Syntax

WriteIni section$,ItemName$,value$[,filename$]

Description

Writes a new value into an .ini file.

Comments

The WriteIni statement requires the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

section$

String specifying the section that contains the desired variables, such as "windows." Section names are specified without the enclosing brackets.

ItemName$

String specifying which item from within the given section you want to change. If ItemName$ is a zero-length string (""), then the entire section specified by section$ is deleted.

value$

String specifying the new value for the given item. If value$ is a zero-length string (""), then the item specified by ItemName$ is deleted from the ini file.

filename$

String specifying the name of the ini file.

Example

This example sets the txt extension to be associated with Notepad.

Sub Main()
  WriteIni "Extensions","txt","c:\windows\notepad.exe ^.txt","win.ini"
End Sub

See Also

ReadIni$ (function); ReadIniSection (statement)

Note

If filename$ is not specified, the win.ini file is used.

If the filename$ parameter does not include a path, then this statement looks for ini files in the Windows directory.

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