Obtains the integer value of a setting in the specified profile file.
ProfileInt ( filename, section, key, default )
Argument |
Description |
|---|---|
filename |
A string whose value is the name of the profile file. If you do not specify a full path, ProfileInt uses the operating system’s standard file search order to find the file. |
section |
A string whose value is the name of a group of related values in the profile file. In the file, section names are in square brackets. Do not include the brackets in section. Section is not case sensitive. |
key |
A string specifying the setting name in section whose value you want. The setting name is followed by an equal sign in the file. Do not include the equal sign in key. Key is not case sensitive. |
default |
An integer value that ProfileInt returns if filename is not found, if section or key does not exist in filename, or if the value of key cannot be converted to an integer. |
Integer. Returns default if filename is not found, section is not found in filename, key is not found in section, or the value of key is not an integer. Returns –1 if an error occurs.
Use ProfileInt and ProfileString to get configuration settings from a profile file you have designed for your application. ProfileInt and ProfileString can read files with ANSI or UTF16-LE encoding.
This example uses the following PROFILE.INI file:
[MyApp] Maximized=1
[Security] Class = 7
This expression tries to return the integer value of the keyword Minimized in section MyApp of file C:\PROFILE.INI. It returns 3 if there is no MyApp section or no Minimized keyword in the MyApp section. Based on the sample file above, it returns 3:
ProfileInt("C:\PROFILE.INI", "MyApp", "minimized", 3)
