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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe. SUMMARYIn a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, you can use the PrivateProfileString property to store and retrieve settings from an .ini file or the Windows registry. MORE INFORMATIONMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty
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http://www.microsoft.com/mcsp/For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web: http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.aspWARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). The following macro examples use the PrivateProfileString property to set or return a string from a settings file or the Windows registry. NOTE: If the file, section, or key does not exist, it is created when you run the macro. The following macro creates an initialization file ("Test.ini"), section ("MySection"), and key ("MyKey") and sets the value of the key to "7."
The following macro returns the value set in the previous macro.
You cannot delete a key using the PrivateProfileString property, but you
can set its argument to an empty string. The following macro deletes the
value but does not delete the MySection section or the MyKey entry from
the Test.ini file.
The following macro displays the default user name setting from the Windows
registry:
For more information about PrivateProfileString, in the Visual Basic Editor, click
Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "PrivateProfileString Property" in
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