>>I'm using WritePrivateProfileString to update an existing ini file and it works fine. I can use GetPrivateProfileString and get the changed key value (or whatever) I just wrote.
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>>However, if another application reads that ini file before my program quits, the changes are not visible. After I quit my program the changes are visible to everyone. Anyone know how to flush the Windows api buffer, or whatever is holding the new changes?
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>What version of Windows you're expiriensing this problem under? Under Win2k Pro changes became visible to another application right away. You can try

? WritePrivateProfileString(Null, Null, Null, "Myini.ini")

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Thanks Sergey, that worked for Win98 also. Is that documented somewhere or did you just dream it up?
Thanks for all the help you give on this list (I'm sure I speak for many other people)