Reading INI file: Get Private Profile String : Native Windows Function « Windows « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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2. Windows
3. Native Windows Function

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;

class MainClass
{
    // Declare the unmanaged functions.
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint = "GetPrivateProfileString")]
    private static extern int GetPrivateProfileString(string lpAppName, string lpKeyName, string lpDefault, StringBuilder lpReturnedString, int nSize, string lpFileName);


    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string section = "SampleSection"
        string key = "Key1";
        string filename = "\\initest.ini";

        int chars = 256;
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(chars);
        string sDefault = "";
        if (GetPrivateProfileString(section, key, sDefault, buffer, chars, filename) != 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Value of Key1 in [SampleSection] is: " + buffer.ToString());
        }
        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Value of Key1 in [SampleSection] is: " + null);
        }
    }
}