GetPrivateProfileStringkeys

I'm having trouble with the GetPrivateProfileStringKeys API Call.
Here is the declaretion:

Declare Function GetPrivateProfileStringKeys& Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName$, ByVal lpszKey&, ByVal lpszDefault$, ByVal lpszReturnBuffer$, ByVal cchReturnBuffer&, ByVal lpszFile$)

If you have information or code how to use this function i would appreciate it, or just a full module with all the INI API Calls with comments.

What I want to do is list all the Keys in an INI under the 'Application' Templates.

'Example:
[Templates]
Name1=blah
Name2=blah
Name3=blag

and add each of the 'Keys' to a listbox.

Thanks for your time!

I search MSDN, and several VB sites, including the API sites that I know of, and found 0 results on GetPrivateProfileStringKeys.

Where did you find this?

It was in a module from site, I forgot the site tho. That would explain why it dosn't work ;-). Do you have any ideas on how to receive all the key names under a '[Templates]'?

VB Code:

Public Function RegEnumKeys(ByVal eRoot As WIN32_REG_ROOT_KEYS, ByVal sSubkey As String, ByRef EnumKeys As Variant) As Long
 
    On Error GoTo ERR_EnumRegKeys
    
    Dim lRet As Long
    Dim lCtr As Long
    Dim hKey As Long
    Dim lKeyCount As Long
    Dim lKeyLen As Long
    Dim sKeyName As String
    Dim uFiletime As FILETIME
    Dim Keys() As String
    
    '*********************************************
    '* Open the specified key in query mode . . .
    '*********************************************
    hKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sSubkey, , KEY_QUERY_VALUE)
    If hKey = 0 Then
        Err.Raise REGISTRY_ERROR_CODE.CannotOpenKey
    End If
 
    '**********************************************************
    '* Get the amount of keys, and maximum length of keys . . .
    '**********************************************************
    lRet = RegQueryInfoKeyA(hKey, vbNullString, 0&, 0&, lKeyCount, lKeyLen, 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&, 0&, uFiletime)
    If lRet <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        Err.Raise REGISTRY_ERROR_CODE.CannotDetermineKeyInfo
    End If
    Call RegCloseKey(hKey)
    
    '*************************************
    '* Open key for enumeration mode . . .
    '*************************************
    hKey = OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sSubkey, , KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS)
    If hKey = 0 Then
        Err.Raise REGISTRY_ERROR_CODE.CannotOpenKey
    End If
    
    ReDim Keys(lKeyCount)
    
    '************************************************
    '* Cycle through all keys, adding to array . . .
    '************************************************
    For lCtr = 0 To lKeyCount - 1
        
        sKeyName = String(lKeyLen + 1, " ")
        
        lRet = RegEnumKeyExA(hKey, lCtr, sKeyName, Len(sKeyName), 0&, vbNullString, 0&, uFiletime)
        If lRet <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
            Err.Raise REGISTRY_ERROR_CODE.CannotEnumerateKey
        End If
        
        Keys(lCtr) = Trim(sKeyName)
        
    Next
    
    EnumKeys = Keys
    RegEnumKeys = ERROR_SUCCESS
    Erase Keys
    
    Exit Function
 
ERR_EnumRegKeys:
 
    Call RegCloseKey(hKey)
    EnumKeys = Null
    RegEnumKeys = Err.Number
    Erase Keys
    
End Function

Is this what you are looking for?

You will need to fill in the standard constants, and error codes etc

oops

I assume you mean ini files. I thought you meant the registry

Apologies

I appreciate it any way ;-)

Quote:

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Originally posted by jasper_punx0r
I'm having trouble with the GetPrivateProfileStringKeys API Call.
Here is the declaretion:

Declare Function GetPrivateProfileStringKeys& Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName$, ByVal lpszKey&, ByVal lpszDefault$, ByVal lpszReturnBuffer$, ByVal cchReturnBuffer&, ByVal lpszFile$)

If you have information or code how to use this function i would appreciate it, or just a full module with all the INI API Calls with comments.

What I want to do is list all the Keys in an INI under the 'Application' Templates.

'Example:
[Templates]
Name1=blah
Name2=blah
Name3=blag

and add each of the 'Keys' to a listbox.

Thanks for your time!

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i did not find an api by the name getprivateprofilestringkeys but i certainly can help you out with getprivateprofilestring api

here is a sample code

Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpReturnedString As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long


Private Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()

Dim Ret As String, NC As Long
'Write the setting to the file (c:\test.ini) under
' Project1 -> Keyname
WritePrivateProfileString App.Title, "KeyName", "This is the value", "c:\test.ini"
'Create a buffer
Ret = String(255, 0)
'Retrieve the string
NC = GetPrivateProfileString(App.Title, "KeyName", "Default", Ret, 255, "C:\test.ini")
'NC is the number of characters copied to the buffer
If NC <> 0 Then Ret = Left$(Ret, NC)
'Show our string
MsgBox Ret
'Delete the file
Kill "c:\test.ini"
End Sub

i hope this is helpful

thanks, but us there any way to 'loop' through all the keynames? and return them?

hi there
try this code - i hope this solves your problem

Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileSectionNames Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetPrivateProfileSectionNamesA" (ByVal lpszReturnBuffer As String, ByVal nSize As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim szBuf As String, Length As Integer
Dim SectionArr() As String, m As Integer
szBuf = String$(255, 0)
Length = GetPrivateProfileSectionNames(szBuf, 255, vbNullChar)
szBuf = Left$(szBuf, Length)
SectionArr = Split(szBuf, vbNullChar)
For m = 0 To UBound(SectionArr)
List1.AddItem SectionArr(m)
Next m
End Sub

I can use that too =). I probalyl would of asked how to do that later on. This returns all the Section names, and is there one to return the KeyNames? (IE: GetPrivateProfileKeyNames()?)

Here is all I could find for Keys. I hope it helps.

VB Code:

'The GetPrivateProfileInt function retrieves an integer associated with a key in the specified 
'section of an initialization file. Note  This function is provided only for compatibility with 
'16-bit Windows-based applications. Win32-based applications should store initialization 
'information in the registry.
 
'This sample was submitted by Robin ([email protected])
'Visit his site at [url]http://members.fortunecity.com/rbnwares1[/url]
Private Declare Function WritePrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WritePrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpString As Any, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileInt Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileIntA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As String, ByVal nDefault As Long, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
'Sample for reading a numbers directly on the INI file
 
    'Write a number 55 on the sample.ini to be read
    WritePrivateProfileString "Sample", "Sample", "55", App.Path & "\sample.ini"
 
    'Then, read the stored number
    'No need to convert the value returned
    MsgBox GetPrivateProfileInt("Sample", "Sample", 0, App.Path & "\sample.ini")
End Sub