfileSectionA" (ByVal lpAppName As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long) As Long

Parameters:

lpAppName [in] The name of the section in the Win.ini file. lpReturnedString [out] A pointer to a buffer that receives the keys and values associated with the named section. The buffer is filled with one or more null-terminated strings; the last string is followed by a second null character. nSize [in] The size of the buffer pointed to by the lpReturnedString parameter, in characters. The maximum profile section size is 32,767 characters.

Returns:

The return value specifies the number of characters copied to the specified buffer, not including the terminating null character. If the buffer is not large enough to contain all the keys and values associated with the named section, the return value is equal to the size specified by nSize minus two.

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