Hi Jimi,

My recollection is that WritePrivateProfileString can be used to delete an entry or even a whole section.

MSDN says (and I haven't tested it) that passing a null (chr(0)) to the lpKeyName parameter will erase the entire app section, and passing a null to the lpString parameter will erase the key.

Cheers,

Andrew

>Hi all,
>
>I have an application which need an INI file to start up. And I have another VFP program which is used to maintain this INI file.
>
>Since I only know how to write on and read from the INI file (with WritePrivateProfileString and GetPrivateProfileString). If there is some old settings in the INI files that I dont need, I have to delete the whole INI file and rewrite it once more in the program. I did this in the "save" command of my program.
>
>e.g.
>old INI:
>[EXAMPLE]
>A=123
>B=234
>C=456
>
>if I dont want the B=234, I have to delete the whole file and write A=123 and C=456 in the file once more.
>
>The problem is, after I write the file again, the application cannot find the INI file. I have to use the explore to browse the folder once and make the INI file "appear", then the application can read it normally.
>
>This causes great trouble in my application, may I ask how can I avoid from this "disappeared" file problem? Or how can I delete a key from the INI file without using such stupid way?
>
>I wish I have descript my question clearly, everyone PLEASE help! :(
>
>-Jimi