Hi Wilson,

Here is a class that will read/write to an INI file:

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Text


Namespace Ini
   '/ <summary>
   '/ Create a New INI file to store or load data
   '/ </summary>
   
   Public Class IniFile
      Public path As String
      
      
        <DllImport("kernel32")> _
        Private Shared Function GetPrivateProfileString(ByVal section As String, ByVal key As String, ByVal def As String, ByVal retVal As StringBuilder, ByVal size As Integer, ByVal filePath As String) As Integer
        End Function

        <DllImport("kernel32")> _
        Private Shared Function WritePrivateProfileString(ByVal section As String, ByVal key As String, ByVal val As String, ByVal filePath As String) As Long
        End Function


        '/ <summary>
        '/ INIFile Constructor.
        '/ </summary>
        '/ <param name="INIPath"></param>
        Public Sub New(ByVal INIPath As String)
            path = INIPath
        End Sub 'New

        '/ <summary>
        '/ Write Data to the INI File
        '/ </summary>
        '/ <param name="Section"></param>
        '/ Section name
        '/ <param name="Key"></param>
        '/ Key Name
        '/ <param name="Value"></param>
        '/ Value Name
        Public Sub IniWriteValue(ByVal Section As String, ByVal Key As String, ByVal Value As String)
            WritePrivateProfileString(Section, Key, Value, Me.path)
        End Sub 'IniWriteValue


        '/ <summary>
        '/ Read Data Value From the Ini File
        '/ </summary>
        '/ <param name="Section"></param>
        '/ <param name="Key"></param>
        '/ <param name="Path"></param>
        '/ <returns></returns>
        Public Function IniReadValue(ByVal Section As String, ByVal Key As String) As String
            Dim temp As New StringBuilder(255)
            Dim i As Integer = GetPrivateProfileString(Section, Key, "", temp, 255, Me.path)
            Return temp.ToString()
        End Function 'IniReadValue 
    End Class 'IniFile
End Namespace 'Ini

To call the class:

' To read the INI file
Dim ini As New IniFile("C:\test.ini")
fname.Text = ini.IniReadValue("Info", "FirstName")
lname.Text = ini.IniReadValue("Info", "LastName")

' To write to the INI file
Dim ini As New IniFile("C:\test.ini")
ini.IniWriteValue("Info", "FirstName", fname.Text)
ini.IniWriteValue("Info", "LastName", lname.Text)

>How do i read INI files in VB .NET
>
>i tried using the APIs for INI files but i couldn't make them work.
>
>does anyone knows how to?
>
>ho do i convert this to VB .NET
>
>str = string(255,0)