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In article <1993Jan5.034504.10386@emr1.emr.ca> jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:


>I'm trying to get GetPrivateProfileString() to work for the case
>where lpszEntry is NULL - no success.  

>Suppose I have the following in my xxx.ini file:
>	[stuff]
>	abc=xxx
>	def=yyy
>	ijk=zzz
>Then, supposedly I should be able to get the whole [stuff] section with
>char buffer[100];
>	GetPrivateProfileString("stuff",NULL,"failed",buffer,
>			sizeof(buffer),"xxx.ini");
>and yet I only get "failed" and I should get:
>	"xxx\0yyy\0zzz\0\0"
>or so it says in the docs.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Take another look at the docs...

I have successfully used a GetPrivateProfileString call which is similar 
to yours; I am puzzled by why your call is failing.  Perhaps this 
observation may be useful:

    When lpszEntry is NULL, GetPrivateProfileString returns the 
    keynames NOT their values. Therefore, you should expect buffer to 
    contain:
         "abc\0\def\0ijk\0\0"

Good Luck.

Kevin
kburrows@sumax.seattleu.edu