>what is the proper command for reading and writing from an INI file using the declare statements
>
>i'm using
>declare function GetPrivateProfileString Liv "Kernel" (arglist) originally from VB3.0 and now converting to 6.0?
>i know i need to look for Kernel32 now but what is access string?

Something like this:

Declare Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" _
                 Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringA" _
                 (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, _
                  ByVal lpKeyName As Any, _
                  ByVal lpDefault As String, _
                  ByVal lpReturnedString As String, _
                  ByVal nSize As Long, _
                  ByVal lpFileName As String _
                 ) As Long
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