Remove section from an .ini file??

[elziko]

ini files seem to be made up of sections, each with a heading [like so]. What I want is a procedure that you can passa heading into that will then delete the enire section.

I'm sure someone already has one, so I'd thought I'd ask before I start doing one myself. Bit lazy, but nevermind.

Thanks

elziko

 

[jkb17]

ini files are usually manipulated using Win API calls. I believe the API call you should look up is WritePrivateProfileString. This can be a little confusing but this is the best info I can provide.

Otherwise, (if you want to avoid API's), you could work with the FileSystemObject and just treat the ini file as a normal text file looking for the line you wish to delete.

good luck and I hope this helps. Sorry that I couldn't be a little more detailed but i don't have the code on hand.

bye
Jim

 

[swilliams]

Put the following code in a module:

Option Explicit

Public 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


Public Function Write_Ini_String(ByVal sIniPath As String, ByVal sSection As String, ByVal sEntry As String, ByVal sValue As String)

Dim lRetVal As Long

If sEntry = "" Then ' clear the section
lRetVal = WritePrivateProfileString(sSection, vbNullString, vbNullString, sIniPath)
Else
lRetVal = WritePrivateProfileString(sSection, sEntry, sValue, sIniPath)
End If

End Function


And then to write to a section in the ini file, use the line:

Call Write_Ini_String("full_path_and_name_of_ini_file", "Section_Title", "entry", "value&quot

And to clear a section from the ini file, use the line:

Call Write_Ini_String("full_path_and_name_of_ini_file", "Section_Title", "", "&quot
Simon