GetSetting Method

Get the value for a setting in a section
No COM Interop is used
If the file does not exist or the setting does not exist, the value returned will be null.

Syntax

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

Public Function GetSetting( _
   ByVal sectionName As String, _
   ByVal settingName As String, _
   ByVal filePath As String _
) As String

Dim instance As IniReaderWriter
Dim sectionName As String
Dim settingName As String
Dim filePath As String
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.GetSetting(sectionName, settingName, filePath)

public string GetSetting( 
   string sectionName,
   string settingName,
   string filePath
)

public:
String^ GetSetting( 
   String^ sectionName,
   String^ settingName,
   String^ filePath
)

Parameters

sectionName: The section name. Use GLOBAL for the global section.
settingName: The setting name
filePath: The path to the INI File

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	Occurs when sectionName, settingName or 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");
 
string results = iniReaderWriter.GetSetting("MySection", "MySettingName", "MySettingsFile.ini");
Console.WriteLine(results);

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 String = iniReaderWriter.GetSetting("MySection", "MySettingName", "MySettingsFile.ini")
Console.WriteLine(results)

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