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GetPrivateProfileString.exe is a command line utility to read Windows ini files.

It is a mere wrapper application for the Windows API GetPrivateProfileString (). The program can be used to read ini file entries, either keys or whole sections, from Windows command line batch files.

GetPrivateProfileString 1.0.0.3 - built 2009-07-15 16:37:32
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Invocation:

GetPrivateProfileString inifile [[section] key] [default]

Parameters:

 inifile    The name of the configuration file.
 If this parameter does not contain a full path
 to the file, the system searches for the file
 in the Windows directory.

 [section]  The section name in the configuration file.
 This parameter can but does not have to be
 enclosed in square brackets [].

 key        The key within the section in the configuration
 file.

 default    The default value returned if key does not exist
 in the section.

Return values:

 0         No error.
 1         Returned when no parameters are provided (like
 now) or when too many parameters are given.
 2         Out of memory.
 3         Returned when default is not used but the key
 could not be found in section or inifile does
 not exist.

Examples:

GetPrivateProvileString .\IniFile.ini [General] Set DefSet

 Retrieves the value of Set in the [General]
 section of the file IniFile.ini in the current
 directory.
 If IniFile.ini has the content below the
 value 'MySetting' is retrieved. If the setting
 does not exist the value 'DefSet' is returned.

 [General]

Set=MySetting

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