Hi Vlad,

unfortunately, this is not my application: it is the srcsafe.ini file used by Visual Sourcesafe. xCase also uses the same scheme: a header section with no section title, and then sections.

thanks,

Hank

>Hi!
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>In my applications (and in the applications I have ever seen) section "MAIN" is always used as a main (header) section. I just did not mesed with this and used "MAIN" section always as a default sectin. Then I have a procedure in APP that accepts section as a parameter. If section parameter value is nto passed, I use "MAIN" as a default section.
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>HTH.
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>>I have to get entry values from an .ini file (srcsafe.ini, fwiw) that are not in a section: they are in the header of the file, before the sections. I'd also like to write to that non-section. Other than alines() <s>, how is this done? The WIN32API functions seem to always write a section, even if it's a blank ([]) section.
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>>thanks,
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>>Hank Fay