GetSectionNames Method

Get a list of the sections in an INI file. The global section will be returned as GLOBAL. See also GLOBAL_SECTION_NAME
No COM Interop is used
If the file does not exist, no sections will be returned.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
C++/CLI

Public Function GetSectionNames( _
   ByVal filePath As String _
) As List(Of String)

Dim instance As IniReaderWriter
Dim filePath As String
Dim value As List(Of String)
 
value = instance.GetSectionNames(filePath)

public List<string> GetSectionNames( 
   string filePath
)

public:
List<String^>^ GetSectionNames( 
   String^ filePath
)

Parameters

filePath: The path to the INI file

Return Value

A list of the section names

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Occurs when filePath is null

Example

//Trial Mode
IniReaderWriter iniReaderWriter = new IniReaderWriter();
 
//License Mode
//IniReaderWriter iniReaderWriter = new IniReaderWriter("place user name here", "place license key here");
 
iniReaderWriter.SaveSetting("MySection", "MySettingName", "MySettingValue", "MySettingsFile.ini");
 
List<string> results = iniReaderWriter.GetSectionNames("MySettingsFile.ini");
Console.WriteLine(results[0]);

VB.NET

'Trial Mode
Dim iniReaderWriter As New IniReaderWriter()
 
'License Mode
'Dim iniReaderWriter As New IniReaderWriter("place user name here", "place license key here")
 
iniReaderWriter.SaveSetting("MySection", "MySettingName", "MySettingValue", "MySettingsFile.ini")
 
Dim results As List(Of String) = iniReaderWriter.GetSectionNames("MySettingsFile.ini")
Console.WriteLine(results(0))

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

IniReaderWriter Class
IniReaderWriter Members