>Yech!
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>I've developed my app in NT, using Get/WritePrivateProfileString and it work fine there, but when I try to run it in 95, it craps out. MSDN tells of some subtle differences in the GetProfileString in the API's of NT 4 and Win95, but does not get specific.
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>What I'd like to do is have a solution that works in both environments, but I'm new to the use of API's and don't know how to be platform-specific in my [General] Declarations module of my application.
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>Here's what works in NT4 (please forgive the VB5 syntax):
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>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
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>Private Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Any, ByVal lpDefault As String, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nSize%, ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
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>And...
> Valid% = GetPrivateProfileString(lpAppName$, lpKeyName$, lpDefault$, lpReturnString$, Size%, lpFileName$)
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>Help would be appreciated.


Michael,

In your declaration for GetPrivateProfileString, you're indicating that the return buffer is passed by value. It should be passed by reference.

George