Hi Mark,

You can still use GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString but with full INI file name including directory where it's located. GETENV("TEMP") should return current user temp directory.

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>Been reworking a legacy app that uses GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString to read/write to INI files in the WINDOWS folder. New security requirements dictate that the "[C]:\Documents & Settings\..." folder is the only location that my client's security restrictions will allow for read/write of work or personal files, application temp files, as well as the INI files. I know that INI files have fallen out of favor, but we use it to store last logon name, default contract number, etc. I do not have direction to rewrite the whole application (much as I would like to) but just to insert upgraded security features.
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>Does anyone know of a similar API function that will do the same thing as Get/WritePrivateProfileString but defaults into the "C:\Documents & Settings\\Local Settings\Temp" folder for reading and writing to the INI file? Perhaps it would have path parameters that are addressable when calling the API.
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>(Note: I have been to www.AllApi.com, scoured the UT files & document sections, searched the Fox Wiki, checked the microsoft.vfp.api newsgroup, looked at VFP Tek-Tips but have not struck gold yet.)
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>Thanks,

--sb--